to be human is to be ‘in place’ : Tim Creswell

At Art College my main focus was the human figure.  I spent three years drawing and sculpting in the life room.

I have always loved walking in nature, that feeling of becoming immersed in a landscape. Later a residency gave me the opportunity to spend time researching and walking in a very special but also man-made landscape – an old industrial claypit which had become filled with water, surrounded by plants and much visited by local wildlife. Walking and becoming immersed in this landscape opened up new perspectives – discovering the human in relation to nature and the environment. My practice now is focused on ideas which seek a means of interconnection with the multiplicity of life in the world around us.

Using video and mixed media installations I follow ‘a path of observation’ looking for interactions and relationships that connect with our placement but also our dis-placement in the world around us. I enjoy the process of fragmentation in the assemblage and collage of materials often reconstructing natural materials found on landscape walks which add a back story to any project and also introduce a sense of dialogue with the work in progress.

The journey continues …..

we perceive the world along a path of observation – proceeding on our way things fall into and out of sight as new vistas open up and others are closed : James Gibson