First Post – An Overview
These days we live in a 24/7 world that never sleeps. We are saturated by images and text yet both have ceased to have any real meaning. The fuller the diaspora gets the emptier it seems. Maybe it’s not devoid of meaning, maybe communication is changing – the how and the what. Language has always evolved. This is further complicated by digital and social media. I am not a native to this landscape as I was recently informed, I am a digital migrant and I am always playing catch up with a culture that is not my ‘first’ – no matter how early I adopt or how much I try and integrate. This is illustrated by the comparison of this virtual environment with my passion for Letterpress.
My work is all about meaning, trying to make sense of things. Attempting to come to terms and understand our place in the world and the roles we play within it. Oral and visual imagery is key to this and we each have our personal languages, mediated through memory, experience, personal associations. Our personal heritage. This is further layered by our cultural heritage.
A text – an e-mail – a letter. Each is used differently, the words within each, even if similar mean something different, have a different weight, a different impact. The sender and recipient generally know this and understand the code, the unwritten, unspoken rules of engagement.
I hope this site is a location for dialogue, research, inspiration and work.
