Sketchbook experimentation: basic watercolour figures and page cut-outs to represent disconnect between mind and body in the future.
I decided to explore this idea a bit further following research on painters Cecily Brown and David Shelvino, who both use distortion of the human figure in different ways. I responded to this by creating a complete image and fragmenting it to different levels, using a strategised way of distorting the image after its completion, rather than distortion being part of the image-making process.
Hanging the ‘fragments’ of this image at random heights and positions in an installation was the most successful outcome of this strand of exploration, however it is still limited in context and depth of concept. I still need to extend my research and representation of disconnect between mind and body, and extend this into disconnect from environment in a digital world.
Sophia Tate 