I find my practice being drawn back the influence of the cubist and futurist movements, either consciously or subconsciously. I recently rediscovered an old sketch book from my a-level ceramics course, some 28 years ago stored in my basement. Flicking through the pages it was very evident even back then I was drawn towards the way form is represented. The fracturing of 3D shapes so as to render 2D. Now realise that what first attracted me to these styles was the simplification and geometricisation of form that both the cubist and futurist produced in their practices.

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I remain interested in work by Picasso, Braque, Bellusi and Bragaglia, finding my current practice being influenced by their work. In particular the way in which they portray the dynamics of space, simplifying form, the use of multiple points of reference in an image to place it within its own space. In one hand the cubists looked to illustrate 3D space on 2D, wearas the futurists aimed to capture motion within a still image. When attempting to capture a feeling or something less tangible, the work of these two movements seems a good place to start.

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My more recent work uses this concept of multiple points of reference, moving the camera around different angles, giving a depth and texture to the two dimensional image, allowing the viewer to see the three dimensional space. Experimenting with styles and methods of image making with my own project I find myself taking on a more sculptural methodology of building up layers of images. Over the next few weeks I intend to look to rephotograph a number of these images so that I can refine the final image.

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