Artist Statement

I have been thinking about making my own small publication. For this I want to include the work that I have made either during this course or all my art college years. As I think it would be a bit strange to make a publication without writing in it I have been trying some of that.

Here is a go I took at an artist statement (which I will use for this degree show).
I was inspired by Baba-san whom I have met in Japan and told me something about how Japanese people see the car's I've been using for my work.

草むらのヒーロー - Kusamura no hero - A hero in the field

'A hero in the field' is used in Japanese culture to describe a rusty car standing for so long that it has almost turned to dust. A car that has completed its duty but is waiting eternally for its last journey. The Japanese may feel a touch of pathos seeing these ‘once’ great automobiles abandoned and alone.

As in Japan the rest of the world has many of these ‘great’ heroes waiting to be discovered and given a second chance. Unfortunately we have become blind for what once was and only want to see what is to come.

I am trying to give these forgotten heros another chance and make people aware of our once great industrial era which we are now melting down to create new resources