LATEST PROJECT!!
Considering I fully intended to build immersive and self reflexive video installations during my MA during which my output got subverted into exploring my perversions of loving objects , I am really surprised to find myself spending an inordinate amount of time sharing the love of video feedback phenomena.
I could intellectualise about Lacan's mirror stage and how the current generation crave the ultimate recognition of seeing themselves on televisions screens. About how my work now mirrors the degradation of the Real caused by our reliance on the screen teaching us how to look, love and live, which in turn is picked up and then re-broadcast by the next generation of focus group lead programming and so on and so on.......but that has nothing to do with pointing a camera and projector/projectors at flashing lights, experimental musicians and hula hoopas. Here are two examples of the in camera footage, although as the old saying goes...you really had to be there. Plug the output of your camera into your television and point it at the screen to recreate the effect at home, but for maximum effect.....well I'm still working on that. x |
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LAST PROJECT!
I spent all of January 2013 in my house and garden, sorting out my stuff. I streamed many live webcasts during that time and uploaded at least one video a day on YouTube. For me personally, it was amazing and quite frightening at the same time. From recovering on New Years Day, 'till the evening of the first of Feb, the day after, I became aware that my mindset was changing and have already parted with many things I never thought I could live without. Although they are not always engaging for the viewer, the webcasts became an invaluable tool to help keep myself motivated, and show the progress I made, along with some silliness along the way. Hover the mouse over the WEB SHOW tab up top and use the drop downs to select a show from all the dates in January or alternatively click HERE to see my Ustream channel where you can see earlier documentations along with the odd catchup date.
Mission Statement
Following a career change in the television industry, Jonathan Pigram is now embarking on a life of making things.
Having spent most of his life collecting, watching, reading, playing, travelling and working, Jonathan has realised that the most rewarding experience comes from creating.
He completed an MA in Fine Art at the University for the Creative Arts in Canterbury in 2011 and passed with distinction. On this course he was able to gain the necessary direction and intellectual rigour to make things that fall into the category of art.
He made this video that tried to capture the experience. Click HERE to see it, although be aware that he doesn't feel the need to hit the reset switch much these days. Life is too rich and time is too precious.
The large collection of objects collected over the years have provided inspiration and the raw materials for a practice that uses various media, dependent on what feels right at the time.
As his condition as a hoarder, (preferred the term collector), became a part of his work on the MA, he wrote his research paper on how many of the objects we keep are because of their links to memory rather than their intrinsic value.
Whether it be a love song to an old video game, or a sculpture made out of an old cassette tape, his wish is to pay homage to his possessions in order for them to find redemption as art, and not just as an archive of his own life.
This website itself is a repository for investigations and commentary on his own objects. If you think he is just showing off about how much stuff he has, you must realise that he sees them as an albatross around his neck, something he must be free of before he can fulfil his dream of travelling the world.
Jonathan says, "My aim is to move many of my objects into a virtual domain, where they can still be visually available and in some cases interacted with."
As his practice evolves and grows, he hopes to document this process in a way that might make you think about the role of objects in your life.
If you like a word and see that the mouse pointer has turned into a little hand, click, and discover more. Be careful though, you may discover a lot more than you bargained for!
Please feel free to suggest improvements or point out errors. Enjoy............
Having spent most of his life collecting, watching, reading, playing, travelling and working, Jonathan has realised that the most rewarding experience comes from creating.
He completed an MA in Fine Art at the University for the Creative Arts in Canterbury in 2011 and passed with distinction. On this course he was able to gain the necessary direction and intellectual rigour to make things that fall into the category of art.
He made this video that tried to capture the experience. Click HERE to see it, although be aware that he doesn't feel the need to hit the reset switch much these days. Life is too rich and time is too precious.
The large collection of objects collected over the years have provided inspiration and the raw materials for a practice that uses various media, dependent on what feels right at the time.
As his condition as a hoarder, (preferred the term collector), became a part of his work on the MA, he wrote his research paper on how many of the objects we keep are because of their links to memory rather than their intrinsic value.
Whether it be a love song to an old video game, or a sculpture made out of an old cassette tape, his wish is to pay homage to his possessions in order for them to find redemption as art, and not just as an archive of his own life.
This website itself is a repository for investigations and commentary on his own objects. If you think he is just showing off about how much stuff he has, you must realise that he sees them as an albatross around his neck, something he must be free of before he can fulfil his dream of travelling the world.
Jonathan says, "My aim is to move many of my objects into a virtual domain, where they can still be visually available and in some cases interacted with."
As his practice evolves and grows, he hopes to document this process in a way that might make you think about the role of objects in your life.
If you like a word and see that the mouse pointer has turned into a little hand, click, and discover more. Be careful though, you may discover a lot more than you bargained for!
Please feel free to suggest improvements or point out errors. Enjoy............
