Previous AA2A Artist

Julie Edwards

Year:
2005-06
Project summary:

It is difficult to define my practice at present because it is currently going through changes. My commission based work is influencing strongly the materials I want to use, and the personal ideas I have are slowly influencing the way I want to make public art. I will use the facilities at Wolverhampton to fuse together two ways of working - to have the chance to experiment and adapt processes to suit the practice. The ideas I want to specifically pursue are the casting of very thin fragile fabrics into constructions / curtains / veils / boxes. How fragile can I make the objects without them breaking the appearance of delicateness is important. I want to pursue the intellectual credibility of the ideas, play with meanings and develop the concepts behind the work.

I enjoy contrasts, opposites, contrary things. My work often deals with these anomalies. The things I want to specifically make/deal with are the idea of hiding, privacy and peoples fascination with curtains and particularly net curtains. We live in multiple boxes where people hide themselves away beneath nets. They are statements to do with design, fashion, age and reflect the concern that we are being watched.