Saturday, July 16, 2016

Rupert M. Loydell, ARTISTIC STATEMENT


Statement, Google, Wall, image by Rupert M. Loydell 





ARTISTIC STATEMENT


     This is an artistic statement
which is heading into a brick-walled basement,
      artistic activity
in combination with aesthetic considerations.
     This is an artistic masterpiece
that can now be installed in your home.
     This is artistic inadequacy:
how do you consume without getting angry?
     This is an artistic event
which is wrong in leaving the object out of sight.
    This is an artistic video
put together for spectators,
     an artistic expression
of great significance, a means to ask forgiveness.
     This is an artistic film
based on images created from found home movies,
     an artistic memorial.
     This is an artistic selfie
which is emotionally interesting and exciting.

     This is an artistic choice.
Some results are more effective than others.
     This is an artistic rendering,
     an artistic interpretation,
so there's no right or wrong.
     This is an artistic course
that aims to be fun and inspirational.
     This is an artistic vision
of a person inspired by mirrors and dreams,
     an artistic intention
to slow down our sense of time and return us to the primordial.
     This is an artistic impression
of what a UFO would look like if they existed,
     an artistic ploy
to select and defamiliarize familiar images.

     This is artistic practice
as disciplined as it is heartfelt.
     This is an artistic work,
an evocative combination of music and narration.
     This is an artistic effect
tending toward the abstract,
      an artistic representation,
not a technical drawing. It may not be to exact scale.
     This is artistic research
where the art will not be fully translatable into a written form.
     This is an artistic style
which is both coherent and at odds with tradition.
     This is an artistic disgrace
or a work of genius.

     This is an artistic tool
to get things to look the way you want.
     This is an artistic talk
that will be sure to inspire and challenge,
     an artistic venture
with the power to drive innovation.
     This is an artistic methodology
that acknowledges the fundamental mutability of data.
     This is an artistic idyll of sorts,
an artistic field in tune with the landscape.
     This is an artistic division,
a collection of disassociated practices.
     This is an artistic term
the meaning of which escapes me completely.
     This is an artistic convention,
     an artistic position,
     an artistic luxury.

     This is an artistic tour de force,
an artistic gem to love from the word go.
     This is an artistic relationship
based on hybridity and dependent on play.
     This is an artistic decision,
     an artistic gesture.
     This is an artistic theory on the surface
but it is also an effective means of signification.
     This is an artistic strategy
called free-market pastiche,
     an artistic way
of dealing with the matter.
     This is an artistic village
 and the work never stops,
     an artistic quest
that is deeply personal.
     This is an artistic partnership,
     an artistic group,
and many of the decorations are of our own making.
     This is an artistic view.
I always liked the surrounding city reflected in the glass.

      This is an artistic forum,
people here are not alone.
     This is an artistic performance
filmed outside and projected in real time inside,
     an artistic journey
which celebrates and portrays ordinary life.
      This is an artistic choice.
I think it's pretty good, especially the use of special effects.
      This is an artistic diagram
which is constantly expanding and growing,
     an artistic triumph
even if it is poorly printed and badly packaged.
     This is an artistic voice
of fundamental integrity and modesty,
     an artistic look at life,
a kind of troubleshooting guide.
     This is an artistic interpretation
of how creation might look,
      an artistic visualization
that facilitates trippy grooviness.

     This is an artistic learning process
characterised by change on many levels,
     an artistic collaboration
involving numerous talented individuals.
     This is an artistic opportunity
with results determined by professional appraisal,
     an artistic exercise.
Just do your best using what you have in order to get it done.
     This is an artistic finish
which really depends on the style you are going for.



—Rupert M. Loydell