Time based performance drawing : drawing as an archival process of seeing

Through this project I examine three key elements that comprise the foundational core of my work; perceptual drawing; the archival process of storing visual information in human memory and aspects of photographic and digital technology. The relationships between these elements are expressed in my work through an exploration of charcoal, pencil and pen drawings, video recordings of my drawing processes and interactive tablet animations. Perceptual drawing can perhaps be best described as the process of drawing from an outwardly perceived phenomena and not only drawing this subject but as well the changes in perception that arise through this act of drawing. The archival process stimulated by perceptual drawing is examined with particular insights gained from recent neuroscientific research, which suggests that it is one through which we create our own identities and that such activity fundamentally changes our neurological composition. Works by Alberto Giacometti, Gosia Wlodarczak, David Hockney, William Kentridge and other artists are considered to illustrate this discussion and provide a contextual framework for my own works.