Lynne Devey: Fine Art: Contemporary Practice MA graduate
Fine Art: Contemporary Practice MA
I came to Falmouth with a background in painting and an interest in emotional responses to particular colours. I wanted to develop this practice and situate it within a contemporary framework. The course changed both the way I thought about art and my own artistic practice significantly. The most important shift was the move from individual practitioner to facilitator and performer.
By the time the MA was complete, I had established an art method that invited an audience to bring their discarded clothes to a creative workshop. The group of audience/participants was then taught to cut up, change and re-invent their wardrobe for re-use. As well as giving opportunities for individual expression, the workshops, which combined elements of performance, sculpture and social activism, promoted an alternative to waste through imaginative re-cycling. They allowed those who attended to be both audience and creative participants in the work. Since graduating I have continued to move beyond my initial interest in colour, to promote my concerns about social and environmental issues.
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