Mat Collishaw

Completely love this artist's work. His pieces work on some many different levels to portray particular themes and also to connect with and draw the audience in.

Collishaw Artwork

Artwork that I am particularly interested in when looking at his work are ones that use projection, lighting, silhouettes and fragments of imagery.
I also find that with Collishaw's work sometimes the theme has to be figured out and really considered for his "purposeful" concept to come through. But at the same time it does filter through your mind, it goes in but interpreted in your own way. His work fascinates and captures the attention of the audience with the unusual visuals and dimensions of his work.

The works below are the ones that most inspired me - mainly because of the fragmentation of imagery and the dimensions/set-up of the pieces that create a world of their own.

'Retrospective'

This was partly inspired by my experience of the twin towers falling on September the 11th. I watched events unfold in an electrical shop, witnessing the collapse on around 60 different screens simultaneously. The illusion of slow motion as the buildings fell, coupled with seeing it multiplied over so many screens, gave it an overwhelming, almost devotional power.

* The audio is intrinsic to the work.

 

'Magic Lantern'

'Butterfly Cabinet'

I am interested in the use of different surfaces that images/videos can be projected onto. Creating a lightbox? Like I did in level 5 might be interesting to do or a projection screen...depending on the size of the projection I want to create.