Gilded Memories of Childhood 2015
Deirdre Bennett, Irish born but now living in the Scottish highlands, is an interdisciplinary and social art practice artist. She is also a lecturer of contemporary art practices for the UHI Perth (University of the Highlands and Islands). She holds a Master of Fine Art and BA (Hons) Fine Art (1st Class) from Cardiff Metropolitan University. Bennett also curates the 128 Telephone Box Gallery in her home town of Kirriemuir, Scotland.
Artist Statement
In a world that is increasingly distracted and polarised by trending technologies, I am hoping to create work and interstices that address and initiate dialogue about our tenuous but vital relationship to the natural world and each other. I do this through personal projects and socially engaged art events/workshops that involve play, exploration and creativity.
“The people will not revolt. They will not look up from their screens long enough to notice what’s happening.” George Orwell, 1984
‘The term ‘interstice’ was used by Karl Marx to describe trading communities that escaped the framework of the capitalist economy: barter, selling at a loss, autarkic forms of production, and so on. An interstice is a space in social relations which, although it fits more or less harmoniously and openly into the overall system, suggests possibilities for exchanges other than those that prevail within the system. Exhibitions of contemporary art occupy precisely the same position within the field of the trade in representations. They create free spaces and periods of time whose rhythms are not the same as those that organize everyday life, and they encourage an inter-human intercourse which is different to the “zones of communication” that are forced upon us.’
Augmented Reality Business Cards
Many of my projects have been focused on using play to initiate dialogue outside of the Gallery. This is why a lot of my business cards are treated with Augmented Reality. If you have a smart phone or tablet and you want to activate your card then follow this link for full instructions: Instructions for Augmentations
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