Helen Johnson fra Australia

 Name:  Helen Johnson
Nationality:  Australian
Homeland:  Australia
Town:  Melbourne
Age:  27
Resident from:  October to November 2007
Have you been in Trondheim before?   No
Do you wish to get in touch with somebody in Trondheim? I would like to meet a lot of people.
It is something you look forward to?  Yes, I wish I was staying longer!

About your work

Discipline:        Painting, drawing
Technique:       Acrylic and pencil on paper or linen, glued flat on the wall
Statement:        The works I have been producing recently function as visual conversations about the ways in which individuals can develop and implement a personal ethic or ideology within the broader socio-political constructs of a consumer society. They serve as meditations on singular moments or points of individual contention in the formation of cultural identities. The scenes which I depict are constructed, synthesized from a diverse array of sources, rather than being drawn directly from reality. Techniques of narrative, pattern and perspective provide a way in to a subjective engagement with the ideological questions embedded in the works. It is never my intention to present singular, grand concepts or a closed set of ideas, but to elicit questions and reflections from the viewer.
Plans for your residency?         To make a series of works which are ‘cut outs’ rather than traditional rectangular compositions. Some of these works will be shown in Turin in November, and some in Malaysia in December.

DEADLINE JUNE 1ST
Application for gueststudio at LKV expires at june 1st each year.