Ben Grainger
(24 years old. Born in United Kingdom. Lives in: Manchester)
Manchester Metropolitan
I recently graduated from Manchester School of Art. I am 22 years old and come from Manchester. My work is currently sculptural and pivots on the philosophy of Jean Baudrillard's 'Simulation Simulacra'.
The work in the show references filmic device where signifiers become a universal learned language to articulate something imminent. (eg, the concentric ripples that appear in the cup of water in Jurassic Park prior to the en ...[more]
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Work of art I would like to make
Further to my work in the second year where I was producing a dislocated reality by means of the aural. Part of my work this year has involved investigating this idea more visually. I began by creating small scale forced perspective models of interior spaces that when viewed through various lenses would give the illusion of a far larger space.
Fundamental aspect of the work is location. The pieces that I feel so far have been successful are the ones that are site-specific. I.e. viewing the simulated model environment in the environment itself. Given the opportunity I would like to expand also on some of the smaller more work I made for the degree show. I would like to look into new materials whilst maintaining an element of science as previous, to create a body of new work.
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My Artworks (6)
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