Brian Fay (DIT): answer to 6 questions from Project

Brian Fay – Response to 6 questions from Project

1. Has working on this subject/theme altered your drawing process in any way?
Formally it has led to an increased use of layering, multiple images and transparency values. In terms of thinking around ideas in drawing it has led to a clearer defining of stages of time in the drawings as per illustration which is informed by an image used to explain Husserls theory of time flow.

2. Has the idea of a possible collaborative outcome altered your thinking/working methods in any way?
Not specifically in relation to this project. I have recently worked on an extended drawing collaboration with a composer and found it to be a most productive way of working and would like to think of the drawings as having possibilities and applications outside of their own context.

3. How has the experience of your practice being reviewed and viewed by your peers in Triptych influenced the work?
I suppose one is constantly aware of ones work being viewed and reviewed. However in this context the sense of critique is perhaps less “adversarial” as it is an informed and focused arena for placing your practice.

4. Have you discussed this piece of work/process with anyone else in Triptych while carrying out the work?
Not yet as I am somewhat uncertain as to how it is actually working. We have held meetings within DrawingLab where presentations have been made and feedback given, but only in this context to date.

5. Has anything you saw at the Triptych IMMA symposium influenced your thinking or process in any way?
Not specifically or perhaps I should say not yet. I was particularly taken by the variety of approaches to drawing

6. What collaborative outcome would you suggest as being appropriate for this research group?
Public exhibition (touring), catalogue and accompanying website/blog for feedback during duration of show. This could act as an undergraduate teaching tool and postgraduate forum. An agreed format/s could be decided on for practical purposes of transport etc.
Also shared guest lecturing, which I would have liked to get started this semester but proved impossible.