Every year Ventnor Fringe Festival tries to find interesting places for artists to exhibit, perform, create and more. Last year the shelter at La Falaise car park (sitting above Ventnor Bay) became the home of an installation about the life of Olivia Parkes, aka Britannia – the lady of the sea.
Place of Safety
This year sees the space take a different form and welcomes a new artist, Kathy Williams. Place of Safety sees Kathy continue to research ideas of Painting as a Democratic Act (PaDA).
She seeks to push the boundaries of how we think of using paint as a relevant, expressive medium as well as thinking how the public has access to, engages with and understandings contemporary artwork that uses paint.
Both a highly trained artist as well as qualified teacher, Kathy realises that a good way to understand anything is through experience, so she gives opportunities to others to take part in the creation or duration of her temporary works.
An enlightening conversation
We sat down with Kathy ahead of her installation to find out more about the project, the process and the method.
During our conversation we covered:
- Kathy’s background as an artist
- How the idea came about
- The constant theme that runs throughout
- ‘Solving the puzzle’ of a painting
- Where the theme and title of A Place of Safety came from
- The colloaborative aspect of the project
- The methods used encourage other people to respond
- How different groups react in different ways
- The involvement of organisations
- Understanding three dimensional painting
- Exploring ways of disassembling painting
Listen to the podcast
You can listen to our conversation with Kathy Williams in the lead up to the installation at La Falaise car park.
Find out more about the artist Kathy Williams by visiting her website.
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