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- Artistic Area:
- Live art.
- About Me:
- I am Lady Kitt. I am a performance artist. In a practice which is increasingly socially engaged I explore creative ownership, private and public rituals associated with creativity, and the mythology of the artist; looking at the role of the audience in the realisation of work.
I use performative work and information technology to open lines of communication between viewer, work and artist thus inviting the relationships between these elements to transform. In my work I explore creative authorship, offer viewers the opportunity to become involved in activities and ideas. I regularly use everyday, non-threatening materials; things that most people have access to, often using items that are absurd. In my most recent performance I asked viewers to make pictures with toothpaste.
In my work the internet functions as an egalitarian platform, allowing individuals the freedom to perform (sometimes otherwise hidden) aspects of their identity. Traditionally in performance art, the artist has become the object. Performing via the internet allows the artist, art and viewer to all become non-objects. Reduced to binary digits, with no fixed meaning or being; these elements can successfully metamorphose, establishing a new context for making sharing, appreciating and being art.
I work with a variety of alter egos* to explore the function of performance within art and life. By adopting an alter ego and then making work as that character, I explore the potential of performance as a tool for making art as well as a method for presenting it. The histories and motivations of the characters might be interesting to people who view their work, but the viewer doesn’t need to know anything about how it was made- or who it was made by- to engage with it.
I want my work to be beautiful, playful, entertaining and just a little enigmatic. I am utterly dedicated to making art accessible to as many people as possible to view, participate in and buy. I passionately believe that increased public involvement in the arts has the potential to enrich the cultural landscape and the quality of individual lives.
*Dr Tutti (including photos of the most recent “Blow” event) http://www.myspace.com/dr_tutti
Id Turpin: http://www.myspace.com/id_turpin
Maria Diogeneva: http://www.myspace.com/maria_diogeneva
Cousin Min-tea: http://www.myspace.com/cousin_min_tea
- What is your favourite artist (all genres)?
- http://www.myspace.com/lady_kitt
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