diStorTioN Original by Sophie Donovan

Lino print, acrylic and collaged photocopies
 
diStorTioN despite small, was a difficult piece to make. Created in the late summer between 2nd and 3rd year of university, not only was my practice changing but also my home life was crumbling around me. Coming out of an exhausting year, I couldn’t find the motivation nor creative impulse to complete this piece. My practice this year had centred around physical interweaved glitches, digital errors and distortion, but now I felt emotionally distorted, my thoughts felt interweaved and malfunctioned. I, myself, had become the work. This piece is honest, created in late nights in a dimly lit room. It was made with the only materials I had access to, as everything else is packed up to move out of my family home. It represents the end of an era, as my practice develops and my life moves forward. I’m not too sure if I’m proud of it, but I’m proud of me for creating it.