Degree Shows Guide 2016

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QUESTIONNAIRE #1
Sue Mann, BA (Hons) Fine Arts, York St John
University
How would you describe your work?
Making work (image 1, above) in response to a site,
I am interested in communicating a sense of the felt
experience of spaces alive with human interactions,
histories and narratives. Via two projects, firstly at
Stonebow House and then York Art Gallery, I have been
examining strategies that translate this through the
phenomenological experience of making.
What do you know now that you didn’t know when
you started your course?
The course has enabled me to not only explore and
focus my practice interests but also apply my learning
when working on projects outside the university. I now
understand the power of research, working with material,
and problem solving processes in order to explore
outcomes that articulate my ideas.
What are you doing for your degree show?
I have chosen to consider the newly restored Victorian
roof space at York Art Gallery by responding to
the rhythms that have been released following its
reunification. Whilst exploring my felt responses to the
space through drawing and video, I am thinking about
architect Edward Taylor’s existing drawings of the gallery
(1874 to 1878) and how I am tracing the resonances and
repercussions of his work.
What do you want your show to achieve?
My main aim for the show is to translate a sense of my
ideas and felt responses as a resolved outcome.
How do you view the significance of the degree
show in your development as an artist?
It marks a final point in the learning experience,
providing a bridge between education and post-degree
working that presents the starting point of an emerging
artist. I’m not thinking about that though! For me, it’s
simply about trying to find a resolution to my current
project.
Degree show: 21-31 May, York St John University
& The New School House Gallery, York.
www.yorksj.ac.uk
Read Sue Mann’s a-n blog at
www.a-n.co.uk/blogs/new-focus
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