Media and Methods

Monday, October 13th, 2008 | Media and Methods | 1 Comment

Chris Dorley-Brown: rediscovering participants from ‘big media’

If I put myself in the position of someone approaches by an artist in the way that I approach people, I’d probably tell them – tell me – to get lost….”

Chris Dorley-Brown was on self-deprecating form as he let his slot on one of SPACE’s Artist Development Days, back in the spring. Perhaps it’s a matey, self-subverting style that’s served him well in his work: he seemed hesitant about making claims for the position of his practice within a wider tradition of socially engaged art. I recall more vividly the ease with which he made himself uncomfortable about his work’s implications – the cracks and inconsistencies, and the questions he has about his own motives: “I recognise that the work, at some level, is about me….’
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