Imagined and remembered places: Drawing on the past

The connections between traditional printmaking and drawing are observably strong, particularly when considering the autographic mark making associated with etching, but with the introduction of more digital print technologies the hand, self or gesture may become blurred or processed out of the final image. The process of printmaking also offers distance and creates a space between the drawn and the print creating a liminal space between the hand and the final image. There can though be inherent advantages to this lessening of the self as the distance or space created by these processes allows for a deeper or different exploration of content, context and composition and the universal correspondences that may occur within the space. I use examples of my own work and its development over the last five years, though the focus is on the most current series Imagined & Remembered Places. I explore questions and connections between traditional and digital techniques, relationships to collage, layering, photographs, video and sound; the relationship between memory, place and time and whether a less self-expressive approach allows for a more universal context and connection through shared experience.