Paul B. Johnson

My practice is a social critique. Through a mastery of parody and cynicism I aim to highlight our susceptibility and willingness to fall under the spell of modern media, particularly through the mechanisms of television editing, distribution and assimilation.

Reality and fantasy regularly occupy the same space in television, as scripted reality shows fill the listings. Through digital video I wish to focus on the moment we realize we are being fooled – the moment the imaginary fourth wall breaks down – and meditate on our complicity in the illusion, as we allow ourselves to be deceived.

email: art.paul.johnson@gmail.com

web: www.paulbjohnson.co.uk

Degree Show installation “Green Room”

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"Inherent in pause/play is tension; it implies a dialogue between passive and active, stop and start, reflection and performance.

As both Mark Twain and the pianist Artur Schnabel noted, the pause can be the moment of greatest intensity where the art resides; it is when decisions are made about the next play – be that a strategic or intuitive approach to making.

The degree show can be viewed as a monumental pause, a deep intake and holding of breath, prior to whatever lies ahead, or the final play in what has been for these artists four years of intensive work encompassing a range of practice-based experiments and assignments, historical and theoretical studies and various types of professional practice experience."

Dr Venda Pollock

Venda Louise Pollock's research investigates the relationship between art and the urban environment, examining representations of cities in a range of visual media and public art in urban contexts, particularly at moments of change. She is co-director of Intersections, a project linking Fine Art with the wider cultural sector in the field of public art.

Venda Louise is currently the Head of Art History within Fine Art.