Pete's work is actually presented upstairs at AirSpace in his studio space, with a live feed of the work shown on a TV in the Gallery - a chance to pry on the often unseen workings of a studio artist!
Mechanisms of Art:
In Pete's words, "As an artist or as I
believe I am, I like to try and physically create ongoing variations of
surrogate machines or synthetic substitutes of the things I see in my every day
existence.
Sometimes
there is a ritual pattern to the way these artworks interact with those around
them. Sometimes there is not. Those machines can do everything I had not
intended for them to do as well, and other times they just refuse to do
anything at all. They just break down and pack it all in, so to say, creating
sheer pleasure or total annoyance to me like an alter ego wanting to have its
own say. And classic, is when something happens you weren’t really expecting
and cannot ever hope to recreate with that same intensity. To my frustration at
times; like life. I’ve found myself being the only witness to such a moment,
with no one around to share that moment with. I guess that also sums me up as
an artist and a person really, with not much I can or want to add that would
say any more or less; this is about the whole self."
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