Why Liquid? Why water as a theme? Well, just take a look outside....

Water as a marker of the effects of climate change is a powerful theme, and this is one of the reasons for choosing it as a curatorial thread. Environmental concerns are one way into this theme.

There are, of course, many other ways in which artists bring water into their work and these other reasons are of great interest too. 

Ultimately, the visual or sonic impact of works submitting to this theme is important. By confining submissions to photographic, sonic and moving image work it is hoped that the show as a whole will have an integrity for visitors as they first view the show. Thereafter, individual works will compel closer engagement and visitors will remember the wow factor of the individual artists included in Liquid at Fringe Arts Bath.

As a guest curator I have an ulterior motive! A practicing artist myself, I have sought to build on a recent residency at Arts Quarter Budapest and am keen to generate a sustainable dialogue between artists in the UK and artists in Hungary. I am also motivated to seek out contexts for my own practice and to find out what other artists are doing that might relate to my own work. Selected artists won't be confined to works that closely mirror my own practice, however. Rather, it will be works which provoke, engage and disrupt my own understanding. My own work can be found here https://drawingwithwater.wordpress.com/

So I'm hungry for the opportunity to be provoked, engaged and disrupted! And am looking forward to some exciting submissions.