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An interview by
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Hello. Thank you for this chance to talk about
my work. When I was younger, I liked to
arrange and alter collected objects. Doing this I
could imagine creating my own technologies.
My Grandad, Deryck Healey, who was also an
artist whose work inspired me. That is, he
created life sized series of figures cast in resin
containing found objects discarded on the
beach.
Joshua Healey Lapena
to the evolution of our practices for interaction
and technology and. Even though my previous
practice involved experimenting with materials
and construction, there were limits on what I
could conceive of with its materials. No doubt, if
by some subterfuge, I was to have an engine
floating or a part of some environment, the
focus would be on it as an object as opposed to
the subject of their relation. There are images,
which I can visualize, but not easily make
without changing their meaning; this led me to
My MFA art history tutor, Robert was a big
influence on my conceptual understanding of
art; reading the works of Gilles Delueze.
Charlotte Cullinan and Jeanine Richards also did
much to cultivate my experience of
collaborative projects and question the idea of
space and interaction. The social aspect of
conceptual interaction is still of interest to me.
Josh Rowell also did an experimental sculpture
dealing with these concepts. These contributed
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