Joel Baker

BA (Hons) Fine Art

Depicting Consciousness

My art practice is informed by a number of questions such as those involving the problems of consciousness as well as the boundaries that exist between us and the world. For our world to come into existence, two distinct forms are required to experience reality and for this reality to take a form. For us as a conscious observer we are able to experience the world that we are born from and irrefutably connected to. Physical barriers like the skin or the limited sensory perceptions between the self and the environment provide the illusion of dualism and of being separate from the world. Without these boundaries we would simply exist as one indistinguishable collective.

In complete contrast to the third person approach to consciousness taken within scientific fields, as an artist my work utilises the direct connection I have with the surrounding world. My current work explores the relationship between the internal and the external, or the mind and the shared world. As an artist I can use empirical and embodied knowledge to understand the world. My hand is used to branch out into a physical space, to both create and experience feedback between myself and the world.

Other Exhibitors:

Caitlyn Laye

Caitlyn Laye

My artwork was initially inspired by the rave scene which is usually an intense environment of music, colour and lights. I decided to recreate the feelings that my experience evoked, with the use of illuminative acrylics and spray paints on canvas. As spray painting...

Chloe Winder

Chloe Winder

Our species has become increasingly disconnected from nature. I focus on landscapes of personal significance and/or landscapes that have been disrupted by industrial use. Materials from these sites (often rocks, muds, and bricks) are used through a process-orientated...

Rebecca Jones

Rebecca Jones

Non-linear narratives such as unreliable memories, leaky dreams and deja vu are a central reference within my practice. I address the structure of these forms of narrative using repetition, replication and iterations of time. My work is largely sculptural, using...

Rachel Verner

Rachel Verner

Exploring the fragmentation of memory through the physicality of found objects and the spoken word, my work has become an archive of my family history. Due to the archival nature of my work, I replicate ways of preserving my objects through the attentiveness of their...

India Beaudro

India Beaudro

In my current practice I am concerned with the objectivity and phenomenology of colour. Through using media such as light and coloured acetate, my present work is intentionally focused and uncluttered, allowing colour to be considered as a singularity without any...

Katie Berry

Katie Berry

With a love for colour my work addresses form and shape and the impact this has on a space. I am demonstrating how the use of bright colour can create maximum optical impact. I’m interested in pattern and repetition to create a visual aesthetic whilst whilst working...