In writing the essay for this module, I realised there’s another rift to address – the one concerning the perceived value of traditional art found in galleries which is almost always physical and contained within a frame, compared with the burgeoning digital field. My work is explicitly hybrid but, after a discussion with my peer group in a recent crit meeting, it became clear that, while the physical work is designed to stand on its own feet, the film version is the final product. So what, here, is the art? Is it the physical painting upon which everything else is … Continue reading Rift #5 – Red Wall