ORAL HISTORY ARCHIVE:
TRISH MORRISSEY
Interviewed by Richard West
Location: Artist's home, Somerset
Date: June 2012
Trish Morrissey (Portrait by Pete Boyd)
Chapter 11:
(Chapter 11 of 13, Running Time: 00:11:26)
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Chapter 11 Synopsis:
- Glad to have creative freedom as a result of working in subsidized sector rather than commercially.
- Currently working on project with beach as location.
- The sea represents chaos and the land order, the beach represents the proximity of life and death.
- Is very self critical so projects can start and then not be finished.
- A Eureka moment was seeing 'The Family Album of Lucybelle Crater' by Meatyard.
- Most recent project 'The Failed Realist' was created out of necessity.
- Could be made in corner of the living room with collaboration of family.
- Review by Clare Flannery in Circa described 'Seven years' as 'autofiction', found this description useful.
- Ideas for work comes out of life experience.
- Needs 'brain space' to generate new ideas, a good library or travel also helps.
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