ORDER v CHAOS

My drawings explore the idea of complexity and chaos created by an overload of information. In an information age in which technology allows for assimilating endless forms and amounts of data, it is easy to become overwhelmed and overloaded and it is this resulting state that I want to convey - the world is a complex and complicated place and my drawings aim to visualize this.

I take elements from maps, architectural plans, images of skeletons, cellular structures, electronic circuit boards, star charts, financial graphs, flight plans, mythological figures and aerial photography of the earth taken from space and turn them on their head. By taking images designed to give information and merging and layering them with other unconnected symbols so that they lose their sense of function, I aim to create complex and disorientating drawings which convey a sense of confusion and chaos. Whilst the individual elements I chose to include may appear random and unrelated, for me, there is a real and deep connection to the imagery, I am particularly drawn to and fascinated by maps, architectural plans and technical illustrations, aesthetically because of their strong linear, graphic qualities but also for their sense of order and structure.

Whilst I want viewers to be able to identify and isolate individual elements within my drawings, for example, a snake’s vertebrae or the windows from an architectural plan, I want the big picture to remain beyond comprehension – a chaotic, swirling mass of shapes and symbols which overall, leave the viewer feeling confused, overwhelmed and baffled

From order comes chaos