Cameron Bridgeman
Artist Statement
I set out to create a sculpture, or set of sculptures, using a selection of discarded materials or found objects. More specifically, materials where I feel that I can extract the life of the object while preserving the essence of it but break it down and restructure it.
I usually source objects which are discarded remnants of the manufacturing process, the unwanted remains of a post-industrial society. Materials which have exceeded their life and purpose. I work intuitively with these objects, taking them apart and reformatting them, experimenting with the different forms and textures that the natural objects possess. I place and attach objects that I think complement each other. This process has come from a childhood fascination of taking things apart to find out how they work. I am attracted to the patterns, the rhythms, and the sequences that the objects reveal. My interest stems from not knowing about the object’s past life and the potential narratives hidden in the marks, textures, and forms. My job is to bring out these hidden stories using the original footprint of the object and create something new in shape, form, and spirit.
My work examines the idea that wasted materials can activate alternative narratives that in some way explore or highlight the environmental crisis. I investigate the way the material is presented to bring out hidden narratives in the work. Through the development of my visual practice, I examine the possibility of the mythic and the post-industrial working in symbiosis.
Contact Cameron Bridgeman
- cameronbridgeman1997@gmail.com
- Website
- https://www.behance.net/cameronbridgem
- @c.bridge_art