Megan Powell- Artist talk

notes from talk

the role of a personal narrative

all artwork is personal, we don't always recognise it

How we form as a person, learn to identify with ourselves and with others

-Greek god nemesis

(congerant?) desire

- artists are more intune with their subconscious

-Art can come from a desire to make sense of the people and the world around us

(Jaques Lacan)
The real the imaginary and the symbolic

-Your identity is structured by everything around you

Graham Layton chance

dorothy perkins victorian text woman being locked in a room

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