Below is a link to the newspaper I created about my Forgotten Skills project:

http://www.newspaperclub.com/forgottenskills/l4uw8hay-forgotten-skills-an-artwork-by-natalie-rose-philpott

Newspaper articles about my recent Forgotten Skills Project.

The re-creation of the cart in progress...

Locating a network of people with traditional skills

Above is a photograph of my beer mats I have had made to try and get the local community involved in my project. I am placing them around as many local pubs as possible. 

Article from The Falmouth Packet Newspaper about my current project.

ARTIST STATEMENT

I regularly work within the public realm and create conditions, through my work, which invite participants to share something with each other, be it time, conversation or just the experience. In so doing, I embrace human relationality over a visually aesthetic object, such as a traditional oil painting or sculpture.

My interest in human relationships comes, primarily, from the fact that our social lives, particularly amongst my own generation, are fanatically controlled by mobile phones and social networking sites. I find myself confronted with the fear of isolation from society and, essentially my peers, if I do not subscribe to this hype. Ultimately, my underlying concern is that, although these advances have, undeniably, expanded society’s networking to global proportions, at what cost to the quality of human relations? Thereby, my practice is a reflection of these uncertainties, as I am repeatedly drawn to projects where my work has the potential to physically bring people together. However, my focus is not solely on the number of people who are present during these encounters, as I am, fundamentally, concerned with what the participants take away from the experience and, potentially, share amongst the larger social realm.  

Although I question whether it is possible to effectively document relations between people, I have come to appreciate that documentation is key within my practice, as a means of accounting for the unseen layers my work often generates. I regularly use photographs and film, but more recently, I have explored archiving my work into my own newspaper. I am conscious that documentation is an area which will continually evolve with my practice and, likewise, if I wish for my work to reflect the ever changing nature of human relationality, then it too must continue to develop and progress.