Willem Austin Keys / 3D Design and Craft BA(Hons)

My work is guided by an interest in motion and the resultant traces left behind. This interest has been defined and explored through drawing. Driven by a research focused perspective, my ideas and the pieces that result, are concerned with the study of the integral factors that make up the act of drawing; body, mind, movement, material and mark. They examine the relationship between these factors.

I enact drawing performances within which the process of creation and the final residual mark are equally important. Drawings that perform the act of their own making.

Within these drawing performances materials are used in tandem with elemental motion to create traces. The use of phenomena such as magnetism and water are prevalent. These forces act as implements or materials to draw with. The work is also interactive, giving individuals the power to become part of the performance.

 

 

 

Trace prints
Trace Prints

 

 

 

 

Tracing Touch drawing machine
Tracing Touch

 

 

collected drawing
Collected Drawings