!BLOODFIRST! the collaborative world of Dzia and MJ Turpin

!Blood First! PART 1

Welcome to the collaborative world of Dzia and MJ Turpin.
Coming from geographic worlds apart(Johannesburg, South
Africa and Antwerp, Belgium) but both sharing similar origins
and aesthetic conditioning, the creative impetus for this body
of work is based on a shared collective consciousness if you
will, manifesting itself in a fluid, continous and spontaneous
based experiential/experimental process, utilizing both found
and then altered pieces and newly created works of art.

Due to the nature of the collaboration the work revolves
around identity, perception, accountability, denial, origins and
then reflected against contemporary Belgian society viewed
through the eyes of a “foreigner” and a citizen(but created
as one) and the interesting conscious and sub conscious
juxtapositioning and layering that occurs both aesthetically
and through theoretical sub texts.

This all being taken into account the most important aspect
of this show for myself and Dzia is the ability of the viewer
to utilise self reflextivity in interpreting these works, our
meaning is ours and my be seen and shared by others but
our primary goal is self interpretation.

Thanks
Dzia and MJ

email:
MJ - shakawon@gmail.com
DZIA - dzia@dzia.be

MORE TO COME!!!!