Robert Allison Interview
1) How long have you been making art?
Almost a year.
2) What genre best describes what you do?
Generative Digital Art.
3) How has your artwork evolved since you began?
I'm experimenting with animations now - some of my latest images are in fact stills from animated processes.
4) Is there a medium or technique that you have yet to try but would like to?
Three dimensions! In particular working with coloured LEDs. Their cheapness and 'controllability' opens up all sorts of possibilities.
5) What would your ideal solo exhibition be like and where would it be held?
A collection of animations, 2D & 3D, projected in the blacked out depths of Ambika P3 by Baker Street. The variety of cave-like spaces would frame the vivid colour displays perfectly.
6) What do you like most about the art world?
Talking to other people about the work - their appreciation makes it all worthwhile.
7) If you could change anything about the London art scene, what would it be?
More buyers! But seriously, greater involvement of commercial or public organisations would bring our art to a wider audience.
8) What or who inspires you to make art?
I want to break down the barriers between the artistic and the scientific. In this I look to figures such as da Vinci and Gaudi, they saw a deeper beauty beyond such divisions.
9) Where did you sell your first painting and how did it feel?
A colleague of mine came to my first exhibition, some weeks after he bought one of the artworks. The piece had turned out particularly well, with the image, print process and mounting working together perfectly, so I was happy to make that sale.
10) What are your plans for the New Artist Fair in September?
I'll be looking forward to exhibiting in the heart of the east end's creative community, and I hope to meet people interested in what I do.
Almost a year.
2) What genre best describes what you do?
Generative Digital Art.
3) How has your artwork evolved since you began?
I'm experimenting with animations now - some of my latest images are in fact stills from animated processes.
4) Is there a medium or technique that you have yet to try but would like to?
Three dimensions! In particular working with coloured LEDs. Their cheapness and 'controllability' opens up all sorts of possibilities.
5) What would your ideal solo exhibition be like and where would it be held?
A collection of animations, 2D & 3D, projected in the blacked out depths of Ambika P3 by Baker Street. The variety of cave-like spaces would frame the vivid colour displays perfectly.
6) What do you like most about the art world?
Talking to other people about the work - their appreciation makes it all worthwhile.
7) If you could change anything about the London art scene, what would it be?
More buyers! But seriously, greater involvement of commercial or public organisations would bring our art to a wider audience.
8) What or who inspires you to make art?
I want to break down the barriers between the artistic and the scientific. In this I look to figures such as da Vinci and Gaudi, they saw a deeper beauty beyond such divisions.
9) Where did you sell your first painting and how did it feel?
A colleague of mine came to my first exhibition, some weeks after he bought one of the artworks. The piece had turned out particularly well, with the image, print process and mounting working together perfectly, so I was happy to make that sale.
10) What are your plans for the New Artist Fair in September?
I'll be looking forward to exhibiting in the heart of the east end's creative community, and I hope to meet people interested in what I do.
