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Samantha Allflatt
Biography
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image cutout, pens, mdf
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The work I produce can be seen as objects as well as paintings, but i prefer not to categorise it.It is a blend of doodles, collage, automatic writing, and obsessive drawing, which is put together on MDF boards. I am interested in the way these elements work together to form self-portraits of the mind, or mind maps, through either conscious or unconscious decisions.
By using collage to incorporate images from fashion, cinema, popular culture and the animal kingdom, I interweave my own inner world with the outside world.
The words and sentences I write depend on the mood I am in, and are mostly lyrics from songs I have in my head. They always connect to what is going on inside or around me and ,more often than not, refer to my emotional state.
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drawing pen on paper
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Each drawing is led by its own rule. Nothing is planned or predictable. Everything is a succession of chances, free association, mistakes and impulsions, yet there
is a certain level of control is the execution.
I use very fine pilot pens on MDF sheets which are unprimed so that the pen, on this raw surface, works almost the same way as a tattoo needle does on one's skin:
the ink doesn't flow easily onto the grain.
As I go along, I incorporate images that I feel could provide a narrative or which all share a certain quality or theme. The drawing stops when I am satisfied with its shape, which is then cut out.
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Drawing and doodling is for me a way to channel dark, negative emotions, as well as anxiety; an anxiety that is due to perfectionism, which is seen in the meticulous, labour-intensive nature of the work. The words and sentences are never straight-forward. They can be ironic, cynical, sarcastic or completely honest. There is therefore a fine contrast between the aesthetically pleasant and attractive quality of the drawing, and the harsh, gloomy, angry statements of the text. It all works together to form a cluster of information, that is not just representative of myself but of how I make sense of and cope with living in London, contemporary society and mass media.
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