Jadean Martin
For Jadean's final project she has combined numerous elements that she has previously explored throughout her degree. Consisting of experimental text work, minimalist installations, data manipulation and journeys through the urban city. Jadean researched theories regarding the use of data, specifically opposing the use of capitalist data by transforming it into imagery to highlight the beauty. Jadean specifically focuses on these fundamentals by using her own derive data and rendering it into material, using it as a form of exchange. Within this project Jadean has created contrasting installations made out of material such as metal and paper that represent the data she collects of her derives. Jadean's final project also includes forms of imagery including both photographic and digitally made which will feature within a collective for her final piece.
"My own practice centralises the exploration of environments, materialism and journeys. Through psycho-geographic methods I observe distinctive elements within my surroundings and translate them as material through abstraction in order to create a new understanding but additionally to highlight the beauty of materials that surround us. Utilising the data entwined within these journeys I combine all components to create large scale installations and photographic imagery.
For me, my practice is the combination of using multiple influences woven into each other, enabling them to blend and develop into a distinctive style. Through my degree I have embraced a continuous exploration of similar themes throughout.
Data is a large intrigue of mine and with the masses amount we consume and produce daily it is a continuously growing matter. Precisely, I enjoy collecting and manipulating data I produce subconsciously such as miles travelled, steps taken, and pages printed. This form of everyday data I'm attracted to is due to accessibility and personal attachment it has to me.
Furthermore, another influence is the everyday architecture that I notice when on journeys to and from the city. I believe it is the connection between elements from a clinical form such as symmetry, geometric and simplicity and the abstract details that come with being within an urban setting such as weathering and its surroundings that automatically draw me into these structures.
My discipline is continuously progressing with the urban city and the magnitude of data inceasingly growing."