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Max Leach
ART Habens
this is sometimes deliberate but I try to never
encourage it, as I find a political point of view
isn’t appropriate or relevant to the subject
matters I deal with, as my subjects are
sourced from the by-product of a political
standpoint. I try to use universal subjects and
imagery for the audience. I see art as just an
instrument to expose an object, idea,
emotion and concept in different mediums
that make it a communication tool, or in my
case people have said an abstract warning
sign.
I fine the relationship between sound and
image a difficult interaction, sound intensifies
the visual and can magnify and focus the
attention towards a chosen aspect of the
work and this is why I exploit it so much. My
methods of making sound is to utilise it as a
primary starting point when it comes to
structuring anything, I prefer to build a
narrative from the sound first and then this
provides a guide for generating visual media.
Immersion is very important in my work,
there is always a push in the development to
evoke the spectator’s virtual relation to their
My work contains a lot of sociopolitical
criticism both visually and theoretically, and
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