Regarding the process of putting his images together, Michael has agreed to provide a short description of how he works.
"My main process has little to do with a result which is always in a state of flux anyway. I tend to begin with materials, primarily antique papers found at paper fairs, flea markets, thrift stores, garages etc. and from let these materials suggest something or work in dialogue with films, books and musics. Being from New England the aesthetics of things decayed, aged, no longer made and such fascinate me and combining these materials with new mass produced images, paints, varies types of tapes is where my work begins to materialize. I am always seeking a playful philosophy within my work. Reconfiguring something that was into something that is. This process is both visual and aural. When scoring films, writing poems or creating a collage I tend to work with one simple idea adding onto it then tearing it apart and putting it back together again. This process leaves scars, sometimes leaving but always seeming alive and changing."
Michael Deragon is an interdisciplinary artist working with collage, film, field recordings poetry, and music in an exhausting attempt to find something static in the process of following every idea to its tarnished completion. Deragon holds an Interschool MFA in Experimental Sound and Poetry from Calarts.
He puts his words in magazines, his sounds onto films and teaches Creative Writing and Film History on the slide of Echo Park California.
Visit his website for news and further examples of his art www.michaelderagon.com
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