SPLICED LIFE /
exhibition / feral / An interview with Peachfish & Muzi
ISSUE 01
PEACHFISH
What did you set out to achieve?
Primarily, it was an investigative
foray into a direction I'm wanting
to go. A gentle,
babysteps, practical
introduction to
making my own work.
It was gratifying and
deeply validating to
have such a positive
response.
“To make manifest the
things that invisibly
fascinate me.”
I noticed a number of interesting
choices of medium?
Sometimes I get a huge kic k out of
making a work without spending
anything, by re-purposing and
experimenting. The two Pan
themed works were made on dirty
sheets of tetrapak I found outside
Wolves. They were very resistant
to taking my marks, and the images
were eventually coerced out with
a haphazard combination of
steelwool, cooking oil, sandpaper,
oil pastel, ink and synthetic concrete
colourant amongst others.
Where to next?
I’d like to get into street art, those
huge canvases call to me!
Peachfish?
I was trying to set up an email
account for myself and didn't know
what my user name should be. My
mom shouted from her consult room
that I should make it Lauren starfish
or something. Laurenstarfish was
unavailable, and the next thing that
came to mind, from the beautiful
mind of Tom Robbins was Peachfish.
Which means vagina. And it stuck.
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