Lisa Roffey

email: L.A.Roffey@wlv.ac.uk

artist statement:

My practice focuses on how we as viewers engage with a moving image.

To what part do we contribute when we watch a moving image?

Do we lose control, become immersed and get thrown back out or do we relinquish it gladly and snatch it back at will? What are we doing in the middle of all that, what happens between one place and another?

This fluctuation and what lies within and around it are at the core of my practice. As viewers we naturally look for meaning, if it’s not there we’ll try to find it and weave it into the fabric of the work.

To investigate contemporary expectations of the viewer, the videos are devised as single shot edits choreographed together and presented as large-scale projections in triptych form.

The installations are intended to explore a concept of the viewer as complex, activated and decentred and how this impacts on the fluid, almost cyclical relationship between viewer – practice – artist.

what do you like about the MA program at the University of Wolverhampton?

The Fine Art department has a fantastic resource in both its academic staff and technical support. The academic staff spans a wide range of fine art practice and expertise encouraging students to really explore and contextualise their own practice. Research, experimentation and reflective practice are expected, building confidence and equipping students with interdisciplinary skills for their future.

anticipated graduation date: September 2013

Lisa Roffey, video still from Trip the Triptych, 2011, 19.07 mins.