BA (Hons) Interactive Arts
Sonny J. Barker
I consider myself a minimalist who has developed his practise through abstracted art constructing sculptural installations. Within my practise I often utilize found material, specifically wood, metal objects and sound. Polaroid photography, collage and drawing are the primary sources I use when creating concepts.
My work is usually concerned with the inanities of modern life and has a basis in time and the effects that time has on our general surroundings. I am interested in the philosophy of the flanuer and this subject matter appears within my art.
At the moment I am researching road-side marking and road-side scars that are evident within the urban environment. What interests me about this study is the virtual randomness of design elements that exist within these forms.
I feel that road-side markings have an almost semiotic aspect when they are captured as photographs and are very much hieroglyphic when taken out of context.
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Self Portrait (inks, acrylic, found paper)
Road-Side Markings - ongoing (digital photograph)
![Sonny J. Barker - From the Polaroid Collection [scale] - ongoing
(polaroid photgraphy)](/2012/images/l/2016.jpg)
From the Polaroid Collection [scale] - ongoing (polaroid photgraphy)
Monument to the Built-Up Environment - 2012 (found wood)
