BIO

CJ BARR (they/them) is an interdisciplinary conceptual artist focused on everyday aesthetics and found materials. They graduated from Gray’s School of Art in 2020, during the middle of the pandemic and have since returned to education to explore their practice further. They have just completed their MFA in Arts & Humanities at Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art & Design.

Archive Affective:  

By collating found objects, documenting quiet moments, and replicating structures, I am exploring the process of becoming and potentiality. Often these materials are overlooked or discarded once their purpose has been served, but I want to create a space where the changes can be viewed and interacted with. By caring for the objects instead of discarding them, I am giving them the freedom to exist without any preconceived notion of a function.
I am exploring these connections and forms of existence through artist books and assemblages - where images and objects come together in both a digital and physical way. Thereby pushing the boundaries of what can be considered both a sculpture and an artwork and where the space of connection is in a continuous state of movement and becoming. The work aims to highlight the value of objects, everyday aesthetics, and the potentiality of objects through the process of iteration and playfulness.