Fine Art Finalists 2010: Christian Tilt.

One thing I dislike - which I think you see alot of in degree shows - is when artists create an installation around their work just for the sake of creating an installation, which is always the great crowd pleaser.
Luckily Christian Tilt has been creating installation based work for a while now, so it deffo gets my stamp of approval (as if its needed...).
For the degree show he undertook a mammoth task of transforming an old ratty lecture room into a complete new environment of wonder. Based on the idea of The Well - 'the birthplace of the online community movement' - the first forum of the interwebs, where people came together to talk about all kinds of weird and wonderful subjects. Using this idea he created an artist's commune divided into pods showcasing work in all mediums but still utilising the installation format they were made to look as if the artist had been living there while creating the works.
It is insane the amount of work which went into it. I saw it first hand as me and Arianne were lucky enough (I think) to be asked by Chris to design one  of the artist's pods - Not that being a part of the work has influenced my opnions of the work, it truly is a wonderful piece. Stepping into the room transported you directly into a new place, while still maintaining its status as an artwork allowing the viewer to considor the context and apreciate the concept.

(There deffo was not a kitchen in this room before Christian built one...)

Christian is currently working on a website so watch this space. He will also be involved in a real gallery (!!!) show in London (!!!!!!) at the end of July along with a few other graduates. ILL KEEP U POSTED YA.