Doug Aitken
Doug Aitken
Doug Aitken is an American multimedia artist...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionArtist
CountryUnited States of America
act change explore looking ourselves seeing self singular view whether
In our daily lives, we see ourselves often in very reductive ways. I want to explore motion, change and flux, whether we are looking in the mirror or seeing ourselves in our surroundings. The singular view of self contradicts the act of living.
environment lose track
It's very easy to lose track of the environment around you, to lose touch with the present.
literal los nomadic places rather traveling york
I think that 'Station to Station' is a nomadic project not only in a literal sense, as it's traveling by train from place to place. Some of these places are New York City or Los Angeles, but some of these places are rather off-the-grid places.
delicate sabbath surprising
'Planet Caravan' by Black Sabbath is such a delicate song from such a surprising place.
mediums platform
I always thought about 'Station to Station' as an approach. It was about creating an alternative platform for culture where different mediums could co-exist.
began feels itself sculpt though
The 'Station to Station' film has been fascinating to create. It feels as though it made itself in a way, and after awhile, the film told us what it needed and began to sculpt itself.
linear modern rather standard voices
The 'Station to Station' film is a fast-moving journey through the modern creative landscape. It's a kaleidoscope of voices and impressions rather than a standard linear film.
attempt create defined interested medium mediums spectrum tools using wide
I have always just made things. I don't see what I make as being defined by a medium or aesthetic. It probably comes more from a fundamental restlessness, an attempt to create tools for questioning or understanding, and I have always been interested in using a wide spectrum of mediums to do this.
work
There's really no differentiation between the work I make and the world I live in.
horrible
I'm not a journalist; I'm probably a horrible interviewer. The one small thing I have is I'm curious, and I'm interested in who I'm with.
believer love motion situations
I'm really a believer in being in situations that feel new and awkward and different. And I love that feeling of being in motion - that sense you find when you're traveling.
art levels
Art is always a search for understanding, and the different levels and frequencies of that search feel completely comfortable and natural to me.
across art artistic century cultural defined diverse instead movements music occupy period platforms various
The 20th century is a period defined by cultural and artistic movements. However, the 21st century creative-scape that we occupy now doesn't really have movements in the same way. Instead it's made up of diverse individuals working across various platforms simultaneously; art, architecture, film, music and literature.
barrier communication created ends format itself maybe medium utilize web
Communication is paramount, and what medium or what format you utilize should be a non-issue. In some respects, that has created a barrier for new media, especially web new media, because often times maybe the media itself comes before the concept, before the ideas, and ends up navigating or dictating the outcome.