discovering creatives
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discovering creatives ☆
WITH
NAOMI MOORE
Interview by Priya Chana
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[Priya] Tell us your name, age, and a little bit about yourself.
[Naomi] My name is Naomi Moore, and I am a 23-year-old Fine Art student at Loughborough University.
[Priya] How would you describe your creative practice?
[Naomi] My practice mimics a sense of surrealist euphoria, injecting neons into my own safe haven of nostalgia. I create a series of hyper-saturated dioramas embellished with warped furniture and personified walls, preserving a showcase of childlike materials as an escapism tactic to allow my inner child to creatively roam free.
Adopting elements of my 2000s nostalgia, I’ve build practice through pockets of comfort, using collaged dioramas in collaboration with moving image as a portal to retreat back into my evocative safe space, inviting viewers to appreciate from afar, an innocent form of voyeurism.
Sticking to a consistent day-glo aesthetic, I uses effervescent make-up and costume to express myself authentically through a juvenile playfulness that society forces us to supress as we grow older. I aim to entice and audience with an array of tacky materials and clashing colours through un-polished cartoony videos, the sort of children’s TV shows that inspired me initially.
My practice has always been a technicolour reverie, and illusive hideaway from normality utilising myself as an eccentric alter ego; the juxtaposition of an underlying sense of uncertainty fuels a dreamlike state of disarray.
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[Priya] Is there a meaning behind your work?
[Naomi] Overall, my practice aims to create environments that engage viewers with a time capsule back to their vivid childhood, a collage of saturated nostalgia through the use of googly eyes, pipe cleaners, felt and playdoh - the same children’s craft materials that originally evoked my love for art. In collaboration to my dioramas, I pair each environment with a glitchy animation in which I edit myself into the worlds I articulate. This is ultimately a creative outlet in which I can bring my nostalgia to life!
[Priya] What got you into creating art?
[Naomi] As an individual, my love and passion for playful creative outlets originates from my imagination when playing with Barbies and Polly Pockets as a child, with the fascination to become a tiny figurine within a realm of pink plastic crap!
As a child, my brother and I were obsessed with visiting model villages on holiday, disappointed in the way we were excluded from the miniature worlds, yet wrapped up within our imaginations where we hoped to be a part of them. thus inspiring my desire to create similar worlds that I could immerse myself in. I have always collected vintage figurines, stickers and other trinkets from charity shops and car boot sales which have inspired my practice throughout, through the use of nostalgic maximalism.
[Priya] Are there any artists or pieces that inspire your work?
[Naomi] Initially my practice was heavily inspired by artists such as Yayoi Kusama, and Pip n Pop, with colourful instillations, repetitive patterns and a rich playfulness, elements of these artists can be seen throughout my practice. The more I ventured into the world of moving image however, I am fascinated by the works of Rachel Maclean, whose practice is a range of satirical videos featuring herself as the subject. Maclean plays with makeup, costume and performance to produce political videos with nods to children’s TV shows. The juxtaposition of politics taught through child-like films is comedic yet intriguing.
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[Priya] Do you have any advice or tips for people who want to be more creative but don’t know where to start?
[Naomi] My creative practice has evolved from a multitude of nostalgic experiences, with memories personal to me, yet relatable to viewers. I began my practice by focusing solely on what I want to make and the aesthetic in which fits, most of my initial pieces came from nothing but the desire to have fun, and make something random! Playing with glitter, clay, felt etc - all fuelled ideas to create a practice surrounding my nostalgia.
A lot of the art we digest in galleries and online can feel very heavy and often puts people off creating something they think just looks nice, I wanted to inject the enjoyable side of art a lot of people probably haven’t experienced since childhood, bring back fun art! It doesn’t always need to be depressing and meaningful!
So to anyone wanting to get into art, start by writing down all the things you love. Research artists who produce art with similar themes, to you. Visit galleries. Look outside - people watch! There’s an art in everything! Also, it’s okay to not like a piece of art even if everyone else does.
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