Bruce Nauman
Language has always played a central role in Bruce Nauman's work, providing him with a means of examining how human beings exist in the world, how they communicate or fail to communicate. Nauman comments "This investigative activity is necessary."
Frustrated by the human condition, Nauman approaches art making as if creating an ongoing series of experiments in which all the diverse areas of human activity – including written and spoken language, and physical behaviour – are tested. At present the practical work produced using CCTV cameras is developing similar issues as Nauman's because of the way he tests human activity. Through watching human behaviour and testing their awareness to certain environments, I feel that my work would benefit from such experiments because I would like to see how the viewer reacts to certain stimuli so that I can receive a desired reaction when creating video installations. Audience interaction and response has always been the main issue with my practice, so I would like to focus more on these areas.
Bruce Nauman. Going Around the Corner Piece, 1970
