Michael Borkowsky
- May 15, 2016
- 1 min
Persona Adventures
Here’s images of my two works for Athens, all complete and ready to be sent! Both works describe how perfume can be used as a tool to forge identities, and how travel can allow you to adapt and reconstruct personas in line with your experiences. #exhbitions #adventures #contemporaryart #culture #perfume #identity #Travel #events
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Michael Borkowsky
- Apr 18, 2016
- 1 min
The Return of Speculative Studio Spaces
In May I’ll be involved in no less than 4 exhibitions and events. A busy time indeed, but one I am very much looking forward to getting stuck into! May also marks the return of one strand of my creative endeavours – Speculative Studio Spaces – which sees me construct a fabricated studio space based on the exhibition piece of another artist. When a highly personal space such as an artists studio is opened to investigation and interpretation, what does that say about the artist
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Michael Borkowsky
- Feb 13, 2016
- 1 min
Perfume Portrait #15 – Lee Green
Lee Green 50ml EDT Description Clean, crisp with a neutral sensitivity that allows the user to attach their own sense of self – whoever they are. This fragrance is an agent for identity and reminds you of your own innate beauty. Features Existing between the masculine and the feminine by virtue of allowing the herbal sentiments of thyme, pepper and clove to meet the musky exotic tones of patchouli and the woody yet crisp tones of cypress. A pinch of orange adds a slight kick,
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Michael Borkowsky
- Sep 4, 2015
- 1 min
An Invitation to Speculative Studio Spaces
You are all invited to the Opening Evening of my upcoming exhibition at Access Space, entitled ‘Speculative Studio Spaces’ The exhibition takes an artists’ exhibition piece, questions how the artist arrived at the idea, then assembles a space that assumes the role of their studio. The result in an instillation that takes the guise of another artists’ studio, yet is assembled by me. Speculative Studio Spaces seeks to assess what happens when an artist no longer has control of
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Michael Borkowsky
- Apr 7, 2015
- 2 min
Perfume as Practice Goes Public
Late March – the 25th to be exact – provided me with my first opportunity to place ‘Perfume as Practice’ within a public realm. This was more beneficial than I had initially anticipated: As I still felt as though I am navigating my way through perfumery in order to hit on something relevant to fine art practice, I expected my project to not quite be ready for public contemplation. In fact the opposite was true – being able to talk to people about my project actually enabled a
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Michael Borkowsky
- Feb 21, 2015
- 1 min
Choosing Chocolates
Acting as an appendage to Speculative Studio Spaces, I present to you some perfectly crafted chocolates. These are no ordinary chocolates – each is attached to a particular process that artists undertake in their creative practice. These chocolates, then, allow the audience to relinquish control of artists’ processes and as such, a facet of their identity, their sense of authorship and their sense of ownership. The audience may now regard creative processes as subjective, ope
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Michael Borkowsky
- Feb 4, 2015
- 3 min
More thoughts towards Speculative Studio Spaces
A visit to three separate arts organisations over two days last week has reinforced my Speculative Studio Spaces body of work. Enthused with it’s positive reception, I now need to spend time thinking about the exact shape the different outputs of Speculative Studio Spaces can take, as well as any other events or talks I could host. One thing that I like about Speculative Studio Spaces on a personal level is that, quite apart from the ridged, tight, research-lead residency at
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Michael Borkowsky
- Dec 6, 2014
- 2 min
Speculative Studio Spaces
Studio spaces. What are they? Are they a form of refuge? a highly personal space that demands the removal of inhabitation? A platform where artists can come, meet and feel resolve from mutually beneficial conversation? A space to develop informed and meaningful creative practice? Or simply a space where you can exist in isolation from the worlds troubles to do whatever the hell you want? Whatever they are, their existence within creative practice helps the artist arrive at vi
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Michael Borkowsky
- Nov 20, 2014
- 1 min
An invitation to my Open Studio & Pop-up Exhibition
As part of Yorkshire Artspace’s Open Studios I am running a two-day exhibition at Exchange Place Studios. The exhibition will act as a trial of some of my current ideas around the themes of identity and creative processes. It will run Friday 21st November from 5:30 – 9pm and Saturday 22nd November from 11am – 5pm. I will be on the 4th Floor of Exchange Place Studios. Included in the exhibition will be a re-imagination of two artists’ studios, based on their perceived creative
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Michael Borkowsky
- Jun 6, 2013
- 2 min
The Identity of Painting
Over the last week or so I have been concerned with the identity of painting. Specifically, I have been thinking about how the practice of painting can be deemed irrelevant if the paint itself contains enough conceptual prowess. This post really acts as a steam of initial thoughts towards a more refined idea of how paint and painting can be perceived. Well, there goes… Painting no longer has to exist on a surface. Indeed, when applied to a surface, paint becomes condemned – F
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