MY SPACE: DAVE COURT

A truly creative space? This artists says it’s all down to the people inhabiting it…

Describe your creative practice...

Painting, installation and public art. More recently, I’ve been focusing on heavy digital process and interactive work, but overall, it’s community and collaboration-based.

Describe your work space...

I’m surrounded by lots of art and lots of people! 

How does the space you work in influence your practice?

My studio space offers lots of opportunity for collaboration, which I think is the biggest influence on my work. The thing that changes most from space to space is the people – people I can talk to and bounce off on any given day. This dynamic changes the course of projects and determines what happens and how it happens.

Where do you take your inspiration from?

I don’t think inspiration is a real thing – I feel like the idea of needing to be “inspired” can be a bit of an excuse not todo anything! I approach my practice by showing up and doing the work. The juice comes from starting, whether you’re inspired or not. And once the ball is rolling, the flow happens by bouncing off other people and getting excited together about the process of making.

Do you work best in order or chaos?

A lot of work inevitably ends up in chaos, but I like to try to start from a place of order. To be able to think clearly, I have to do a bit of a tidy-up before I start on a new project.

What are your go-to tunes while you create?

If I’m working on something I don’t have to think too much about, I listen to a lot of podcasts. But if I’m focusing, I love listening to something ultra-fast and heavy and hectic – hyper pop is my go-to genre at the moment. I’ve been listening to a lot of 100 gecs, or sometimes I’ll throw on a donk mix. I also like a bit of hip-hop

Interview and photo by Timothea Moylan