Lothar Goetz Lecture
During Lothar Goetz’s lecture I was surprised by the pictures and description of his public artwork because I felt that if I walked past these pieces in everyday life, I would not expect it to be a piece of artwork but rather a regularly painted wall by someone who liked lots of bright colours.
Alongside this, is the huge contrast with his personal and very intricate line drawings. The public artwork, all the pictures on his slides, felt restricted in comparison to his line drawings. I found myself much more interested in the detailed line drawings in his book, which he sent round the lecture theatre in the dark and disappointed that he did not give more detail about these personal drawings.
I found it interesting that he pointed out that originally he was from a design background but wanted to be freer and to explore the aesthetics, theory and art in designs. However, decided to make public installations, when he himself describes this way of working as having so many limitations, restrictions and with so many different ideas to use the space creatively that sometimes you feel there is nothing you can do which fits the regulations. This shows the dichotomy between being freer to explore and restricting himself to the area of work he has chosen.
Lothar expressed his enthusiasm for creating a constant juxtaposition, by which he never really changes the space but rather collaborates with the space, each time in a unique way. He believes that colour is also a very important instrument, the way we perceive the room and react in different environments simply by changing the colour and therefore changing the context of the space. However, he seemed to only be referring to his work one piece at a time, saying where it was and what he designed it for but other than these generalised statements there did not seem to be much more depth to each piece than that.
Overall the lecture was interesting, he was a very gestural and quite fast speaker, clearly interested in the juxtaposition of normal interaction and abstract coloured interaction with space. I feel he let himself down by not enlightening us to his personal artwork even though he passed round his book. I do think that Lothar has enticed me to look closer at the colours and different interactions there are within a public space.
