Please note this episode was recorded in January 2021
In this episode I chat to multi media artist Helen Wells. Helen’s work encompasses animation, film, text, sound and performance to create work that has both a personal significance and a connection to the society and culture in which we live. She has a background in Process Oriented Psychology and this informs her interest in layers of experience and disturbance. Although she tackles big subjects she does so with humour and a light touch which makes it accessible.
In this episode we talk about how she arrived to making this kind of work, conditions for creativity and the joy of being a messy artist. We delve in to the ageing body, how to accept it and how important it is for all of us to hear older voices.
Helen is an activist, feminist and a passionate and articulate artist.
Helen exhibits regularly in Norfolk and Suffolk and has created performances for 11th hour Festival, Kings Lynn and Norwich Fringe Festival and is currently working toward an exhibition on Climate Change which involves Artists and Scientists and will take place in June in Norwich.
Website: www.helenwellsmultimediaartist.com
Vimeo: https://vimeo.com/471745342 (Groaning stone was made in response to the Wild Wander walk with Mike Challis)