COLLABORATIVE VIEWERS: Q&A WITH HELOISA ESCUDERO

How did you begin creating installation artwork, and what has the medium allowed you to do?

I began doing installation artwork in graduate school in 2001.  The medium allows me to interact with the space, which makes it easier to connect with viewers who after all interact with the space and the art.

What are the biggest challenges of creating installation work?

I do not see any challenges in creating installation work.  I love every aspect of creating installation work even if there are challenges along the way.  I welcome them as positive experiences in the creative process.

In your artist statement, you state that “art has become more than a painting or a sculpture,” how do you think this evolution has taken place?

In my case, this evolution has taken place when being an artist became having the power to see art in everyday things in combination with developing an imaginative eye for abstract concepts.

Where do you see your artwork going after this piece? Do you intend to continue on the theme of enabling innate creativity in others?

This work will develop and grow to be another interactive installation with new collaborative viewers and in a different space.  I will always try to create art that includes the viewers as an interactive element of creativity.

What place do you find yourself going to for inspiration? Are you drawn more to nature or to urban areas to induce creativity?

I find inspiration everywhere.  Sometimes while at my job, at times while hiking or walking in the city.  It can come at anytime; at times I have a hard time getting away from it. I get overwhelmed with the amount of ideas that go through my head.  I cannot complete all of them so getting them makes me anxious sometimes.