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<\/a>\u201cMy major training was in photo-based media, and while I often use photo- and lens-based media, each of my individual projects tends to dictate the medium that I use,\u201d says Horowitz. \u201cSo, I guess the favourite medium would be that which is most well suited for the idea. Sometimes that\u2019s video, sometimes that\u2019s photo, sometimes that\u2019s performance, sometimes that has been painting or kinetic sculpture.\u201d<\/p>\n
Horowitz says that she loves that the contemporary art world allows such freedoms.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou know, there\u2019s a great deal of opportunity and flexibility in not working in a medium-specific way,\u201d she says.<\/p>\n
Horowitz wants to reframe the concept that inspiration is the driving force behind art.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cThere\u2019s a stereotype of the \u2018inspired, mad artist\u2019 working alone in a studio in some kind of trance,\u201d says Horowitz. \u201cThat\u2019s a sort of bullshit stereotype.\u201d<\/p>\n Horowitz is quick to point out that a great deal of work and effort goes into making art.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cArtists work their asses off\u2014pardon my language,\u201d she says, \u201cand, so, when we make a project, we are highly motivated to create the project, and sometimes the work involved in creating a body of work, or an individual piece, it\u2019s hard work. It\u2019s challenging; it can be technically challenging, it can be conceptually challenging to ensure that the work that you make actually fulfils the idea that you intend to communicate through the work. And that part isn\u2019t always fun and exciting. It\u2019s hard work.\u201d<\/p>\n Because of this, Horowitz says, she rejects the notion of inspiration when it comes to making art.<\/p>\n \u201cArtists define their own work and do whatever we have to to see it through,\u201d she says. \u201cAnd sometimes it\u2019s incredibly exciting, and sometimes it\u2019s a slog.\u201d<\/p>\n Horowitz says that, as an artist, no one tells her what to do.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019m never making work for someone else, so everything I do stems from my own interest. It stems from my own curiosity in the world, and my own passions, and my own intellectual engagement, so in that sense, I don\u2019t know if the word \u2018inspiration\u2019 is the right word.\u201d<\/p>\n Horowitz hopes to bring an overview of her practice as a whole, as well as a focus on her more recent Arctic work, to her visiting artist lecture at Camosun. Whether audience members are artists or appreciators of the arts, Horowitz says that she presents her work in a way that makes it accessible to a range of audiences.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cI try to be conscious of the particular audience when I give a lecture about my work,\u201d she says. \u201cBut, that doesn\u2019t change my work.\u201d<\/p>\n