What do you do? Video is the medium I work with. I make video ‘experiments’ that toy with certain visual or conceptual ideas, particularly in regards to how the viewer digests it. Capturing the sublime of the everyday is what I’m currently obsessed with. I also organise the occasional event.
When did you get into it? Aeons ago. I’ve always been fascinated by the visual arts and I suppose my passion for video originally came from my teenage love of music videos, with my discovery of Judd being my first access point into fine arts.
Who or what influences you as an artist? Artists that inspire me are Tara Donovan, Tom Friedman, Donald Judd, Olafur Eliasson, Thomas Demand, Tim Hawkinson, Uta Barth and Gregory Crewdson (just to name a few). But otherwise, I believe this question is somewhat rhetoric – I’m influenced by everything really.
What’s your biggest achievement/proudest moment so far? Easy. One time I shot a handsaw out of a compound bow at a butane gas bottle.
What are your plans for the future? I’m studying honours this year, so that. I’ll probably take part in running a few gigs too, say at Smiths or the Art School ball again. Otherwise, RE: is taking precedent over my life for the next seven months. Check it out at www.regarding.com.au!>
What makes you laugh? Google ‘clarinet boy’.
What pisses you off? The treatment that some of our town’s culturally ripe small establishments have received due to Canberra’s red tape. That and people who can’t navigate themselves in shopping malls without infuriating me. Stand to the LEFT of the escalator.
What’s your opinion of the local scene? Simply amazing. So many events have been popping up recently and they’re almost always events being organised by the artists themselves. In Canberra, you are a small fish in a small pond. People here are motivated and realise that potential we have.
What are your upcoming projects? RE: has been my main focus recently and started Sunday March 13. It’s an online based art collective that acts a bit like Chinese whispers between six artists over seven months. Involved are myself, Benjamin Forster, Anna Madeliene, Robbie Karmel, Sarah Firth and Luke Penders. It’s based totally online, so you can check out the work easily from home. www.regarding.com.au – check it out!
Contact info: www.travishheinrich.com, travishheinrich@gmail.com
