Q&A Cassandra Horsley
August 15th, 2008
We caught up with Plymouth-based photographer Cassandra Horsley to ask her about her work the life and aspriations of a shutter-bug
Q: What was the first piece of art you sold and who bought it?
A: I was in my first year of college and my parents commissioned me to create something for the house, good old mum.
Q: Where would you most like to exhibit?
A: Most galleries are just empty spaces – it’s the people who attend that make the space great. I’m just about to exhibit at my old college (PCAD) which is quite exciting, it’s nice to have gone full circle.
Q: Which artist do you most admire?
A: I love Nick Knight’s fashion photography, Richard Wilson’s crazy installations, Georgia O’Keeffe’s massive flowers – I don’t think I have anyone that’s top of my list, everyone influences me in one way or another. I’ve just discovered a photographer called Andrew Cross and his Along Some American Highways series, I suppose he’s flavour of the month.
Q: What would be your dream collaboration?
A: To get together with all the guys I graduated with and set up a collective of graphic designers, web bods and filmmakers and so on. One day, maybe, it has been talked about.
Q: What inspires you?
A: Everything and anything. I think I get a lot of inspiration when zoned out on a bus watching the world interact – it gives me thinking space.
Q: What’s the worst job you’ve ever done?
A: Probably one of my awful Saturday jobs I had when I was at college – one shop (I shall name no names) was a dive. Most of the staff came in hungover from the night before and little old me got the boot for talking too much!
Q: What’s the most useful advice you’ve been given as an artist?
A: Always be true to yourself and always associate yourself with positive/proactive people.
Q: What advice would you give to other artists?
A: Don’t ever give up and find some other like-minded people to give you a boost on the down days we all get now and then.
Q: What’s your favourite colour combination?
A: This week mostly orange grey and white. I’m in the process of planning my new flat and I’m in need of colours.
Q: What’s the last piece of art you bought?
A: It was given to me for my birthday, I have a lovely print by Eliot Siegal – thanks Eliot.
Q: Describe your perfect night.
A: I love random nights out, you know, when a friend calls out of the blue and then you bump into more friends and the night snowballs and ends up at the kebab shop on the way home. Perfect.
Q: What’s your fancy dress costume of choice?
A: I really don’t know. I don’t really do fancy dress.
Q: Where will you be in five years?
A: Who knows, but I’ll definitely still be doing my photographic thing.
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