Nathan Price

With 18 years of martial arts practice heavily influencing Nathan’s perspective, work ethic, mindset, and energetic nature, art school has allowed enhanced connections to form across different facets of his life, most notably between his creative practice and martial arts background.

Nathan applies the self-defence precept of ‘pace and lead’ to his artistic practice. This transferable skill can be described as responding to an action, such as aggression or interruption, by joining it (pace), then leading the energy created by that action towards a more desirable outcome (lead). 

Nathan implements this skill both in a mental and physical sense, removing internal conflicts, and stressors, and encouraging his ephemeral, serendipitous, and fluent approach to his manipulation of materials. His playful and imaginative practice favours the process over the outcome as he translates his methods of creation into online entertainment. This venture into content creation stems from realising how crucial accessible entertainment was for well-being, motivation, and inspiration during the pandemic. 

Integral to Nathan’s process are unplanned journeys (dérives), through a terrain that provides creative stimuli and opportunities to find and collect discarded objects. Placing emphasis on resourcefulness, Nathan utilises found materials, as well as reconstituting previous creations into new works, viewing his creations as continually evolving and adapting components towards the next thing.