Butch courage and the nature of nurture (2021)
Journal Article
Laidler, P. (2021). Butch courage and the nature of nurture. Beneficial Shock, 48-54

The article explores how courage is embedded in, and emanates from artefacts using The Gold Watch episode in Quentin Tarantino’s episodic film Pulp Fiction. Commentary is centred around the family heirloom and how this filmic timepiece simultaneousl... Read More about Butch courage and the nature of nurture.

Spatial traces and skeletal projections (2020)
Journal Article
Laidler, P. (2020). Spatial traces and skeletal projections. Drawing: Research, Theory, Practice, 5(1), 117-122. https://doi.org/10.1386/drtp_00025_7

The article discusses how sketching is utilised as a durational state within my practice and as a means to cultivate the creative potential that is afforded by the rough draft. The proceeding development of the sketch is also considered in relation t... Read More about Spatial traces and skeletal projections.