Tutorial: feedback on the first draft of Critical Review as of Wednesday, 27/09/2023 My tutor suggested I look at my research question and share a clear sense of this from the title to the artist and theories I discuss. At this stage, the essay needs rootedness and ownership. Structure and clarity are essential to consider. […]
I am unhappy with the The conclusive part is not completed and more work is needed. I need clarity if I should add a literature study. I will also add my Glossary of Terms(currently a separate blog entry on this site ) definitions for words used in the writing. I must decide if I use […]
I did some online research into her works on the Smithsonian Archives site. Here, they stated that they had extensive correspondence with fellow artists, collectors, critics, etc., as well as biographical materials like her personal records, writings, diaries, exhibition files, photographs, original works, scrapbooks and printed materials, which measure 42.8 linear feet and date from […]
She developed her own techniques that included filling balloons with plaster and modelling objects by submerging them in water or blowing air into them. She began experimenting with casting with balloons, a process she called “gravistimulation”. She poured liquid plaster inside a small balloon and shaped it, meaning she was able to model abstract forms […]
PROJECT 1a : Art as Life and The Everyday Considering the every day in my work My studio days are driven mainly by the projects I am working on for Research and Advanced practice. I try to work with daily drawings regularly, keep them in sketchbooks and share them on social media. I recently read […]
A work in progress Creative Accounting: not knowing in talking and making pdf article Listening to video below in addition to the reading NOTES Work left in the studio (past work) – used as a prompt later to explore. Get re-made/recycled as a new work. Unfocused desired, moments of boredom. Studio as a launchpad into […]
Monday 11 September 2023 My tutor set out generous time for the discussion, which mainly revolved around my making to reflect on this process regarding how the body of work will be seen as an outcome. The work that stood out is the nest I held up against the sun – time and other things […]
EXERCISE 2. BRINGING THINGS TOGETHER. FIRST FULL DRAFT Contextual Study (5000 word count, currently on 4790) and considering style and toneExploring how theories around interconnectedness (entanglement?) with nature can open new ideas for making in a contemporary art practice I will present this as a Word document for my tutor to annotate. I am unhappy […]
This photographer shares images of mostly seeds and plants and I was captured by a note on an image when she writes about this work as a project that took 5 years: “Can plants think? Eat, make war, or die? And, if so, what do they feel when they prepare for death? The project Flora Supersum […]
Ellen McMahon uses a range of media (artist books, writing, painting, drawing, photography, design and video) to investigate the relationship between visual art, daily life, and how we frame and study social and environmental problems. I have discovered this artist’s work as she created an educational approach in art to contribute to environmental awareness. I […]