Claire Falkenstein (1908 – 1997)

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 […]

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Maria Bartuszová

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 […]

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Lena Granevelt : Flora Supersum

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 […]

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ASSIGNMENT THREE for ADVANCED PRACTICE: Evaluation of my work against the assessment aims, outcomes and criteria.

During formal feedback, I valued that my tutor reminded me of Learning Outcomes regarding aims and outcomes. I want to consider Spring 2024 as an assessment event for my work on Fine Art 3 Advanced Practice and Research. Learning outcomes for Advanced Practice Three assessment criteria are shown in the ASSESSMENT GRID, which I will […]

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UBUNTU

What is UBUNTU: It is considered a cornerstone of all African values and a significant concept in African humanism. It entails communal personhood as well as collective morality. My understanding is that in its essence, Ubuntu emphasises the interconnectedness and interdependence of all people. It is about compassion, kindness, community collaboration, cooperation, support and respect). […]

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GLOSSARY of TERMS

AGENCY = According to Karen Barad “agency is not held, it is not a property of persons or things; rather, agency is an enactment, a matter of possibilities for reconfiguring entanglements. So agency is not about choice in any liberal humanist sense; rather, it is about the possibilities and accountability entailed in reconfiguring material-discursive apparatuses […]

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