It seems that each installation becomes a reimagining of the nest—not just as an object, but as a proposition. When I suspend these wire forms in space, I’m not merely arranging sculptural elements for visual engagement. I’m proposing a way of being-with—the materials, the shadows, the air, the viewer, and the place itself. The nest, […]
The Sparring Partners (spotify.com) W Kentridge and Carolyn Chirstov-Bakargiev I chose to listen to this conversation as it is between the artist and the curator. The curator as a provoker is critical for Kentridge. The curation process is an important relationship for C. C. Bakargiev. She feels that as a curator, she serves the artist […]
Main points to take from the general discussion.Research suggestion around contextualising my making with wire.My tutor’s suggestion to delve into Foucault’s ideas on Space and Heterotopias was a transformative moment. She will share a pdf with me. In the meantime, I read an eight-page pdf (Foucault and Space, (https://www.researchgate.net/publication/320184686_Foucault_and_space/fulltext/59d384a90f7e9b4fd7ffb2c5/Foucault-and-space.pdf) and share the following notes as […]
Making, testing and prototyping Thinking about a body in a nest – layer the work with meaning. It also takes me to the work of Ana Mendieta, whom I studied earlier in the course. I consider her Silueta series, which she did from 1973 to 1980. She would lay somewhere in nature in this work, […]
I expect this course module to focus on researching and critiquing models and methodologies related to curation, encounters, and exhibits. I plan to have my exhibition as part of my studies by the end of October 2024. I am looking at the last weekend in October as a good time. (last quarter of the moon […]
I want to describe a making day – making and listening to podcasts. (I am alone today, and my only other obligation is to keep the Aga stove going—I have no issue with this, as it also keeps me comfortable.) From around 8:15, I start working. I sit on a couch in front of the […]
Exercise 7: Cultural Ecology REFLECTIVE NOTES I prefer to consider how my peer support networks, artist engagement with the community, and opportunities in my own town/village could be useful. Harker writes “In its dictionary definition, ‘ecology’ refers to a branch of biology that deals with ‘the relations of organisms to one another and to their […]
SELF-MANAGED ART PRACTICE Exercise 6: Part One follow-up 1 week – 4 week Dedicate time to making and developing further from your Part One practice work. How can you extend and develop this? What strategies are working / not working so well? What do you need to keep making? Make notes and a simple proposal […]
Online research AVA—The Association for Visual Arts is a non-profit, membership-based arts organisation that aims to advance and promote South African contemporary art and artists. Their office is in Cape Town, my nearest city. I registered as a member while doing this research. Bell’s Vireo,” by Rosamond Purcell. The bird has woven bits of newspaper […]
Building resilience It is important to look back at Part One and use the learning as a platform to continue. Exercise 1: Time for making (tasks/activities which are part of my practice and support my continuing development of knowledge, understanding and skills to sustain my practice-research) I have a few projects running simultaneously. Some involve […]