Introduction I am increasingly convinced that awe is an emotion that wants to be shared; this is what drives me to make art. I recently began experimenting with drawing machines that engage directly with the landscape. These simple constructions — feathers, charcoal, and twine suspended from trees — record the unseen movements of wind and […]
Thinking of making with nature and interventions I can make to create. I love the fact that movement can be captured, but it also leaves a trace or memory and what to do with that has come to my mind. With the drawing machines, I can explore other forces working and ensure as little human […]
Mushroom paper Soak overnight and then chop up in small pieces and blend with lots of water. The slurry in the bath as Jenny used it worked to pull the frame through. I found the dripping method easier to work with. New Zealand Flax paper Cutting the strips by using the extended aunts and uncles […]
During my studies, I ordered a book, by Ruth Woods, FINDING FORM WITH FIBRE. I have not really spent enough time using this book, and now it’s the time. I asked friends if I could cut fibrous materials in their gardens. I realise it is early spring and maybe not the best time to gather […]
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 […]