research journal (MA and beyond)
touchstones and a domestic landscape: reading through the collection of poems by Eavan Boland 'In Her Own Image'. the title alone connects with many ideas i have been reading about relating to landscape and gender; how the landscape is gendered as a view to behold and gazed upon like upon a woman's body, how different... Continue Reading →
(image of Greyson Perry's The Upper Class at Bay, from The Vanity of Small Differences tapestry series, 2012, taken at the RHA Gallery, 2018). had a great visit to the RHA with my students to see work by Greyson Perry. in his series of 6 tapestries 'The Vanity of Small Differences' (2012) Perry presents contemporary scenes which explore... Continue Reading →
reflecting and sorting through the arguments: in working my way through the texts that i have been reading about landscape and gender, i have come across many arguments about how landscape is gendered. sorting through the various arguments, i think it will be helpful to list ways that landscape has been gendered and feminised (i... Continue Reading →
continuing some research reading on landscape and gender, i came across a study in 'Feminist Geographies, Explorations in Diversity and Difference" (1997) by a Women and Geography study group. in the chapter "Feminist Geographies of Environment, Nature and Landscape" the study group describe how landscape and landscape imagery is used to support and question dominant... Continue Reading →
areading through what the geographer Gillian Rose has to say about landscape and gender in 'Feminism & Gender, the Limits of Geographical Knowledge (1993). in her chapter 'Looking at Landscape: The Uneasy Pleasures of Power' (p. 86 - 112) Rose discusses how the term landscape and landscape paintings are embedded with cultural values which indicate... Continue Reading →
landscape & gender: 3d materials and processes: starting to consider exploring landscape & gender in some 3d form. stocked up on object making materials - about as 3d as i can get; herculite plaster, terracotta clay and magma white clay which i could fire later. something about walking in the landscape during the snow has me... Continue Reading →
(image: "The Nature of Balancing, Port Clyde and Me" 1979, Mary Beth Edelson). researching for my contextual study, i am reading through what Rebecca Solnit has to say about landscape in "As Eve Said to the Serpent" (2001). here she traces the relationship of landscape, gender and art. "a new landscape" in contemporary art: in... Continue Reading →
(image: anna livia plurabelle. dublin) doing some reading research for my contextual study and exploratory project. i'm reading through some of the chapters related to landscape and gender in 'Gender, Identity and Place' by Linda McDowell (1999). in her chapter 'Gendering the Nation-State' (p.170 - 202), McDowell raises many points related to some of the... Continue Reading →
https://youtu.be/V7GvIKShG-4 (experiment 1) following or breaking rules of movement: adverse weather conditions and a lot of snow had me walking down the middle of the road yesterday which is usually out of bounds. this seemed to connect with some ideas i have been thinking about relating to landscape, movement and gender. landscape has a prescribed... Continue Reading →
linking contextual study to exploratory project: having just made a structure for my contextual study based on landscape and gender. my research for my exploratory project overlaps with my contextual study. landscape, identity, gender and irish poetry: last night i watched a programme on rté player discussing the irish poetry and its links with national identity, called... Continue Reading →
what: after an instructive writing workshop with Rosa Ainley last monday, i feel that for the contextual study to be useful and relevant for both my exploratory project and the direction i'm curious about exploring in my practice, i really need to tackle the area of landscape and gender. this is a huge area and... Continue Reading →
week 2, research and collecting: reading: spent the week sourcing texts and books related to gender and landscape; 'gendered landscape'. titles include Feminist Geographies by a women and geography study group, Gillian Rose's Feminism and Geography and Gender, Identity and Place by Linda Mcdowell. hopefully they will arrive next week. in the meantime i got hold of Rebecca Solnit's... Continue Reading →
elaine crowe 