research journal (MA and beyond)
some field work: i went to the chester beatty library last weekend as i wanted to see the print works there. this library exhibits beatty's collection of manuscripts, paintings, prints and artefacts which he collected from ancient chinese, japanese, islamic and christian traditions. my interest was the print works; their forms mainly and display. some things... Continue Reading →
impetus for making: i spent the day printing yesterday. i have been feeling that my print work doesn't seem to relate to my video work which looks at landscape, body and gender and attempts to challenge gendered, single fixed perspective of the landscape from a position from afar suggesting power and dominance over its subject.... Continue Reading →
i am taking part in halftone print fair again this year. i think i posted about deciding to print an edition 'jellies' where i was lead by an image rather than an idea that links to landscape, gender and body, although when i went to write a descriptive statement for this submission 'medusa' came to... Continue Reading →
initial thoughts: when i saw the title 'intersections and articulations' i was expecting art theory rather than a description of the practical jobs that a curator might be responsible for yet making and curating indeed boil down to a series of practical tasks. interesting to note - Fran Stafford describes herself as an artist and curator... Continue Reading →
coinciding with making day, i am going to be starting (and hopefully finishing) my climb of carrauntoohil in the macgillycuddy reeks next saturday (highest mountain in ireland). although i decided and arranged to climb the mountain months ago, perhaps because it falls on making day i am asking myself all sorts of questions about how... Continue Reading →
link to presentation: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/e/2PACX-1vQHdZReIorY0SuzJTRCJDHqayUwrI6pW1UMrU7onkcyd9bXHN9NLAIfaDyRfkiNDq5cGK_z0_JdPjcZ/pub?start=false&loop=false&delayms=15000 notes: slide 1: there are lots of ways to think about site but i wanted this research to link directly with my work. the obvious way to approach 'site' would have been to look at site as landscape - a physical place but because i also work with and from the body... Continue Reading →
(stills from i see and i saw, 2018) defining landscape: what comes up in my work on landscape is the question 'what landscape?' as its a very broad term. i think i've been looking at the traditional irish landscape - open, outdoor because its places i am drawn to whether making or not and because... Continue Reading →
starting in the 'wrong' place. so much to love about Bruce Mau's incomplete manifesto for growth (www.https://pages.wustl.edu/DC175/incomplete-manifesto-growth) - 'process is more important than outcome' always seem to underpin my approach to making but at the moment i have been working on print editions for various submissions and feeling a little conflicted about really wanting to... Continue Reading →
took to the studio this evening as we had an individual research week. as planned, i wanted to try and clear some of my submission paperwork and also get going on some of the print editions that i had committed to. one of the submissions was for a print edition with an open theme and... Continue Reading →
where to begin?: following on from my work from last year i have lots of possible starting points for developing work in relation to landscape, body and gender. why landscape, body and gender? suffice for now - because it has to be me and it has to be the landscape (articulation will come). so around these... Continue Reading →
starting points: i really want to continue my exploration of my relationship to the landscape and gender, with identity in an irish context as an overarching frame of reference. i feel that i only touched the surface of many ideas - body and movement in relation to landscape and gender, language in relation to landscape... Continue Reading →
some questions to think about ... how do we extend our art practice – towards what? extension as outward movement - an expansion of ideas, skills and knowledge. extension as an inwards movement - a honing, narrowing, compression or focus of ideas, skills and knowledge. how?: gaining knowledge of our work in context - socially, politically, historically... Continue Reading →
elaine crowe 