research journal (MA and beyond)
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 →
continued to work on the 'room' screen print series over the summer which continues my exploration of landscape and gender - room: indoors and outdoors, room: place, movement, confinement, room: partial views and of the domestic. there is a lot more scope to explore these juxtapositions further through image, print and as of course video... Continue Reading →
elaine crowe 