ease and unease in the studio: in the studio again to work on a landscape image that i have been planning to do for someone for a while. the landscape means a lot to this person rather than to me, although i do know this landscape and have walked it. having explored colour related to... Continue Reading →
landscape, body and material feminism (some reading research)
kick-starting some uninterrupted days in the studio with some reading research. continuing my research reading on landscape and body, i have been reading Stacy Alaimo's paper "Trans-corporeal Feminism and the Ethical Space of Nature" in 'Material Feminism' (2008). here, Alaimo argues for a non-binary approach to nature/culture or body/culture. some notes... 'flight from nature': for... Continue Reading →
printing (just printing?)
a bit of making: thought i'd do some screen printing for christmas - nothing about landscape's gendered framing! but art making all the same. happy to be physically engaged in a process where the outcome is not tied up with 'what it is doing or saying' beyond creating a physical card. sometimes success criteria is... Continue Reading →
access to work (exhibition/public placement review)
how to access work: the best part of doing this review task was getting to see some of the many exhibitions i have been wanting to see but hadn't got around to. i wasn't sure what way to wanted to tackle this task but as i visited these exhibitions i became more interested in how... Continue Reading →
obeying & disobeying rules (making day)
making rules: with RT leading today's making day, we started off by looking at some rules and manifestos by other artists - sister corita kent, marina abromovic, john age, dogma 95 etc. then made a list of some rules for today's making - experiment, have a spoken component, undo what is done, use a new... Continue Reading →