2.4.20 Tutorial with Dexter
Notes for tutorial, 2.4.20, with Dexter, post tutorial comments in red
Did any interesting art come out of eg the Vietnam War?
Focus all your energy in one thing. Commit! Be cautious about making a statement.
Look at Franz West - performance, sculpture
Knitting: Body cocoon
Knitted, wearable soft sculpture, the next in my series of Living sculptures
Self portrait
Marking time – a photo/video a day
Knitting as slow labour, sculpting by addition
Balancing isolation and separation with comfort and transformation
Loose threads – the mark of making, marks of my hand, unravelling, hairy, abject
Colour palette – flesh
a) Wishing tree
Participatory installation on a tree outside my house. I invited passers-by to bring things to add, but have also added messages from social media. It’s becoming virtual participation too! (I send the virtual participant a photo of their message on the installation) Durational, marking time, documenting each interaction and every day.
How can I weather proof it?
b) Wishing trail on my daily walks. I’ve now ‘planted’ 2 new wishing trees. It’s an interesting change in control….
c) @socialengagement on Instagram I set up a new account to share ideas. A virtual gathering. What will it become?
d) Idea for a Front Garden Gallery a changing space to show my art, maybe?
In trems of documentation - Don't put too much emphasis on the community response, instead consider materiality
3. Marking time
a) Every day I open my curtains 1 second video of the view from my bedroom window every morning. I add them to the app, ‘1 Second Everyday’ which will make a composite film when this is all over!
b) Documentation of knitting and Wishing trees
4. Contamination anxiety
Dealing with the dark side! The contamination is a real threat now. Fear of the ‘other’. Need to reread Douglas (dirt, contamination anxiety and matter out of place), Kristeva (boundaries, leakiness and the abject) etc and Hegel on Self/Other. The importance of touch – in life and in my work….
5. Invisible, collaboration with Hannah
I’m going to make a plain canvas wearable sculpture, Hannah will paint a large backdrop and then paint the sculpture so that it’s camouflaged.
6. Performance a day challenge @rupidh Another artist who’s also exploring ways to facilitate participation in isolation. Interesting to connect with her, but also to participate.
7. Other ideas/materials/processes
Concrete/cardboard/clay/wax/painting/found materials/metal
I’ve talked to Si from the metal workshop about how to carry on working with metal at home.
FOCUS. What am I going to make that will surprise me?
Did any interesting art come out of eg the Vietnam War?
Focus all your energy in one thing. Commit! Be cautious about making a statement.
Look at Franz West - performance, sculpture
Knitting: Body cocoon
Knitted, wearable soft sculpture, the next in my series of Living sculptures
Self portrait
Marking time – a photo/video a day
Knitting as slow labour, sculpting by addition
Balancing isolation and separation with comfort and transformation
Loose threads – the mark of making, marks of my hand, unravelling, hairy, abject
Colour palette – flesh
- Social engagement:
a) Wishing tree
Participatory installation on a tree outside my house. I invited passers-by to bring things to add, but have also added messages from social media. It’s becoming virtual participation too! (I send the virtual participant a photo of their message on the installation) Durational, marking time, documenting each interaction and every day.
How can I weather proof it?
b) Wishing trail on my daily walks. I’ve now ‘planted’ 2 new wishing trees. It’s an interesting change in control….
c) @socialengagement on Instagram I set up a new account to share ideas. A virtual gathering. What will it become?
d) Idea for a Front Garden Gallery a changing space to show my art, maybe?
In trems of documentation - Don't put too much emphasis on the community response, instead consider materiality
3. Marking time
a) Every day I open my curtains 1 second video of the view from my bedroom window every morning. I add them to the app, ‘1 Second Everyday’ which will make a composite film when this is all over!
b) Documentation of knitting and Wishing trees
4. Contamination anxiety
Dealing with the dark side! The contamination is a real threat now. Fear of the ‘other’. Need to reread Douglas (dirt, contamination anxiety and matter out of place), Kristeva (boundaries, leakiness and the abject) etc and Hegel on Self/Other. The importance of touch – in life and in my work….
5. Invisible, collaboration with Hannah
I’m going to make a plain canvas wearable sculpture, Hannah will paint a large backdrop and then paint the sculpture so that it’s camouflaged.
6. Performance a day challenge @rupidh Another artist who’s also exploring ways to facilitate participation in isolation. Interesting to connect with her, but also to participate.
7. Other ideas/materials/processes
Concrete/cardboard/clay/wax/painting/found materials/metal
I’ve talked to Si from the metal workshop about how to carry on working with metal at home.
FOCUS. What am I going to make that will surprise me?