4.5.20 with Robert
Notes for tutorial, 4.5.20, with Robert, notes from tutorial in red
Time. henri Bergson Time as an accordiom, Cszentmihalyi almost the opposite of Bergson? Check this out.
Think about physicality, subjectivity 'Who is there?' Fen=minism, self critical baout self. Self as me first (Irigaray)
Difference as transformation, human consition
Process and links to time, work evolving, connectedness
Antagonism /contamination anxiety Kester Grant - race, species, Chinese, Nationalism. 'The Other' as post human/insect/more than human. Interconncetedness of all things.
Jacques Ranciere ' Politics of aesthetics
Assessment:
My current work has been mostly about
Private and public spheres (Parker)
Self and other (Jung (individuation)
Contamination anxiety Fear of the ‘other’ - Douglas (dirt, contamination anxiety and matter out of place), Kristeva (boundaries, leakiness and the abject) etc
Any recommendations for readings?
There are 2 main pieces that I’m thinking about submitting for assessment:
Body cocoon (Self / private)
Self portrait -Balancing isolation and separation with comfort and transformation
Knitting associated with comfort/ garment/ body, my self,
Loose threads as mark making -the marks of making, marks of my hand,
Hairy knitting, subverting expectations of gendered, domestic -unravelling, abject (Kristeva, Douglas), ‘sloppy craft’ (Surette and Patterson)
Knitted, wearable soft sculpture, in my series of Living sculptures.
Knitting as therapy, slow labour, sculpting by addition
Colour palette – flesh
See photos of ‘Body cocoon, self portrait’
Marking time – a photo a day, durational, performative https://issuu.com/loubakerartist/docs/body_cocoon__day_by_day
Possibilities of performance? See videos….
‘Documenting the progress of my Body cocoon, day 24’ https://youtu.be/-4h3oO0JEWo
‘There must be some way out of here’ https://youtu.be/IswXWEFZ5Gw
Body. 'Sharing as antagonism Chantal Mouffe Look at Visions of separation on You Tube
Wishing trees (Other / public)
How can I still facilitate this when we’re isolated, socially distanced and can’t touch things that other people have touched?
I’ve now ‘planted’ 4 participatory installations on my daily walks.
I’ve invited passers-by to bring things to add, but also, unexpectedly, received lots of messages from outside Bristol and around the world on social media, which I’ve added. It’s become virtual participation too. (I send the virtual participant a photo of their message on the installation) Many people are posting photos of them on social media now too.
Other people have also set up wishing trees or similar, as a result of my wishing trees, elsewhere in Bristol and beyond –Plymouth, Iron Acton, Stoke Gifford, Radstock etc. Also I’ve connected with someone with a wishing tree in London.
Durational, marking time, documenting each interaction and every day. Also, it becomes a focal point for interaction, in person and on social media.
Questions:
OTHER WORK:
a) Participation in isolation – (Private/self vs public/other) Performance a day challenge, 30 day challenge from @rupidh, on Instagram, another artist who’s also exploring ways to facilitate participation in isolation. Interesting to connect with her, but also to participate. I’ve started to upload them to You Tube.
You Tube link https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJaBdxZeQdH9H2PRYiMBXpg?view_as=subscriber
They became a curious record of my life in isolation – about my routines and comfort, also with some sense of the rollercoaster of emotions that is my life at the moment –a balance between mania & boredom….
Questions:
1. How valid are they?
2. What shall I do with them now?
3. How should I document them?
b) Collaboration (Private/self vs public/other)
1. Invisible, collaboration with Hannah
I’ve made a plain canvas wearable sculpture, photographed it and sent it to Hannah. She’ll paint a large backdrop and then paint the sculpture so that it’s camouflaged. See Collaboration file
2. Photo challenge with Tim, Hannah and Sarah See Collaboration file
c) Video - Every day I open my curtains (Self/private) Marking time, durational. 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!
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.
Time. henri Bergson Time as an accordiom, Cszentmihalyi almost the opposite of Bergson? Check this out.
Think about physicality, subjectivity 'Who is there?' Fen=minism, self critical baout self. Self as me first (Irigaray)
Difference as transformation, human consition
Process and links to time, work evolving, connectedness
Antagonism /contamination anxiety Kester Grant - race, species, Chinese, Nationalism. 'The Other' as post human/insect/more than human. Interconncetedness of all things.
Jacques Ranciere ' Politics of aesthetics
Assessment:
My current work has been mostly about
Private and public spheres (Parker)
Self and other (Jung (individuation)
Contamination anxiety Fear of the ‘other’ - Douglas (dirt, contamination anxiety and matter out of place), Kristeva (boundaries, leakiness and the abject) etc
Any recommendations for readings?
There are 2 main pieces that I’m thinking about submitting for assessment:
Body cocoon (Self / private)
Self portrait -Balancing isolation and separation with comfort and transformation
Knitting associated with comfort/ garment/ body, my self,
Loose threads as mark making -the marks of making, marks of my hand,
Hairy knitting, subverting expectations of gendered, domestic -unravelling, abject (Kristeva, Douglas), ‘sloppy craft’ (Surette and Patterson)
Knitted, wearable soft sculpture, in my series of Living sculptures.
Knitting as therapy, slow labour, sculpting by addition
Colour palette – flesh
See photos of ‘Body cocoon, self portrait’
Marking time – a photo a day, durational, performative https://issuu.com/loubakerartist/docs/body_cocoon__day_by_day
Possibilities of performance? See videos….
‘Documenting the progress of my Body cocoon, day 24’ https://youtu.be/-4h3oO0JEWo
‘There must be some way out of here’ https://youtu.be/IswXWEFZ5Gw
Body. 'Sharing as antagonism Chantal Mouffe Look at Visions of separation on You Tube
Wishing trees (Other / public)
How can I still facilitate this when we’re isolated, socially distanced and can’t touch things that other people have touched?
I’ve now ‘planted’ 4 participatory installations on my daily walks.
I’ve invited passers-by to bring things to add, but also, unexpectedly, received lots of messages from outside Bristol and around the world on social media, which I’ve added. It’s become virtual participation too. (I send the virtual participant a photo of their message on the installation) Many people are posting photos of them on social media now too.
Other people have also set up wishing trees or similar, as a result of my wishing trees, elsewhere in Bristol and beyond –Plymouth, Iron Acton, Stoke Gifford, Radstock etc. Also I’ve connected with someone with a wishing tree in London.
Durational, marking time, documenting each interaction and every day. Also, it becomes a focal point for interaction, in person and on social media.
Questions:
- Is it art? It raises issues for me about how highly I value making, and labour intensive processes, in my practice. Also, that it’s cheerful makes me feel that it’s trivial…
- Is it valid for assessment?
- Is the way I’m documenting it valid?
- I’ve been reading Nicolas Bourriaud’s Relational aesthetics and Claire Bishop Participation. Any other suggestions?
OTHER WORK:
a) Participation in isolation – (Private/self vs public/other) Performance a day challenge, 30 day challenge from @rupidh, on Instagram, another artist who’s also exploring ways to facilitate participation in isolation. Interesting to connect with her, but also to participate. I’ve started to upload them to You Tube.
You Tube link https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJaBdxZeQdH9H2PRYiMBXpg?view_as=subscriber
They became a curious record of my life in isolation – about my routines and comfort, also with some sense of the rollercoaster of emotions that is my life at the moment –a balance between mania & boredom….
Questions:
1. How valid are they?
2. What shall I do with them now?
3. How should I document them?
b) Collaboration (Private/self vs public/other)
1. Invisible, collaboration with Hannah
I’ve made a plain canvas wearable sculpture, photographed it and sent it to Hannah. She’ll paint a large backdrop and then paint the sculpture so that it’s camouflaged. See Collaboration file
2. Photo challenge with Tim, Hannah and Sarah See Collaboration file
c) Video - Every day I open my curtains (Self/private) Marking time, durational. 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!
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.