Animation, AR7007
10.9.21 I made these 4 animation in just 2 days as part of the Mixing it up residency at The Garage. Each of us started the residency with a couple of days in the space by ourselves. It was utter bliss to have a large blank canvas of a space, which was uncluttered, well lit and equipped... with a tripod which fitted my iPhone.
I had tried stop motion over lockdown as a way to animate my work, but my previous attempts have been without a tripod, so inevitably they were rather naive and jerky.
I was very pleased with these animations, in different ways and for different reasons. The theme was inspired by conversations with her about her draped paintings and the idea of cloth as skin, and drapery revealing and concealing parts of a sculpture. The average surface area of an adult's skin is 2 square metres.
I started with a rectangle of canvas, which I had with me, then I moved on to a carefully cut rectangle of imitation leather which was precisely 2 square m. I used a staple gun to attach the cloth ton the wall, removing a staple each time I moved the cloth. I found it utterly absorbing at the time and mesmerising to watch as well. I like the video with me in it the least, probably predictably!
Incorporating the stitched sculpture works well too, I feel. The sense of movement and seeing it come alive is fascinating.
I see these as a form of playful research. I had intended to project one of the animations on to a 2 sq m piece of cloth attached to the wall, but I couldn't find a satisfactory resolution to the ugly plinth/projector combination, and it was very light in the gallery.. I think if the projector could be mounted out of sight, it might be effective. Possibly like crawling flesh? It's definitely something to explore further at another time.
I showed them to Andrea, as I had wondered about projecting something like this onto my assemblages, but we discussed it and we both felt that the work didn't need over complication. It speaks loudly and clearly already.
I had tried stop motion over lockdown as a way to animate my work, but my previous attempts have been without a tripod, so inevitably they were rather naive and jerky.
I was very pleased with these animations, in different ways and for different reasons. The theme was inspired by conversations with her about her draped paintings and the idea of cloth as skin, and drapery revealing and concealing parts of a sculpture. The average surface area of an adult's skin is 2 square metres.
I started with a rectangle of canvas, which I had with me, then I moved on to a carefully cut rectangle of imitation leather which was precisely 2 square m. I used a staple gun to attach the cloth ton the wall, removing a staple each time I moved the cloth. I found it utterly absorbing at the time and mesmerising to watch as well. I like the video with me in it the least, probably predictably!
Incorporating the stitched sculpture works well too, I feel. The sense of movement and seeing it come alive is fascinating.
I see these as a form of playful research. I had intended to project one of the animations on to a 2 sq m piece of cloth attached to the wall, but I couldn't find a satisfactory resolution to the ugly plinth/projector combination, and it was very light in the gallery.. I think if the projector could be mounted out of sight, it might be effective. Possibly like crawling flesh? It's definitely something to explore further at another time.
I showed them to Andrea, as I had wondered about projecting something like this onto my assemblages, but we discussed it and we both felt that the work didn't need over complication. It speaks loudly and clearly already.