Performance: Body cocoon 2, 4.5 - 9.6.20
9.8.20 Body cocoon 2, (the line where shore and water meet)
Body cocoon 2, (if you go down to the woods today) 4.7.20
Body cocoon 2 as a Living sculpture
Worn, Body cocoon 2 comes alive. It's a living sculpture. I've written more about it here 30.6.20 Living sculptures, performance or participation?and 30.6.20 Body cocoons: private or public?
I made this stop motion animation using an app, Stop Motion Studio, on my phone. It's rather basic but I'm quite pleased with it. It gives an impression as to what would be possible. A video might be more effective, but I don't have the expertise or the software at home to take or edit videos. I would need support with this. This is possibly something I could do when we're back at Uni later in the summer.
The photos were kindly taken by my partner, Dave, against the back drop of my makeshift photo studio. I've had to crop them all so the animation is quite jerky. I could possibly redo this shoot when I have access to the photo studio and facilities at Uni again. They were taken on 3.6.20, and then I carried on knitting the sculpture until the final piece reached my ankles, on 9.6.20. I then cast off. However, looking at these images and the video, I like the fact that my ankles and feet (and hairy slippers!) are visible, and I think the swinging circular needles and attached ball of yarn add interest. Maybe I'll unravel it a little and reattach the needles and yarn? Black knitting is also very hard to photograph! In many of the images, it either looks like a silhouette, or the camera changes it to grey. Interesting ideas about perception of blackness and lightening, in relation to the current Black Lives Matter protests.
I think I cast it off as a reaction to the hairy threads of Body cocoon 1. They make it very hard to wear and I wanted this to be easier for any potential future wearers! I'll need to think about this further.
I made this stop motion animation using an app, Stop Motion Studio, on my phone. It's rather basic but I'm quite pleased with it. It gives an impression as to what would be possible. A video might be more effective, but I don't have the expertise or the software at home to take or edit videos. I would need support with this. This is possibly something I could do when we're back at Uni later in the summer.
The photos were kindly taken by my partner, Dave, against the back drop of my makeshift photo studio. I've had to crop them all so the animation is quite jerky. I could possibly redo this shoot when I have access to the photo studio and facilities at Uni again. They were taken on 3.6.20, and then I carried on knitting the sculpture until the final piece reached my ankles, on 9.6.20. I then cast off. However, looking at these images and the video, I like the fact that my ankles and feet (and hairy slippers!) are visible, and I think the swinging circular needles and attached ball of yarn add interest. Maybe I'll unravel it a little and reattach the needles and yarn? Black knitting is also very hard to photograph! In many of the images, it either looks like a silhouette, or the camera changes it to grey. Interesting ideas about perception of blackness and lightening, in relation to the current Black Lives Matter protests.
I think I cast it off as a reaction to the hairy threads of Body cocoon 1. They make it very hard to wear and I wanted this to be easier for any potential future wearers! I'll need to think about this further.
Here are a few photos of Body cocoon 2, worn by me, including a couple of close ups. The sculpture is knitted in black wool but here it looks grey. At least the surface is visible!
And here is the sequence of stills that I used to make the stop motion animation at the top of this page:
