http://www.widewalls.ch/magazine/environmental-artists
Month: October 2020
‘In this stunning film, Pina Bausch’s iconic choreography The Rite of Spring is danced in an extraordinary setting, on the beach in Toubab Dialaw, Senegal.’
‘Filmed as the world descended into lockdown it captures the last rehearsal of a specially assembled company of 38 dancers from 14 African countries, and documents a unique moment in their preparations for an international tour. A rare opportunity to watch one of the world’s greatest dance works.’
Title image is my own, is of mushroom from a silver birch tree.
Looking at artists I was recommended to have a look more at Hannah Imlach. I really connected with the way they photograph their work. This has started making me think more about how to present and document my work in the future. I want to explore other medium of containing sculpture and think maybe exploring analogue photography and video may help develop this.
I have linked a video to how Hannah documents their research and this is something I know I need to work on and want to be mindful of when we have to do our presentations.
http://www.hannahimlach.com/Research
Recently I’ve noticed the importance of music since March 2020. My tastes for certain types of music has changed and what I can work with while I’m listening seems to depend on that too.
One of my favourite albums has been:
New Energy by Four Tet
I have found while changing the things I have been listening to has helped me connect with an environment or a moment more, it’s helped understand what is happening around me.
Various sizes, all made from the following:
Modroc, plaster, clay slip, wire, tree branch and pre-made materials.
Also included some work from last year as I wanted to see how it merged with what I am currently working with.
This is an image gallery of various things I have been up to during this semester. I have been taking my work outside a lot, trying to be present in nature. I photograph a lot of what is around me. I feel like cycles are important so try to make sure I appreciate the changing of seasons and the moon cycle. I photograph mushrooms an awful lot, I like how they grow from the damp and dark, their shapes often influence my sculptures. I have started also putting my sculptures in various natural places, this is like a bit of game at the moment. Seeing how far we can push those boundaries of context and immersion. A lot of these get followed up with drawings which helps create more concrete ideas. I also write alongside these trips out, they tend to be in lists. Through words and phrases strung together, I would like to see how my writing comes together with the structures I make. I would like to play around with video, sound and maybe reading aloud these pieces to see how they bring the work together.
Collection of sounds I have gathered over the course of the last couple of months, each in different areas. I have found them useful when thinking about where my sculptures are being placed and the context that I could give my sculptures.