PART FOUR PROJECT THREE

REFLECTIVE EXERCISE EXERCISE 1.2. Relationships with materiality In the study guide: Consider the following quote of Lange-Berndt (2015:13) in relation to your own practice: “What does it mean to give agency to the material, to follow the material and to act with the material?” CONTEXTUAL FOCUS When Lange-Berndt (2015:14) writes that to ‘follow material means […]

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PART FOUR PROJECT TWO

PAINT AS MATERIAL The study material share an image of a painting by Frank Auerbach, E.O.W. Sleeping, 1966 which seems to be escaping its support and ask the learner to imagine if he had abandoned the canvas or board altogether. It is clear that Auerbach had a very distinctive manner of painting almost as if […]

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REVIEW AGAINST ASSESSMENT CRITERIA: Part three

Demonstration of technical and Visual Skills: I have explored a wide range of materials and investigations. I was not very successful with video work, but will still pursue some ideas to develop my own work. Working with 3-d objects has been exciting and opened up ideas about materiality to explore more. I can develop my […]

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Peep Show as part of Keeping the Momentum

This is a tutored workshop over two sessions that started on Saturday 27th November 2021, the next session will be on Saturday 11th December 2021. It is initiated by a photography student, Helen Rosemier and tutor-led by OCA tutor, Hayley Lock. After introductions, Hayley Lock shares a visual presentation around the idea of using a […]

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Tutorial notes after Part 3

THURSDAY 25 OCTOBER: Google meet session Parallel Project I need more work on ideas and consider the questions that come to the front, acknowledging the making that needs to happen. It is clear that I am at a point somewhere between painting and drawing. I want to consider taking my work into that space. I […]

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Conversations around Enactment

Introduction During part three of this course, I engaged with the work of Philip Guston and became interested in his work and art practice, as well as the enactment piece done by artist Rachel Russel in 2012. The questions that arose from this research developed over time and I will attempt to discuss them here. […]

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PART FOUR RESEARCH POINTS

RESEARCH POINT 1 Angela de la Curz ( b 1965) On the Lisson Gallery, I read that this artist’s practice is situated between painting and sculpture and she engages in the discourse of painting by targeting the stretcher, which is often twisted, slashed, or bent out of shape. I watched a video of her working […]

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PART 4. PROJECT ONE

REIMAGINING THE CANVAS De la Cruz refers to the grandiosity of painting. On the Lisson Gallery website I read: “The moment I cut through the canvas I get rid of the grandiosity of painting”, she says. ( https://www.lissongallery.com/artists/angela-de-la-cruz) On the Tate website, I found the following description for plane/picture plane: A picture plane refers to the […]

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PARALLEL PROJECT: PART ONE

INTRODUCTION This project was done alongside the course material and became a journey into the Fungal Kingdom. From the onset of this project, I was guided by my tutor to consider collaborative agency and read Vibrant Matter by Janet Bennet to assist in my contextual thinking and making process. Making was seen as a reflection […]

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CHAIN REACTION WORKSHOP- Intersemiotic translations

PART OF KEEPING UP MOMENTUM SESSIONS ORGANISED BY PHOTOGRAPHY STUDENT HELEN ROSEMIER Tutor-led facilitation: Dr. Bryan Eccleshall Date/time Two 2.5 hour sessions on 9 and 30 October 2021 9 October session I could not attend. Bryan shared a document around a ‘translation game’ of which he was part and that gave me a clearer understanding […]

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