CONSIDERING COLLABORATION, NEW MATERIALISM and DEVELOPING the BODY of WORK It became important to consider mushrooms and lichen as a subject matter, and look at their potential as a medium. From Tsing, I learned that collaboration could be ‘multi-sited‘. Opportunities to forage opened up in the winter of 2022. I saw the potential for involved […]
CONSIDERING COLLABORATION, NEW MATERIALISM and DEVELOPING the BODY of WORK I want to show the materials and processes I used to develop this body of work over time, starting with the PP till September 2022. Considering a collaboration with mushrooms as my making for this project: By now I had the opportunity to do more […]
CONSIDERING COLLABORATION, NEW MATERIALISM and DEVELOPING the BODY of WORK In this part I am using my research into the mushroom as material to consider making and working with. 4.1. INK from FUNGI Sheldrake writes about how hard it is for things to make sense to you, without a ‘little part of that something rubbing […]
Considering representation and intent in my making around the form of the veiled mushroom Painting a mushroom using the organic form I made with foam as an inspiration developed out of ideas after looking at the potential of paint to create the form as well as surface (Part Four of the course material). I would […]
ARTISTS WHOM I CONSIDER AND RESEARCH Artists I researched and were inspired by are Cy Twombly, John Ruskin, William Kentridge, Eva Hesse, Xiaojing Yan, Ian Kiaer, John Cage, Rodney Graham, Lynda Benglis, OCA-EU collaborating student group working as WWW, in particular Annette Holtkamp. This list will grow or change as I work on my project, […]
MATERIAL THINKING AND MAKING I LIKE OBJECTS I have a little cabinet, I call my wunder-cabinet, in my studio. I like to fill it with found objects, it changes over time and is always a place of inspiration for my making and ideas, see photographic images below which was taken at different times over this […]
Introduction When working on Part 5 different text alignment, font types and/or typography and ways of displaying a written document came to mind. I was thinking to make a visualization of my PP, which can become a work in progress to develop further after this course ends. I felt a need to move away from […]
Zoom session with tutor dr Michele Whiting on Thursday 03/03/2022 The session will first focus on my Parallel Project, as well as ideas around the Critical Review. Parallel Project Sharing the screen my tutor asked me to talk about making of Fig 1 – Mycelium painting and then moved to Fig. 8. She wants to […]
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 […]
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 […]