My walking is about the exploration of place. Walking is an active process that can become a mind walk – I started considering landscape as that which can be created in the mind. The act of walking has to lead to repeated work in the studio – it started with looking into my collecting of […]
Work to be discussed and researched as preparation for the workshop was ”while the dew is still on the roses, Ebony G Patterson. We were encouraged to look at the Perez Art Museum, in Miami (PAMM) Background on the artist: She is Jamaican born, 1981, holds a MFA degree from the Sam Fox College of Design […]
Diversity, Listening and Understanding session on Friday 19 February 2021 I had some issues to log onto the symposium and eventually listened to 3 artists talking about Human and More-than-human Relationships Francesca Curtis – Cetaceans on Camera: Towards Ecological Speculation in Ant Farm’s Dolphin Embassy Lydia Halcrow – Tread Lightly on the Earth Beneath Marina […]
an OCA workshop with artist Martyn Hill (2h) on 17 February 2021 The following is an insert of what to expect for this workshop – I appreciated the information. Fine Art is launching the first, of a new series of Group Workshops-Wednesday 17th Feb., 2021, 18.00 – 20.00 GMT, UK hours.‘Un/Common Things’ is a Group […]
11 JANUARY 2020 A local newspaper in South Africa wrote the following of above work in 1990: The artist stands outside society and scrutinises the historical and bourgeois norms, taboos and ideas of what art en-tails and disconcerts with its honesty. (https://repository.up.ac.za/bitstream/handle/2263/15043/Oppermann_Contrasting%282003%29.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y) William Kentridge managed to stay away from politics, capturing a moral message or […]
These works are done on a daily basis – I do not expect any outcomes other than a continued process of drawing after a walk. I do not judge the works, but can see that it will influence further works. I am focussed on my actions and not necessarily what the experience represent. Walking is […]
16 November 2020 By now I started to read of the books my tutor recommended. I stood still at the paragraph where (p11) Monet’s waterlilies in the Orangerie is discussed. On page 10 with a conclusive remark that “extreme forms of realism in narrative began to set streams of consciousness free from people who were […]
From the study material: You will be introduced to a variety of short texts, some that you will be guided through in depth, others that will be offered more like a taster for ideas that whet your appetite. It is possible that an essay from a particular author or anthology resonates with your work and […]
I want to use the method to ensure I have a balanced viewpoint of theory and making. I am considering this as part of my Parallel project. This blog will act as my Research workbook. It will become a combination of a sketchbook, notebook, laboratory and repository of all my research findings which will be […]
INTRODUCTION In the study guide: The Parallel Project is a self-directed, extended project. The focus of this project is entirely up to you, although you are advised to use the ideas and approaches explored within the course exercises as a springboard to inspire your thinking and making process. You may work in the studio as […]