WRITING OUT OF THE PARALLEL PROJECT Exercise 4 Writing an artist’s statement Method used Looking at the guidelines on how to write an artists statement as shown on the Artquest website and provided as LINK 43 Read the advice and guidance: How to write about contemporary Art Artist’s statement (pdf provided) The following notes are […]
I received a written formal feedback from my tutor. During this part of the course I feel reflective practice was a big part of my work process, as I had to ask myself questions about transformative actions about things I care or should concern myself with. I think it is important to look into the […]
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 […]
Considering mark making as warm up exercises before drawing. Drawing is becoming an act of doing, of watching and doing – inviting to look closer. […]
With transformation in mind, in its broadest sense, write a short statement (1000 words) about your own work in your learning log, in terms of the things that are important to you to be able to convey. What are your motivations in the work, what drives you, how do you want the work to affect […]
Topic 3: Community participation ‘In actual practice, how does a group of people become identified as a community in an exhibition program, as a potential partner in a collaborative art project? Who identifies them as such? And who decides what social issue(s) will be addressed or represented by/through them: the artist? the community group? the […]
TOPIC 2 Art and activism ‘Art activists do want to be useful, to change the world, to make the world a better place – but at the same time, they do not want to cease being artists. And this is the point where theoretical, political, and even purely practical problems arise.’(Groys, 2014) “Our lives are […]