Some sneakies of what's cookin in the brain for next yeer,,,,....!
Saturday, December 14, 2013
Water Retention (Hot Dog, Burger, Comet, Fat Comparison)
This was an installation constructing
a site through material translations and studies of found objects gathered from
a site specific location, Fish Market Reserve. Mediums which I chose to use were
inclusive of textiles, sculpture, found objects and paintings. In these
material investigations I aimed to discuss the visual information which is retained and expelled in each
object. The installed works also identify
similarities between organic forms and external objects, similar to the way in
which artist Nina Katchadourian (NY) alludes to other life forms relating to her
response of form. For example, the shape of googley eyes associated with
barnacles (Barnacle Mixer, 2012), or how a conifer is able to mimic aesthetic
qualities of baby corn, coral or popular wheat snack, Twisties.
The paintings examine the organic
qualities yet seemingly artificial aesthetic of the chosen forms. My intention
was to construct a magnified microcosmic atmosphere through my paintings,
allowing the forms to linger in an in-between state of presence/absence.
Alluding to landscapes which are absent from
reality I wanted to question our perception of objects in their associated
environments, and the way which this perception is desensitized once they are
taken out of their natural context and re habituated.
“The life and living through us
repeatedly died to old forms and old ways…dying in the splitting of the stars,
cracking open of the seeds in the soil, relinquishment of gills and fins as we
crawled on to dry land…out of the darkness, the new is born.”[i]
British artist Marc Quinn examines the
‘raw, seemingly mystical elements’ [ii]of
this world, and mankind’s relationship with nature as an ongoing theme in
selected works (Held by Desire, The Invention of Carving, and All the Time in
the World, 2013). My position in relation to his works asks to consider the
existence of micro ecosystems and their significance in a macroscopic context.
[i]
Macy, J. [2012]. “Positive
Disintergration. Adapted from Coming Back to Life”. Retrieved from: http://www.joannamacy.net/livingsystems/positive-disintergration.html
[ii]
Quinn, M. [2013]. “Held by Desire Solo Exhibition”. Retrieved from the Marc Quinn
website: http://www.marcquinn.com/exhibitions/
ps. My referencing sux!
aphids, skins, worms
^^above is some textiles work and some other tings I have been up to in the last 6 months
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