Assignment 9
Group Tutorial
For feedback and support on completion of project 9, attend the next convenient Project 9 Group Tutorial in the Group Tutorials section.
Select a small number of your paintings or art works produced in project 9 to be uploaded to the Project 9 Group Forum for feedback and reflect on the experience in your learning log afterwards.
Upload your chosen painting(s) to the Project 9 Group Forum. The forum is available each month and you can write one post for yourself with all your work on it and some text to help us understand it if you are not going to be present at the zoom meeting.
I haven't always felt a strong connection between my body and art. I've realised that every mark I make on the canvas reflects my thoughts and emotions, channelled through my brain and expressed through my body's movement. It's a continuous process where I breathe life into the artwork, creating a version of myself on the canvas.
My experiences of walking around the world, within my flying career and travels, have become integral to my artistic identity. I want to capture that natural, flowing movement in my paintings. I envision creating art that embodies my travels, allowing my body's motion to shape the work. Painting with my body becomes a powerful way to express who I am and share the profound experiences that have shaped me.
I want to convey personal experiences through painterly practice because the essence of my creative process is intertwined with my life experiences.
Various artists have used their feet to paint works, for example, Richard Long, Jean Dubuffet and Antoni Tapies. By painting the touches or traces that remain and have been left behind, we have a reflection on the passage of time and the ephemeral nature of things.
How did the process of 'walking with inked feet on paper' make me feel?
When I looked at my feet and the art, I felt a connection with them both, maybe a link?
Making this art took me beyond my usual thoughts and reflections letting me feel and think in new and exciting ways. I could 'feel my steps' and knew that time was being recorded.
My senses worked together. Making this piece helped me make sense of all the walking I had done in my career round and round but always coming back, going around in circles.
"Odyssey"
Digital Tondo Crop - originating from ink on Fabriano paper - 150cm x 150cm
"An Odyssey of Patterns"
(Globe Trotter & Third Sector)
Digital Dyptych - originating from ink on Fabriano paper - 150cm x 150cm
Original artwork on Fabriano paper - 150cm x 150cm
Welcome to a world where chaos and creativity collide. My objective is to provoke a profound sense of the absurd, offering a unique perspective on reality and challenging conventional artistic norms. Connecting to the fundamental principles of Dadaism and collaborating with actors, we meld Dadaist filmmaking with painting, unveiling the interdisciplinary potential that arises from such collaborative endeavours.
This exploration manifests as a modern Dadaist film and by researching the historical context of Dadaism and expressing it through a series of digital manipulations, the aim is to breathe life into the past while merging the present. Layered meanings, palindromes and interactive techniques echo the rebellious spirit of Dada, engaging with the world in an unexpected and thought-provoking manner.
At the start, learning involved trial and error, a time-consuming yet enlightening process. With a close-knit group of friends (and actors) in Toronto, Canada, we played with palindromes and musical elements, infusing meaning into the project. We filmed inside and outside. We laughed, we cried and we danced during the making of AIBOHPHOBIA. The 3level3 triptych was produced by painting film stills from the video.
My Practice.
AIBOHPHOBIA
'Through the 'Dada Glass'
Warning - contains flashing images!!!!
3level3
Film stills from AIBOHPHOBIA- Ink, pencil and Gansai on paper.
Walter Fretlaw, Flo Rolf and Murdrum.
Feedback
I uploaded the film and sketches, but the Odyessy pieces were too much information to be feedback on, so they were omitted.
Feedback from peers and Dr. Tom Palin was all good.
The reaction was that a storybook or old-fashioned film was the general 'feel' of the moving images.
The film evoked Surrealist and Hitchcockian vibes tied together with kaleidoscope colours (which was what I wanted to evoke).
The peer feedback was of interest, especially the glitches of the colour in between the monochrome which felt was a great way of using colour.
The development would be to use one less medium, as words, sound and vision altogether are too much. Maybe omit the text?
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