Threads 2

        Notes to self: Connecting threads, lines, weave, tantra, as in treatise, weave, loom//online digital wall, fabric, membrane// elements of pictopoiesis//leporello, tangible, original, source//sculptural, book, map, navigation (making sense of the world), painting//8×8

Thread

    Thread  a theme or characteristic running throughout a situation or piece of writing. “a major thread running through the book is the primacy of form over substance” synonyms: train of thought, drift, direction, sense, theme, subject matter, motif, tenor, strain, thrust, subject, gist, burden, action; More

Symposium 2

Symposium 2 video for presentation, 30th May 2019; with transcript below: Transcript: A painting is an aesthetic entity; it exists as it is and that is enough. But for me it has also not been enough as I have asked myself all along as to why the painting is as it is, rather than any […]

Symposium 2

Symposium 2 – for 30th May 2019: Transcript: A painting is an aesthetic entity; it exists as it is and that is enough. But for me it has also not been enough as I have asked myself all along as to why the painting is as it is, rather than any other way. Looking into […]

A Return

This year’s residency just finished has been a very rich and intense experience. One opportunity I found particularly valuable was being shown how to make a projection mapping installation at South Kiosk Gallery in Peckham. We worked in groups and achieved a poetic end result which in turn made me think of my painting. This surprised me as […]

The Integrity of Line

The drawings below were all made freehand, with a basic mouse, no other aid. I call them mouse drawings. At the time I was interested in the possibility of inventing a series (alphabet-like) of protoforms suggestive of different habitats or dwelling places, structured line by line. Like building a skeleton, external and internal. In every case, […]

Origin always has echo

The art of our earliest ancestors is compelling, so I was interested to look through an article (see notes at end of post) in my inbox, which has triggered the following post: Some time ago I did a series of paintings in which, amongst other matters, I was interested in trying to commune and reconnect […]

Unit 2 Assessment

MAVA Fine Art Digital Unit 2 Year 2 201819 assessment brief (1) Indicative Content: • Exploration of Practice • Exhibition Planning and delivery • Personal and Professional Development Please find below the evidence required for: 1. Participation in the Symposium: Symposium 2 2. Critical Evaluation of your practice and future development (500 words): The MA Summer […]