Monday 30th April, Tuesday 1st May...
In london I had an valuable advice surgey, went to The Whitechapel gallery, discovered a new artist at the LIDA (Live Art Development Agency) and learnt to use a dictaphone!.
So much to write, so much to edit!!.. more to follow....
Tuesday, 5 June 2012
The Library
26th April
In preparation for my visit to the Live Art Development agency library session I have come to my hometown library to practise!
This was my experience:
Walking around the isles of books, I already feel the overwhelming anxiety rising up.
It took me back to being at uni, looking blankly at the spines of books, unsure what I was looking for; lost in a sea of books.
Trying to read the spines is impossible and I have to touch the book. As I start to reach for it, I grab its spine. I can feel the anxiety melt away, with the heaviness of each book grounding me a bit more.
The tactile, weight of a hardback book is very comforting!
I start to enjoy this sensation and grab more!...
Before long I realise that I am hugging my every growing pile of books into my chest like a lost friend; 5 in total.
My excitement now, of which one to read first!
So here I sit
ready...
ARTISTS
From my research I have reconnected with many artists that I found inspiring at uni. They are:
1. Marina Abramovic- Ritual, body based 70's
2. Paul Mc Carthy- Presenting the grotesque in a comic way, popular entertainment with the grotesque
3. GILLIAN WEARING-public/private themes, dark subject matters based on human behavor and situations
4. Jeff Wall- narrative through photography
5. Bill Viola- subject matter of death, transience, birth and use of natural materials
6. Lorna Simpson- photography, film, invisble processes
7. Santiago Sierra- House of mud, 60's/70's
8. Martha Rosier- Links between everyday activities and wider political issues relating to gender. (SEMIOTICS OF THE KITCHEN 1975 video installation)
9. Cindy Sherman- identity masks public/private
It was a useful exercise to write a brief comment about each artists which at first was solely to remind me at a later date of who they are and so I can research them more in depth later..I realise now that what I have ACTUALLY done is highlight my particular angle of interests from each artist and therefore from writing this have gleemed an insight into what makes me tick!!
In preparation for my visit to the Live Art Development agency library session I have come to my hometown library to practise!
This was my experience:
Walking around the isles of books, I already feel the overwhelming anxiety rising up.
It took me back to being at uni, looking blankly at the spines of books, unsure what I was looking for; lost in a sea of books.
Trying to read the spines is impossible and I have to touch the book. As I start to reach for it, I grab its spine. I can feel the anxiety melt away, with the heaviness of each book grounding me a bit more.
The tactile, weight of a hardback book is very comforting!
I start to enjoy this sensation and grab more!...
Before long I realise that I am hugging my every growing pile of books into my chest like a lost friend; 5 in total.
My excitement now, of which one to read first!
So here I sit
ready...
ARTISTS
From my research I have reconnected with many artists that I found inspiring at uni. They are:
1. Marina Abramovic- Ritual, body based 70's
2. Paul Mc Carthy- Presenting the grotesque in a comic way, popular entertainment with the grotesque
3. GILLIAN WEARING-public/private themes, dark subject matters based on human behavor and situations
4. Jeff Wall- narrative through photography
5. Bill Viola- subject matter of death, transience, birth and use of natural materials
6. Lorna Simpson- photography, film, invisble processes
7. Santiago Sierra- House of mud, 60's/70's
8. Martha Rosier- Links between everyday activities and wider political issues relating to gender. (SEMIOTICS OF THE KITCHEN 1975 video installation)
9. Cindy Sherman- identity masks public/private
It was a useful exercise to write a brief comment about each artists which at first was solely to remind me at a later date of who they are and so I can research them more in depth later..I realise now that what I have ACTUALLY done is highlight my particular angle of interests from each artist and therefore from writing this have gleemed an insight into what makes me tick!!
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