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Unit 1: Week 18: Practice-Based Research: Investigation 1

All of the reading that I’ve been doing up until now, and will continue to do, has given me a deeper understanding of interconnectedness and entanglement. I feel that it’s improved my foundational knowledge, and put me in a better position to understand where I’d like to go with regards to Practice-Based Research, which hasContinue reading “Unit 1: Week 18: Practice-Based Research: Investigation 1”

Unit 1: Week 17: Research: The Periodic Table of Elements (Entanglement & Interconnectedness)

Investigating Entanglement and Interconnectedness, and thinking about the idea that we are all made from stardust, it was an obvious conclusion for me to come to the Periodic Table for scientific proof of our interconnectedness. It is not enough to say ‘we are all made from the same stuff’ – I wanted to know exactlyContinue reading “Unit 1: Week 17: Research: The Periodic Table of Elements (Entanglement & Interconnectedness)”

Unit 1: Week 17: Element of Chance and Taking a piece to Failure

BRIEF:  RESPONSE:  How did this experience challenge and/or shift your intentions for the work and your sense of knowing and control?  As an artist, I’m quite a planner, so this painting was quite uncomfortable for me. Even though I started it before Week 17, I started it with the intention of creating something entirely spontaneous,Continue reading “Unit 1: Week 17: Element of Chance and Taking a piece to Failure”

Unit 1: Week 17: Research: The work of James Lovelock (Entanglement & Interconnectedness)

To further my research on interconnectedness and entanglement, I am now reading some of the work of James Lovelock. I’ve just finished reading Novacene: The Coming Age of HyperIntelligence, and have started reading Gaia and We Belong to Gaia by the same author. What a refreshing, coherent and uplifting read Novacene has been. A far departure from some of the other booksContinue reading “Unit 1: Week 17: Research: The work of James Lovelock (Entanglement & Interconnectedness)”

Unit 1: Week 16: Practice: Artwork Resolution: The Enchantment of the Anthropocene

I’ve been doing quite a lot of work on my research and writing of my Contextual Essay, and bringing it all together has put me in a better position to be able to write more coherently about this piece:  This composition seeks to draw its viewer into the world of the Anthropocene. It is widelyContinue reading “Unit 1: Week 16: Practice: Artwork Resolution: The Enchantment of the Anthropocene”

Unit 1: Week 15: Practice – Artwork Progress

This painting, sized at 61cm x 76cm is entitled ‘The Mesh’. This is a working title, and I feel that I can only title it once it is finished. ‘The Mesh’ is one of the many concepts that Timothy Morton introduces in his book ‘The Ecological Thought’ (2010) pertaining to interconnectedness.  The process of thisContinue reading “Unit 1: Week 15: Practice – Artwork Progress”

Unit 1: Week 14: Research: Art, Trees, and the Enchantment of the Anthropocene: Caroline Wendling’s White Wood

A keyword search inside OU’s Library – what an utter treasure trove – brought me to this paper entitled Art, Trees and the Enchantment of the Anthropocene: Caroline Wendling’s White Wood written in 2018.  This paper can only be described as a mind-altering piece of work. It brought together an artwork by Caroline Wending entitled White Wood,Continue reading “Unit 1: Week 14: Research: Art, Trees, and the Enchantment of the Anthropocene: Caroline Wendling’s White Wood”

Unit 1: Week 14: Practice – Artwork Progress

I am currently researching the theme of interconnectedness and entanglement, and what Science, Neuroscience, Cosmology, Ecology and Philosophy has to say about it, and one common thread that I have stumbled upon is what Morton, T (2010) would describe as ‘The Mesh’. Whilst researching proof of interconnectedness, I could not help but notice the uncannyContinue reading “Unit 1: Week 14: Practice – Artwork Progress”

Unit 1: Week 13: Practice – Artwork Progress

Given how long oil paint layers take to dry, I am aiming to always have 2-3 paintings in process so that I am never waiting for one to dry.  I have therefore started this new painting whilst exploring interconnectedness. Above are the conceptual drawings/plans – this painting is less on the ‘not-knowing’ side in thatContinue reading “Unit 1: Week 13: Practice – Artwork Progress”