This artwork by Fine Artist Debbie New is a materials investigation into working exclusively with 24 carat gold, appreciating its peaceful aesthetic paired with white. It investigates gold’s cosmic primordial origins from neutron star explosions and its presence in our bodies and various celestial bodies, emphasizing our connection to stardust through evolutionary processes.
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All Time Reads
I am keeping a log of my all time references/reading since this documents my research journey and makes it easier to refer back to reading that I might wish to consult again. I will therefore update this text from time to time: Alaimo, S (2012) States of Suspension: Trans-corporeality at Sea, ISLE: Interdisciplinary Studies in LiteratureContinue reading “All Time Reads”
11 June 2024: Practice-based Research: Investigation 3 (The Circle)
Since the start of my MA Course, or more specifically since I began researching the topic of interconnectedness and entanglement, I have been meditating more consistently than ever before. During these meditation sessions I’ve started noticing various events and happenings: sometimes behind my closed eyes, I see swirling colours. Sometimes a deep forest green, orContinue reading “11 June 2024: Practice-based Research: Investigation 3 (The Circle)”
16 May 2024: Silent Crit for 1.3 Cohort
“Dear All For 1.3 students this week there are silent crits taking place for which the 1.3 cohort are split into two groups. A silent crit allows you to gain feedback on work without the viewer having any preconceived knowledge or information. The student will share one image/video/piece of work without any additional interpretation or verbalContinue reading “16 May 2024: Silent Crit for 1.3 Cohort”
Unit 1: Week 20: Practice-based Research: Investigation 2
When Things Go Wrong: Some art pieces fail abysmally. But I guess that’s part of the point of the Practice-based research process. This piece entitled ‘Metatron’s Cube’ forms part of my investigations into whether, when using elemental materials* and/or when making art around the theme of interconnectedness, this makes the artist feel more connected. I startedContinue reading “Unit 1: Week 20: Practice-based Research: Investigation 2”
Unit 1: Week 19: Ideas after Asynchronous Seminar
The provocation “Artistic practice is inherently uncertain, the whole process being a kind of faltering journey from there being nothing to there being something. If it was possible to lay out a set of ideas and tools that would fit together easily to comprise a piece of work then not only would art be aContinue reading “Unit 1: Week 19: Ideas after Asynchronous Seminar”
Unit 1: Week 19: One-to-One Tutorial with Dr Michele Whiting
I had a very productive one-to-one Tutorial meeting with Michele Whiting on 19 February 2024. These are my summary notes: Overall feedback notes from tutorial discussion With regards to my contextual Essay (1000 word excerpt): Action points arising from the tutorial
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 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 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”
Debbie New 