This is a list of all of the texts that I have used for research/reading over the last two years during the course of my Master of Arts Degree through Open College of the Arts (UK). Abram, M.B. (2024). June Wayne. Available at: https://www.junewayne.gallery (Accessed 5 August 2024). Albom, M. (2012). The Time Keeper. New York: Hyperion. Al Jazeera TVContinue reading “All Time References/Reads”
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MA Research Summary Video: Encounters with the Cosmos
Artist Researcher Debbie New shares insights from her Master of Arts (Fine Art) Degree Practice-based research on interconnectedness and entanglement through making art with and about stardust.
The overarching message conveys that all beings are connected, as we are all made from cosmic materials, emphasizing unity in existence.
Contextuality and Positionality: Literature Review of key texts informing my artistic research
My artistic research explores the intersection of philosophy, science, and art, emphasizing their interconnectedness through key readings in cosmology and environmental thought. Influential authors like Darwin, Hawking, and Lovelock, Morton, Haraway and Puig de la Belacasa challenge anthropocentrism, advocating for an expanded view of care that includes all living beings, thus fostering a deeper understanding of our existence and responsibilities.
Unit 2: 11 October 2024: Artwork: Serenity
The artist documents the creation of a piece influenced by meditation and moonstone, utilizing stardust to inform their practice-based research. By channeling energy from the moonstone, they aim to enhance their artwork, drawing on its unique elemental properties as an anchor. A video accompanies this exploration.
Unit 2: 30 September 2024: Week 16: Progress Presentation for Crit
Master of Arts Degree student uses stardust and meditative journeying to assist audiences in having an encounter with the cosmos. Meditative Journeying
Unit 2: 23 September 2024: Artwork: Deep Time
Artist investigates interconnectedness and entanglement through the lens of deep time, primordial origins and making with stardust. The research methodology combines meditative journeying, channelling, making-with-stardust and making-about-stardust. Currently reading (and loving): Donna Haraway, Staying with The Trouble
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