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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):  The essay had a sense that you were developing a critical awareness around the spaces that you want to beContinue reading “Unit 1: Week 19: One-to-One Tutorial with Dr Michele Whiting”

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

BRIEF:  Set up a system within your work that introduces the element of chance to your process. Allow this to play out and then set up another opportunity for chance to disrupt the process further. Push a work or series of works to the point of failure and then work to recover or redirect theContinue 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 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”

Unit 1: Week 11: Research: Sacred Geometry

I have found myself drawn to geometry and sacred geometry for decades, even before I understood the meanings and/or potential meanings behind certain geometric shapes. The first image shows my listing Sacred Geometry as one of my concerns a few weeks back, but at that point I was unable to make a connection between itContinue reading “Unit 1: Week 11: Research: Sacred Geometry”

Unit 1: Week 11: Research: Water

I am currently researching the idea of interconnectedness and entanglement on a universal scale, and have been trying to find a connection or common thread between all that I am reading, whether it be Science, Cosmology, Philosophy or Geometry.  I’ve found couple of topics where these ideas intersect and repeat, and one of those isContinue reading “Unit 1: Week 11: Research: Water”

Unit 1: Week 8: 3 Paintings, 1 Journey

These paintings, set here in order of when I started them/conceptualized them, represent a journey that I’ve gone on over the past few weeks. I started out with the David Bowie painting – now finally complete, partially as a material exploration (grisaille technique and oil painting), and partially to explore the topic of AI.  MyContinue reading “Unit 1: Week 8: 3 Paintings, 1 Journey”