All Time References/Reads

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”

Exploring Deep Ecology in Art: An Oil Painting Journey

The video showcases the creation of the oil painting “Deep Ecology,” by artist researcher Debbie New. It explores the concept of interconnectedness, emphasizing that all beings share cosmic origins. The artwork presents an alternative world teeming with evolved creatures, inviting viewers to reflect on deep time, deep space, and our bond with the universe.

Unit 2: 15 September 2024: Artwork: Making, Channelling and Meditative Journeying

Master of Arts Degree Practice-basead research: artist uses stardust elements from the periodic table to make art and replicate feelings of interconnectedness. We are all connected. We come from Stardust. The Stardust Manifesto

5 May 2024: Artwork: The Cyborg

Whist creating a previous artwork entitled The Enchanment of the Anthropocene, cyborg-like creatures began to emerge, seemingly willing themselves into the painting and the narrative. It’s therefore been a foregone conclusion that these creatures would evolve into sculpture prototypes.  I am reading a lot about Darwin’s Decent with Modification which states that humans – and allContinue reading “5 May 2024: Artwork: The Cyborg”

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 10: Research: The Ecological Thought (Entanglement & Interconnectedness)

My current hyper-fixation (long may it last) is one that has flitted in and out of my mind most of my life – the fact that I am of the opinion that we (all living and non living species and non-species on earth, and in the universe) are interconnected. It’s never really a line ofContinue reading “Unit 1: Week 10: Research: The Ecological Thought (Entanglement & Interconnectedness)”