I’m pleased to have our first silent crit behind us. It’s a very vulnerable space to be in, to have to show the group a picture and not be able to explain anything about that piece. Having said that, it was interesting to see how our pieces would ‘hold up’ in a gallery environment whereContinue reading “Unit 2: 17 September 2024: Silent Crit”
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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
Unit 2: 11 September 2024: Ethics Matter
Master of Arts Degree: discussion around matters of ethics, matters of care, staying with the trouble
Unit 2: 1 September 2024: Time as a Social Construct
Philosophy of time: Time is a social construct, time does not exist, deep time, deep space, cyborgs, descent with modification, and notable quotes from Mitch Albom’s book entitled The Time Keeper
Unit 2: 15 July 2024: Being in and Thinking Beyond the Studio
In this unit, we are encouraged to start thinking about audience in the context of our own artistic practice. I particularly enjoyed watching this video entitled “Virtual Studio Visits: Klaus Biesenbach in Conversation with Sarah Sze”. It gave a really good insight into Sarah Sze’s work, which is largely built in and around the space, to theContinue reading “Unit 2: 15 July 2024: Being in and Thinking Beyond the Studio”
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”
Unit 2: 9 July 2024: Tutorial with Caroline Wright
I had a really productive one-to-one tutorial with Caroline Wright: Reflections since last tutorial (if applicable):These are the things I keep returning to: The Periodic Table of Elements and their link to stardust. Gold (the element) which was forged in the hearts of dying stars. Geometric shapes as the building blocks of everything. Darwin’s Theory ofContinue reading “Unit 2: 9 July 2024: Tutorial with Caroline Wright”
Unit 2: Week 1: 19 June 2024: Testing Your Boundaries Worksheet Q&A (preparing for PPP)
entioned in the introductory presentation of the unit. This will help you start to map, evidence and manage the journey over the next 24 weeks. It will be important for you to remember to allow time to make work in an open and enquiring way, as well as place your ideas within a contemporary context.Continue reading “Unit 2: Week 1: 19 June 2024: Testing Your Boundaries Worksheet Q&A (preparing for PPP)”
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)”
3 June 2024: Thinking about Social Media
As a person that has a degree in Marketing, you’d think I’d be completely on top of my social media, that I’d know what it takes to grow my feed and that I would be posting prolifically. And yet… here I am with my 462 followers! Consistency is king in social media, and that’s oneContinue reading “3 June 2024: Thinking about Social Media”
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