The
previous workshop in September, Spode I:
'Resurrecting the Obsolete', was a fruitful and productive time, which unexpectedly
facilitated a major shift in my practice. Recently my work has followed drawing and the domestic
object with a particular interest in stitch, (text)iles, and the decorative;
using subtle slippages and moments of
detail to transgress propriety. The
objects relationship to drawing has increasingly become more pronounced until
the object has now taken over and has become the work; which was one of the
unexpected outcomes from the first Spode residency. Using understated visual
cues image and object(s) appearing as veiled details and suggestive moments;
the viewer is required to spend time with the work to encounter these moments
of hidden depth. Once seen these subtle transgressions can compel the viewer to
think twice about the expected norm they see around them everyday.
Having
taken part in the first research residency has given me first hand experience
and ideas for developing a larger artistic research project. It helped to developed
particular research methods, critical reflection, research strategies and ideas
for the production of artefacts for this longer project expanding beyond just
the residency. Since returning
from Spode I, I have been working on
ideas and possibilities through drawings and the small artefacts I was able to
bring back to my studio.
During
this upcoming longer, (I could only attend for 3 days in Sept) and more
directed residency I will focus on expanding the initial research and
experiments. Exploring dualities of
material and site I am interested in using site-specific installation to explore ideas of
expectations of: site, traditional values, and (women’s) labour. I am
interested in manipulating the material and locations expected function and push
beyond the original intentions and readings.
Using the site as a
starting point, materials and the event of making (with a nod towards
Penelopian labour) all work towards a collapse; of historical time through
nostalgia for a past that never existed; contradictions of the everyday; and
subtle interventions in unexpected locations. I plan
to concentrate on the abandoned ceramic decals, ceramic’s pieces and their
negatives (the mould) to create sculptures and large-scale installations.
Developing
from works assembled during the first residency, I will be working on larger
and more complex installation as well as discreet sculptures. These works will
incorporate stacks and laid out (created) patterns of 100’s (to 1000’s) of
decals as well as incorporating redundant ceramics and moulds from the site. I
will also be experimenting with (text)-drawings, using the ceramic decorative
patterns from Spode as starting points to create small works, akin to
embroidery, that will be hidden amongst {or hidden in plan sight} the decals.
Spode I:
Research / experiments 2012
English Pointer encased by Coffee Saucer
2012
Pink Acorn
2012
Black Lab with Ogee Wave
2012
Lausanne Pheasant
2012
Cottontail Sauce Boat
2012
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