PART 1 ASSIGNMENT 1
Self assessment
As I begin writing this short self assessment, I find myself in the situation of virtually ‘flying solo’. My previous two courses, Major Project and Contextual Studies, have not been assessed because of lockdown … Read the rest
EXPERIMENTATION
Responding to sound through visual imagery continues to be the focus of my work and I’m looking for ways to allow the outcome to be experienced in another dimension beyond seeing. In this post I’m experimenting with producing a … Read the rest
ABSTRACTION AND SOUND
Continuing my investigation into conveying sound through image making, I ran some of my work by a group of fellow painters and their responses were enlightening. The following is what I gained from the discussion.
I’m continuing to read about artists who looked to be on the cusp of abstraction in their work and were searching for new views of reality when looking at the landscape. The sensory experience of the landscape dominated their creative … Read the rest
READING
“Unquiet Landscape” Christopher Neve
Thames & Hudson 2020
What immediately drew me into this book were a few sentences in the preface: “…this book is about other things rather than falling into the old art-historical trap of attempting to … Read the rest
PART 1 CONTEMPORARY CURATORIAL DISCOURSE
READING: The Culture of Curating and the Curating of Culture – Paul O’Neill
Guardian interview: Hans Ulrich Obrist: the art of curation – Stuart Jeffries and Nancy Groves – 2014
A Brief History of Curating … Read the rest
In searching for the expression of my response to bird sound, I have been taking advantage of the time of year to catch the dawn chorus. The first time I got up at 5.15 am to draw and found that … Read the rest
PART 1 – studio work
Link to memory
Thoughout this course of study and in particular during the research and forensic analysis of my work which went into the critical essay writing, I find that ‘memory’ keeps playing a major … Read the rest
“My pictures are painted to be listened to…” page 81
Notes from ‘Ivon Hitchens’ Peter Khoroche 2007 Lund Humphries
Connection with music
RESEARCH
READING:
‘THE SOUNDSCAPE – OUR SONIC ENVIRONMENT AND THE TUNING OF THE WORLD’ R. Murray Schafer 1977 Destiny Books, by arrangement with Alfred Knopf, Inc.
A fascinating book! I wanted to read it to be able to work more … Read the rest
