Drawing machines, historical spirographs for the purposes of producing geometric shapes and patterns.
The crisp white of the surface stretches out in front of me. As I move towards the straight clean edges of the paper I become aware of its contact beneath my feet. Slowly I bend my knees, feeling myself gravitating towards the centre of the paper the edges acting as a boundary and guidance to my movement.
The quite of the room and hum of the video recorder is interrupted by the sound of my knees making contact and the gentle rustling of my body getting positioned to draw. As I learn forward, arms stretched out in front; there is a tension as I considered the initiation of process. My hands meet the surface together in unison out in front of my seat. The sound if charcoal grating on the floor is intensified as my arms swing around 1,2,3 times following the natural contorts of my body. As I pivoted round again the charcoal scrapes, breaking down as it dragged in a circular motion 1,2,3… 'The events/event are a 'product' of the interaction or process. They realise themselves through the course of their actualisation in some body or state.' Deleuze So the Degree show for the MA Students graduating this year ran from Friday 28th - Wednesday 2nd August. Some lovely people and some amazing work, it will be me this time next year... Heres a sneak peek. There are many different types of artist within my MA course and sometimes we like to do things together. Simon Merrifield is a performance artist who plays with comedy, spontaneous acts and interactions within different situations with others as part of his practice. A couple of months ago he decided to do something spontaneous on a one to one basis with volunteers from the MA based on how we originally meet/became friends. We combined the interests in our practices and a experience I have of a performance of Simon's. Towards the beginning of the course I went to see Simon perform at the Turner contemporary in Margate and this combined with my giant spirograph become the outcome of this collaborative mix. You can check out Simon's work here >>> http://simonmerrifield.weebly.com
The images below are the result of the previous video. With the us of Frog tape I have been able to give more consideration to the edges, construction and segments of the drawing. This not only add another depth to the drawings but also acts as to constrict and confine the charcoal lines. The lower tack tape also gave a much cleaner line when removed without damaging the paper or original drawing. After some smaller etchings I have started to work on a larger scale. creating etching prints in the same process as I use for my floor drawings.
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