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| 'Echo' . Site specific installation, York St Marys 2006. 10,000 hairnets containing strands of used violin bow-hair. |
From personal preference, I found Susie MacMurray's lecture the most inspiring as she is an artist that I use regularly in my research; comfortable and intrigued with her both site specific installations and concepts behind her work.
materials used: fragility vs. structure. juxtaposition and m i s matching
metaphors linked to the body/ body form, for example washing-up gloves, dressmaking pins.
also memory notation. nostalgic.
tries to use materials that have a connotation/ notion attached to them.
repetitive themes shown throughout her practice.
LARGE SCALE. repetition. out of real world, into fairytale.
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Key points that I have taken away from the lecture:
-Don't turn away opportunities based upon whether the criteria fits your style of work.
-Have a 'site' to work at. (the studio).
Place to create a barrier between art and personal life, have to have the balance and relaxation.
-Collect stuff. You never know when you'll need it.
-Use drawing as a starting point. You need to be able to disconnect from reality- spark imagination.
I've also found MacMurray to be an interesting example for my contextualising practice essay.
(lateral use of the relationship between identity, body and dress.)