The Unearthings
A Rural Idyll
In the Forest Garden
Inner Landscapes
Absent Presence
Trace
Photomontage
Performative Drawing
Act of Listening
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@hortus_silvam
graphite, ink, charcoal, silverpoint, paper, approx. 60x42cm
In the Performative Drawings Series, each drawing is an improvised performance whose duration is complete when the artist’s gestures meet physical exhaustion (around 2-3 minutes). The full body is engaged, but the paper is not observed to disassociate from any visual control over the drawing process. The final drawing brings together the mark making implement and the way it is held, with the paper surface and its location in the performance space. As the pencil moves, perception and emotion in that moment are driven into other areas of knowing, resonating on a deeper level; a mirror to processes within the body. The drawings take on an audible quality as they tend towards a mass of energised, entangled vibrations.
Experimenting with microphone location on the drawing surface to capture the sound of improvised drawing as performance. The duration is complete when the artist’s gesture meets physical exhaustion.
Two Drawings
documentation forms two aerial HD videos with stereo sound
The sound of improvised drawing as performance, whose duration is complete when the artist’s gesture meets physical exhaustion.
Drawing with goldfinches
Site-specific performance; drawing; sound
Experimenting with microphone location on the drawing surface to capture the sound of improvised drawing as performance in a site-specific location. The duration is complete when the artist’s gesture meets physical exhaustion.