19 October WACCA and Collagraph prepping

 

                Todays progression                                     The dark section that I felt didn't work.

WACCA Session 

See supporting printout of this session

Spoke about the role of a curator, I see this as someone that creates a narrated space that can be experienced.  The curation should platform an artwork and facilitate engagement, encourage discourse and  allow for an authentic human reaction.

• An artist curator tends to have an idea of what and how they want to say something but could also have unconscious bias.
• A non artist curator allows for fresh insight and perspective
• I feel both will test your practice and how you view your own work
• I want to be careful not to be didactic when I approach my exhibition - it's easy to get caught up in my opinions whilst researching. 

Had a conversation with Ian re the  Contemporary Art MA - This will be ready for September 2023 with info released by Easter 23

• MANS framework will work to facilitate my application pack.
• Look at other MA courses too as they'll have similar criteria to the Staffs uni Contemporary Art MA

nb: need to demonstrate that you have research or know where to go for research 

Prepped a test sheet just so that I can see how different textures and some scratch marks translate into collagraph.

I'll varnish my prepped ahead of adding ink on the front and back so that I can wash them down to re-use.

I continued with my "old lady painting" main image. 

Reworked to indicate hair and the hands are slowly emerging. Spoke to Kite who gave me some feedback - she liked the textures and green tones, she felt she could see leaves and before reworking the hair had mistaken this for a leaf. there was a reference to witches and I asked what made her a witch - the depth of colours and positioning, age of the lady. I had a similar conversation with Joy. 

• Essentially, an older lady whether she appears threatening or friendly could be a witch
• Having an opinion or acting out of societal expectations amplifies this.
• The Witch is an institutionalised, marketed message.

• Women are often less tolerant and more vocal as they age - they find a voice - sometimes an angry one. (Our attitude to "Karen's" pulls on women "acting up/ embarrassing themselves/being irrational")

Ronald Huttons findings in "The Witch" (Research) 

In communities across the globe, the 'witch' is always a familiar in a community - there has to be a relationship but key attributes will make the person suspicious - not conforming to societal norms, a misunderstood or physical attribute that is considered strange. It was unheard of globally for a person to be accused of being a witch if they were from a different community. Almost like familiarity bred contempt and being a witch was an effective way to assign blame and punishment.

The difference globally is that women were not murdered.  There were fines, confessions, possessions and curses were broken but the rest of the world didn't take to burning women - that was a patriarchal tool - but the "Witch" is evident globally, documented through behaviours and rituals before patriarchy took advantage of it. 

I felt that research could get lost within posts so have created a page. You can link directly to any links on the top left section of this blog.