9 December 121, Assessment statement and Studio prep.

 Had a 121 with Michael Safaric Branthwaite. Checked assessment ready and talked through practice,

Discussed working in series again- the more I think about this, the more artists/painters that I think of that work in the same way and it works for me.

Talked through my practice context, from Cresswell Crags and Mother Grundy to exploring print and oil substrate mediums to my recent paintings.  MSB didn't read the red hat as a traffic cone and explained that he was also using other references in my studio space as context; which is good because when I prep my studio space I plan on putting some pieces together because they do read differently in relation to each other. 

Talked about pre conceived ideas of witches, the language that we use in society, Things that society accept without question and how school education doesn't have life /historical context and is milestone led rather than holistic. It's all important to how we exist in the world because it determines what we question and what we accept. 

Talked about traditions in different countries in relation to witches and Halloween. in Croatia, they celebrate All Hallows on Nov 1st (similar to Day of the Dead in Mexico) The word hallows seems to originate as a Saints reference (Christian relabelled pagan date)  Led us to talk about language changing th way that we think as some words dot exist in different languages and how we construct sentences changes the meaning. 

Talked about historical religions being about knowing our place in nature - we have a very filtered capitalistic view of the world now.

Recommended: 

• A Thousand Plateaus: Capitalism and Schizophrenia - talks about post modernism and consumerism.
• Look at Derbyshire and cases of people being nailed into coffins (in reference to Cresswell Crags and historical social climate)
• Look at Sami  - they don't recognise borders and go where the reindeer go.

My practice does touch on lots of areas, social change, land, industrialisation, erasure, the word "woman" being a concept more than a binary ideal. I have to rein in research to establish the scope -but I'm really interested in everything that has shaped the idea of what a woman is. 

Prepped my studio space for assessment: 

Resolved works this semester.

 

My space is set out as a working studio desk space on one side and as a presentation space on the other.

 

Sketchbook / testing in the form of bull dog clipped collections.