On Saturday 26th Oct I assembled all the capes made to date into an installation in the studio. The week following this I had time to reflect and be inside the work. Constructing the Shrine Building it, I became aware of the weight, drape and how the...
We reached out to our exhibition curator, as we now have 20 + capes to work with as our raw material. I had a clearer focus after talking with Kimberly but have more work to continue around a means or system to measure the...
Cyprus, Cheshire, Qatar, Bangkok, Hong Kong, Dublin here and there. We were a motley crew and it was great to start the weekend with this group of some fresh and some familiar faces. Make Day - AM session After some introductions we discussed our intentions for the...
Manifesto for performance with multiple capes. BlanketCapeCircumference (Elena)CloakClotheCloudConcealCoverCurtainDisguiseEnshroudEnvelopeEvolve (Brigitte)HideMantleMantletMantellumMaskMetamorphosis (Brigitte)ObscureOrbit (Elena)OverlayPelerinePelissePonchoRefuge (Elena)ScreenSirapeShawlShroudSpiral (Elena)Solace (Elena)StoleSwatheSwirl (Elena)Transform (Brigitte)VeilWhirl (Elena)Wrap Inspired in some ways by Richard Serra's verb list, it is a way of mapping the entanglement and collision that could occur during the mingling of capes and bodies. To...
Gathering, Cataloging, making, fusing together, being tethered - cutting cloaked, drape My tutorial was spent discussing the potential outcomes (mostly unknowns) for the November performance with multiple capes, but interaction/intra-action is reliant on having an impactful number of capes.Recording some shots from above, how that viewpoint...
Browsing the OCA Weekender E-Bulletin one week I spotting an opportunity to join in on a making day with other OCA students in various art courses based in Europe. So I signed up. Hosted/facilitated by Caroline and conceived/organised by Stefan Schaffeld. Although we, as a...
Mind map as cape - fabric, pins and painted circles - made in Mondays session with Hayley Lock This was the one line that has haunted me beautifully since the session on Monday. 'Being is not a static relationship' Notes are packed full of new language, new ingredients...