"Curiosity about the object of knowledge and the willingness and openness to engage theoretical readings and discussions is fundamental. However, I am not suggesting an over-celebration of theory. We must not negate practice for the sake of theory. To do so would reduce theory to...
On the last making day in 2020 I began the design and construction of an object with the salvaged baby wipes from the Craobh Rua project. https://spaces.oca.ac.uk/susanfarrelly/2020/12/14/making-day-12th-december/ It hangs now like a small pair of painters overalls. Faintly like talc and soft on the nose....
In this quote from the book The Meaning of Things: domestic symbols and the self (1981), Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi states: Cherished possessions attain their significance through psychic activities or transactions. Objects are not static entities whose meaning is projected onto them from cognitive functions of the brain or from...
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1KfmvPumjms6QFq9K6O2vEnwWTXB2qpyV78FO5bQCu4A/edit#slide=id.gb179d61ec9_0_0 Exhibition review task reviews/overviews/perceptions Vestige @ Droichead Arts Centre by Louth Craftmark I discovered this exhibition through Facebook and engaged via a 21 minute video. I was most taken by the artists speaking about their work and sharing their intentions. It was an engaging experience. Using the...
From a notebook - 24th August 2020 Self as elements overlapping Diagram-map of relational objects in home space November 20 Dialogue diagram by Stefan Schaffeld 24th November 2020 Where are you in the diagram? 24th November 2020 Diagrams are a invitation to dialogue. On a call with Stefan we...
I explore gently tethered things. It is done through the objects I make, the drawings I create, the collaborative workshops where I mediate. All work is a form of self reflection, a visual collection of anecdotal references (to reach and bind with the audience?) sometimes...
Since the beginning of the MA journey I have been acclimatizing to digital encounter. Engagement with the digital has been amplified by necessity due to various iterations of lockdown due to Covid 19. Initially I utilised it for dialogue. My work in Yr2 with the...
I set the relational objects up in the sitting room at home when the project in Craobh Rua was complete. I identified it as something to explore in my Playbook Part 1 - what would different contexts do to these objects. What would they be...
How do images reflect your thinking? Drawings are how I unpack ideas and themes. Photographs are how I document. Painting and printing offer alternative routes to exploring, personalising a narrative. I collect images from the newspaper, they can disrupt my making. Influencing new patterns. Video...
I came across Arthur Doves work during my sound research for Craobh Rua's sound inspired collaborative drawing. There was something in the act of being lead by the sound as opposed to the eye that I wanted to expand further. As a person living with...