Myself and Nigel took Richard and mum out for the day, to visit Richard's mother and sisters in Weymouth. It has been the 2nd time he has been out in since December.
The worst is over now. Yipee
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taken on day out 7th March 09
sodium chloride bag (liquid salt) hydration bag
experiments with wax and photos to create nostaligia.
Richard on the way to recovery no more treatment !
taken on day out 7th March 09
A still from my film called speechless
object for exhibition
sodium chloride bag (liquid salt) hydration bag
page from book
page from book
Galleries
artists books
film links
research and intersets
Followers
still from a short film
wax metaphor for emotions - fluid and solid
experiments with wax and photos to create nostaligia.
Movements I'm interested in
- Abstract expressionism
- Supremitism
- Existentialism
Theorists i am interested in
- Nietzsche - become what you are !
- Jean Paul sartre
- Roland Barthes
- Bruno Bettelheim
favourite artists
- Catherine Yass
- Lynette Wallworth - interactive art with light
- Mark Quin
- Francoise Dupre
- Helen Chadwick
- Morwenna Catt
- Merline Oliver- womb axis
- Louise Bourgois
about my body of work
Subject: Richard and his cancer recovery period. The emotional response to the cancer.
Body of work : A multi-disciplinary body of work consisting of sketches of visual language and text experiments and explorations. Photographic ideas, grids and graphs from diary and technological contact. Photographs of progression and decline if appropriate. Diary of events. sculptures made from related materials, or found or safe authorized disused hospital materials.
Logging the trips to the hospital with a map of dates, and treatments. Photographs of the mask. Short films.
Style: Formal scientific approach with clinical schematic diagrams and evidence with informal spontaneous emotional expression. Fluid style. Abstract, fragments.
Visual tone: Nostalgic, sentimental, existential. Thought provoking.
Materials: Wax, petri dishes, graphs, chairs, acetate, resin, acrylic paints and clinical items. Video camera. Diary throughout treatment. Appropriate medicines or containers and X-rays. Digital photography.
Influences: The hospital environment, families response to cancer. Process of recovery for patient and close family.
Method: Sculptures, photographic processes ( cyanotype), installation, film. Time schedule and review progress. Multiple layering. Artists book. Photoshop manipulation.
Final location : Hospital oncology waiting room, college main foyer or studios.
Optional Modules : Time based Work and Installation and performance.
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