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“Can you begin a process without knowing where it goes?” Iris Eichenberg 2011 At the start of our correspondence I warned Liesbeth about the not-a-straight-line nature of my process, and we wrote into our proposal for Objectspace: The work will develop through enquiry, experimentation and accident; space will be made for the unexpected; uncertainty and changes…
A sneak peek of things to come… Harrell Fletcher and Renee Bevan, ‘What the moon looked like the evening she was born’, 2016, (Hector’s watch on loan from Jeff McDonald) Harrell Fletcher and Renee Bevan, ‘What the moon looked like the evening she was born’, 2016, (Britney on loan from Anthony Bayer) Objectspace Director Kim Paton writes ‘A project that…
Likening our relationship to joining for ‘a game of chess’ in reflecting on our experience in Handshake2 Harrell says; ‘It has that kind of same mental stimulation for me. But here it is a particular kind of game that I happen to just have been involved with for a long time; a kind of strange…
It’s a week away from the opening at Objectspace. By now everyone has their work complete, sent to the gallery, and the team in Auckland are putting together the presentation details, including writing for the reader which will accompany the show. Having spent the last three months immersed in the exchange of words, images and…
Request… ‘We ask that you to loan a jewellery item/object to the Gallery for the duration of the exhibition. We also ask that you share a small story pertaining to the piece. The story could be a small narrative/experience relating to the piece, its history, how you received it, its personal significance… this would be…
A series of Conversations. One from 1/4/16: curating/gathering… 1/4/16, Transcript from skype conversation … R to H: ‘I am wondering how we go about getting the pieces and the stories, there are a few options like, would it all come from one family? different generations of one family? Or could it be completely random? Or…
With the Objectspace show quickly approaching and mine and Helen’s objects ready and waiting, I thought I would revisit my findings around the subject of metaphors. Back in April, I threw up some questions about moving image being used and understood as one. https://handshake3.com/2016/04/19/video-as-metaphor/ I cannot pertain to completely understanding Lakoff and Johnson’s, Metaphors We Live…
Ben and I have been working on our collaborative piece for the Objectspace exhibition. After our first collaboration we were tossing around some ideas about how to continue this collaborative process of throwing an unexpected spanner in the works. We were considering sculptural display methods for our work, Ben said he could imagine some really…
…natural selection could be a little hard on this fellow. None-the-less #0064 has now adapted for his new home – giving rise to a new species. Welcome to the world #0068
A package arrived on my doorstep today containing our books for the Objectspace show….
Brooch, Fitness Walker, 2016, Special Stars, Possum Fur Slug, Rock Mice, Shell Mouse, Brass, Glue. 280 x 110 x 40 mm. Destined for the HS3 Collaboration show at Objectspace next month. Test drove this brooch at work today. The students were all quite excited about it with the most common response being ‘Woah!’ often followed by…
MUTATION EVENT No.2 THE INSTRUCTION (Amelia) Pick a piece and state its niche THE EVENT (Ruudt) (A) 0064 for the face (B) 0067 for the foot 0064 now searching…
Objectspace exhibition is fast looming A reader will be accompanying the show. Each exhibiting artist will have a chapter which will include some form of external reference that has influenced their work in some way. This is my contribution.
Sometimes new pieces are staring you right in the face. As obvious as the moon in the sky. Raewyn was making a cup of tea outside my office the other day. She was staring at the aluminium moon that I found in the shed and hung on the wall a few years ago. That totally relates to what…
A while ago I was listening to a podcast on technology and the presenter recounted something that has really stuck with me. It was about the invention of television and response from some critics at the time. Apparently, while widely applauded, there were those who truely believed that television in the home would never be…
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