What expectations do you have before seeing the object?
A glove! – Not sure why it just popped into my head a few days ago. I think it’s going to be heavy – this is in response to comments made at a past SCVA event where we had to pick random boxes with objects in, when I picked a heavy box I felt reassured I had made a good choice, but was disappointed when I picked a lighter one. I am unsure of its status: Is it a kind of Totem – a sacred art object of/for me? Or a portrait, a surreal object based interpretation of myself? Or a physical manifestation of my experience/ feeling towards learning? Is it a catalyst between myself and other artwork, a kind of intermediary object? What is your immediate response when opening it? Instead of trying to decode / write coherently about this I thought it best to just list words/phrases from my train of thought as they first came to me. Tactile - Lumber – like a model of a wood pile from a builders merchants – potential – kit – build – Lego! Curve/Nook/neck – face, I definitely see a face. The right way up is with the coloured end face down the silver and red thimbles becoming eyes and the blue one is a mouth. – Awkward, I want to put a finger into each thimble and hold it like a bowling ball but it feels too awkward, and I can’t bowl it! - Colour, its hidden face down, is this about my work in that there used to be lots of colour but now none, hidden? Also colour appears unmixed, straight out of the tube, a primary element ready to be refined/mixed Thimbles, craft, feminine – Warm Layers – stronger at front (face) but infilled with fragmented/splintered parts further back. I now feel it’s a kind of psychological portrait of me/my practice as an artist, it has a do it yourself, unpolished finish – more about the idea than execution – not precise! Colour is hidden – building and construction are its core, I almost feel it is like an unbuilt shed. – In fact I feel like I want to build something from it and almost feel frustrated it’s all stuck together. How do you feel about this object being made for you? Before opening it: Anxiety – I have been psychoanalysed, what is the result! Pressure – to feel a connection to it Appreciated - it’s nice to have something made for you, time and thought has gone into it, its personal unique. After opening it: Psychoanalysed I do feel a connection/empathy with it Work I feel I want to make in response: I want to reinterpret it in Lego – maybe this is so that it can be changed/adapted and is not fixed. Using the same amount of similar wooden parts I want to build/ create some kind of much larger structure, an abstract framework, and sit it next to the original. I’m thinking Naum Gabo but without the sophistication! I hope this rambling has helped – more to follow tomorrow! Kind regards Lloyd
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Kimberley FosterKimberley's practice as an artist is pedagogical, it doesn’t just reference learning, it plays with, embodies and encourages learning at its core. The objects consider ideas of collaboration and authorship, discussions about touch and encounter, and bring into active consideration issues of learning within social and participatory practices. Archives
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