They put the sleeves on and joined themselves together, remarking how intimate it felt as they held hands or their fingers touched withi the sleeve. They just kept them on their arms and started to talk about their actions, being in the space and as they spoke I became aware of people watching them and how large an area we were taking up in the space. Jo, lloyd and Sophie were comfortable and fluid. the sleeves made their conversation different, their arms tugged even if only one of them was talking. They had formed a space in the space and their objects and belongings sat inside. They talked about the stitiches and the importance that the objects had been made, it was interesting to hear them say that they were irritated by the climbing wall grasps 'you just ordered these and bought them online' Lloyd had remarked, it wasn't enough. This was something that reminded me of James when he said that the white grasps with thimbles in were not one of my real objects. There was a sense that I needed to make a material effort, they needed to feel my making and that in that making the intention and attention would be seen and valued and understood. However the climbing wall grasps were being compared to the red clay handful (very similar to the object james had said was too simple in terms of what he knew my objects could be) now they grasps were more relevant than the manufactured objects. Howvere when they were sen through the rubber ring they changed, and the group commented that now they were OK , more important, better, fitting, more valuable. They disscussed how they were sewn through the rubber and that they connected beyond the surface but through to the other side - puctured - again. With this realisation lloyd lifted the rubber ring and blew to inflate it and as it teporarily filled with air it also slowly emptied.
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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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