The Anxiety of Interdisciplinarity
» Folhas do inverno / winter leaves (2022)
magazine ink on Japanese rice paper,
variable dimensions
magazine ink on Japanese rice paper,
variable dimensions
Online Exhibitor | The Anxiety of Interdisciplinarity
Organised and curated by Ayeshah Zolghadr + Sarah Strachan
Ayeshah and Sarah as artist-curators have understood the notion of interdisciplinarity as work that is done ‘at the surfaces between adjacent disciplines’ (Carter, 1998), seeking to reframe printmaking practice as a ‘site of interdisciplinarity’ and in what is inherent in contemporary approaches to print as ‘a site of ambivalence, tension or a fertile ground for exploration and experimentation.’
Starting on a daily walk on a footpath between my family home and the local industrial park, during a winter period of liminal time whilst waiting for her father to recover from an operation. Deviating from the collage process, habitually used in her work for the past seven years, she began to have a greater concern toward transformative processes, using the magazines in front of her to supply the ink for the work, rather than the image. A Frottage technique is created from the application of heat and beeswax rubbed onto a vintage National Geographic magazine to transfer its ink to Japanese rice paper. The leaves are placed under the paper, revealing their form as an imprint. The process harnesses metamorphic qualities, and embodies a transference of time to the present state - Nina’s memory is now embodied in a symbolic gesture. The work explores the leaf image as a reminder of our increasing psychological distance from nature, and a universal representation of cycles, decay and regrowth.
The IRL version of this exhibition was held at The Island Venue, Bristol, between 21 - 24 Sep 2022. All details in website.
Starting on a daily walk on a footpath between my family home and the local industrial park, during a winter period of liminal time whilst waiting for her father to recover from an operation. Deviating from the collage process, habitually used in her work for the past seven years, she began to have a greater concern toward transformative processes, using the magazines in front of her to supply the ink for the work, rather than the image. A Frottage technique is created from the application of heat and beeswax rubbed onto a vintage National Geographic magazine to transfer its ink to Japanese rice paper. The leaves are placed under the paper, revealing their form as an imprint. The process harnesses metamorphic qualities, and embodies a transference of time to the present state - Nina’s memory is now embodied in a symbolic gesture. The work explores the leaf image as a reminder of our increasing psychological distance from nature, and a universal representation of cycles, decay and regrowth.
The IRL version of this exhibition was held at The Island Venue, Bristol, between 21 - 24 Sep 2022. All details in website.