‘ARTIST ON STAND-BY’

Project I like the idea of ‘stand-by’ as a state of readiness or preparedness. I resonate with the sense of urgency it imposes as if nothing is completely static in the hope that the task may begin promptly. It reminded me of the calm before a storm, or the little vibrations that one may feel before a great idea is about to emerge. It is something that I believe is in subtle movement, swinging between the conscious and the subconscious mind.

IDEA

To create a sculpture, by taking glimpses of ‘movements’ sent in by all the participants during the course of the residency and converting them into individual three dimensional drawing. These lines will integrate together and create a form that will stand free and independent of a wall structure.

Material used :

Metal , light & shadow

Size:

Life size, Variable

Requirement from other participants:

An image / video / drawing or a visual representation in any format of a recorded movement in time, taken recently during the on-going crises. Niamh-

Erin Cusack from Berlin, created imagery from moving around in her space covered in a large jacket. The contours of the jacket and the movement of her arms, created this beautiful dance between the geometry of silhouette and the movement of the human anatomy

Baxx Vladimir from Belgrade, sent in a video that seemed like this very mundane gesture that had become a part of his everyday life. This was a fascinating idea for me to turn into a moving sculpture taking inspiration from the repetitive movement of fingers in the video.

Anda Marcu from Canada, sent in a geometric representation recording the movement of her new ‘studio mates’ from the lockdown period, a bunch of squirrels, rabbits and racoons. The flawlessly elegant movement of these animals was represented in the form of a diagram what may have looked as a sign for ‘repeat’ and I created a drawing juxtaposing these ideas together.