Tutorial with Josie 22.10.21
- Aldous George
- Oct 26, 2021
- 2 min read
Discussion was based around further investigation with metal sculpture, possibly becoming more abstract but definitely with emphasis on adding film as a medium and allowing the sculpture to become subject within a film that could become the artwork with or without the sculpture alongside. Film would initially document process but be allowed to evolve creatively in a performative way allowing the videos to not only creatively capture the process but also allow the forms/sculptures to become something else. In turn this could enable me to play with my practice in ways that I may not have necessarily thought of.
Subject matter for my next sculpture will continue with body parts, possibly my leg/hip area with emphasis on foreign/alien bodies and also toxicity as stimuli both in and out the body.
I mentioned how I would like to keep the progress of Claybus alive with the idea to create an "Introducing Claybus" Vlog for Youtube which would encourage the building and fusing of a community and online presence for Claybus. Josie suggested that this could be a good project to run alongside the introduction of film as a medium for my metal work but maybe it could be a work in progress and not necessarily something to consider for the end of year exhibition. This would take the pressure off having to have a finished Claybus Vlog by the end of the year.
Suggested contextual studies:
Artist: Nathan Mellors
Artist: Alina Szapocznikow
Alina Szapocznikow was a prominent Polish post-war artist, and one of the most original sculptors of the 20th century. Her use of new materials both developed and questioned the very concept of sculpture. From 1963 onwards, she lived in Paris, where she created her own language to deal with memories of her Holocaust experiences, as well as her sickness and bodily disintegration. Underrated during her lifetime, she is nowadays considered a pioneer of women’s art.
Alina Szapocznikow’s works in the Museum collection date from her experimental period. Here, innovative forms are accompanied by new angles on the body and the way it is represented. Szapocznikow covers traumatic themes like the memory of the Holocaust, illness, and the body’s limitations and weaknesses, yet her work still conveys a strong affirmation of life, and an irrepressible force of female expression.
Film Maker: Helena Włodarczyk
Trace is an impressional story about the artistic practice of Alina Szapocznikow, recorded three years after the artist’s untimely death. Film director Helena Włodarczyk took the artist's sculptures hailing from various stages of her work to a metropolitan avenue. Even in highly urbanised surroundings, the works by Szapocznikow still seem imbued with the physical. An important role is played by formal experiments of the artist (e.g. sculptures of polyester). “I like to work with materials in which every touch leaves a trace. This physical contact with the matter gives me the sense of handing myself over to the sculpture”, as Szapocznikow explained. The title of the film refers to that very statement.
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