After pondering my last painting and sitting in front of the other two figuring what step would go next, I realised I really wanted to put a (compositional) frame around all of them. I wanted to tape off an inner rectangle, and take a thick solid colour right to the edge. I was worried that… Continue reading frames.
Category: Contextual Review
The Becctionary
Words and Phrases that are essential to my practice, defined by me. “Commute conscious” To be “Commute Conscious” you must be actively engaging in and being aware of the daily practice of commuting. To passively interact with the commute is how it was designed to be engaged with, so to consciously, actively, mindfully partake in… Continue reading The Becctionary
Liminal space and non-place
I've been doing more research around liminal spaces and Marc Augé's non places. Here are some quotes and concepts I particularly liked from a video called "The Architecture of Liminal Space" by Stewart Hicks (published to Youtube on 5/3/21, Accessed 17/5/21) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pL3bqQRLvsQ liminal spaces are "anonymous places where everyone feels lonely" no matter how many… Continue reading Liminal space and non-place
Put That Thing Back Where It Came From Or So Help Me™
Today my morning commute had a few oddities in it. I call them oddities because whilst every commute is different there are certain things that are for certain. It is certain that some people get on the 7am 814 every day be cause they need to for their job, or that no matter what bus… Continue reading Put That Thing Back Where It Came From Or So Help Me™
Learning Big again
Last year when Amber told me that painting small is one language and painting big is another and that I can't expect to translate the small skills into big ones easily. I rolled my eyes and didn't really believe her. Once again my ego has deceived me into complacency. Painting big IS a different language,… Continue reading Learning Big again
Bus stations at night feel a certain way…
After some soul searching, I have realised that what interests me most deeply about the commute isn't the shapes and the repetition of it, but the emotions of it. Repetition touched on the painfulness of the commute for some and alternatively a comfort for others. The shapes and observation touched on the anxieties of the… Continue reading Bus stations at night feel a certain way…
The day everything went wrong
Yesterday my commute got completely messed up - I only caught two busses that I normally catch and even then they were all wrong. First I got on a bus at a time that I don't normally catch due to how busy it normally is, and it was dead quiet, and absolutely cruised through the… Continue reading The day everything went wrong
On insecurity and ‘what does it mean’ anxiety
I'm ditching my family. I found that the rabbit hole of family history and homes wasn't serving my practice but was feeding and fuelling the anxiety that i had that my work wasn't about anything important that it couldn't be important. Now that i have been doing more research and have been unpacking my practice… Continue reading On insecurity and ‘what does it mean’ anxiety
Hikoi and Korero
The walk and talk was incredibly helpful !! Being able to talk about my practice and talk through the ideas and keep talking until I figured it out was fun! Through talking to Marijka I remembered that my grandfather was a cartographer in the war and that my grandfather painted the birds that came to… Continue reading Hikoi and Korero
A CR experience
"I was sitting on the bus on my way home one evening after uni and as it pulled up outside the RNZ building I saw a very large green ad for the Auckland Transport bike campaign that was a very distinct bright avocado flesh green - and the traffic light was situated perfectly in the… Continue reading A CR experience
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