Brunelle DiasMay 2, 20201 min readContextual Review Formative AssessmentHere is my Formative Assessment
Brunelle DiasApr 29, 20203 min readReflection on: Online with Jeena 29/04/20Part 1: I have been interested in the current eco-crisis which is largely an effect of capitalist systems and how my practice might best...
Brunelle DiasApr 28, 20203 min readStocktakeWhat have you got? A family who are supporting me. A bed- very handy. God- heard He’s handy too. A working laptop! I saved up for this!!...
Brunelle DiasApr 25, 20202 min readKey Notes: Hyundai Country Calendar – Season 2020, Episode 7https://www.tvnz.co.nz/shows/country-calendar/episodes/s2020-e7?fbclid=IwAR0qAUSkNPB-Vzy_9NDfiA2Z2FZvJSXBDMKWTK_FIgyVBq34-_LJvhjfnis The...
Brunelle DiasApr 18, 20202 min readAttempt 2 Research Question How can painting figure into the mesh of (my) Small everyday experiences within the big (things/understandings/ politics/ life/ ...
Brunelle DiasApr 17, 20203 min readKey Notes: Vandana Shiva | Ecofeminism and the decolonization of women, nature and the futureThe Self Organised Earth. The earth maintains her climate, temperature and created the conditions for life to evolve. For our species to...
Brunelle DiasApr 17, 20202 min readKey Notes: Vandana Shiva - Solutions to the food and ecological crisis facing us today.Nature is not out there, We are part of it. Protecting Nature is not a luxury. Environmentalism is a problem because it interferes with...
Brunelle DiasApr 13, 20201 min readEDIT Raqs Media Collective : Pacific Parables https://issuu.com/raqsmediacollective/docs/seepage
Brunelle DiasApr 10, 20202 min readGavin McGrath on: Wendell Berry on the Capitalist value of "Limitless" The Catastrophe That Comes From “Limitlessness” 10 November, 2008 Oasis came out with the song that exclaimed, “I’m free to be whatever I...
Brunelle DiasApr 10, 202010 min readKey Notes: Wendell Berry Interveiw 17/02/2015What are your biggest objections to conservatism? WB: Often, as with Jayber, a political labeling never occurs to me. But often too...
Brunelle DiasApr 4, 20201 min readKey Notes- Vandana Shiva: Decolonize the Mind The way farms were built were akin to forests. Permanent systems. In Sir Albert Howard Learnt from pests and peasants. Farming in the...
Brunelle DiasMar 30, 20204 min readReflection: Gardening as a method + Lockdown thoughts + RentalsWith the "all go" on lockdown for four weeks, I had very mixed feelings about the situation. One of the most substantial feelings was...
Brunelle DiasMar 30, 20204 min readKey Notes- Damaris Zehner: Permaculture as Philosophy https://www.damariszehner.com/post/permaculture-as-philosophy Notes: Permaculture, I’ve learned, is not only a method but a philosophy,...
Brunelle DiasMar 24, 20201 min readThoughts on: Red Plastic Chair Painting The above images are the last and only images I took in studio and will be replaced with considerably better lighting and a slicker...
Brunelle DiasMar 22, 20202 min readThoughts on: The Yellow Painting*These images are the only images I had taken before Lockdown, so please excuse the hasty images. The yellow painting was quite an...
Brunelle DiasMar 20, 20203 min readReflections: As of 20/3/2020 - Everything on my mind By painting subject matter that are the closest to me, be it family, friends, motifs of my childhood to extending my subject matter that...
Brunelle DiasMar 18, 20202 min readResearch Question - Attempt 1 How might paint (be used to) "figure" into the interconnectivity of my small everyday and past experiences in relation to...
Brunelle DiasMar 17, 20201 min readMethod and Methodology and KeywordsInterconnectivity and relationship- Parts of a whole/ Small things and big things/ within Systems METHODOLOGY (ME) METHOD (m) (ME) Mesh/...
