Select a Work you feel attracted to/ curious about
Describe the aspects that draw you to it/ SYCHRONICTIES
Consider the contexts the artwork operates with/ within/ in relation to
What can you take into your work/ relate to as context- and in what way, How? (How is this important to your project?
My initial experience of:
Whatuora, 2020
HD Video 12 minutes.
Emily Parr and Arielle Walker
As I sat there listening to Ingrid speak about our task, I wasn't quite sure which artwork to pick.
I suppose for the first time in a while, I didn't weigh out the possibilities
as I usually do when making descions.
I turned around and noticed two videos of rythmic weaving.
It felt familiar and natural, and perhaps the critic in me would point out that I wasn't challenging myself enough. But there was something about the weaving. it was familiar and quiet and I wish I was not in the building. It's something I have yearned for a long time. To be in the midst of nature. home!
Maybe it was the colours presented in the video channels that beckoned me. I irrationally projected my situation onto the channel, was it the brown and white knitting that made me think of my dearest relationship?
The hands wove the threads into delicate patterns as though they were extentions of themselves.
I found my self captivated by the cycles and patterns and rhythms. I yearn routine these days. I'm only 21!
I'm not supposed to yeanr routine. I'm supposed to be sleeping at 3 am. yet here I am. looking into the weaving. searching for more than just another glass screen disillusionment.
I thought of Anna, I thought of menstruation. how it always grounds me. A pattern I have grown to love over the years.
I relish the conversation between two wahine.
I wish for Maori to be honoured and recognised as a vital instrument to understaning Aotearoa and living a more grounded life through their philosophies rather than the homogonised eurocentric world veiw that New Zealand is adapting.
The other woman says perhaps that is too ideal and imaginary
The first woman replied, but there is strenght in our imagination. Think Martin Luther. Dreams are the first step to make an idea a reality.
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