MARK MAKING WORKSHOP / LIVE EVENT / CLEANING / DRAWING RESTRAINT / COMMUNITY
During December I ran a virtual Mark Making Workshop for anyone to join in and create interesting gestures on the surface using random objects and paints.
The workshop was recorded and now exists as film footage; an object or a trace of the live event.
The first half will be a performance looking at bodily movement and the reaction with materials in space and time. The movements challenge the idea of how work is viewed, and ultimately challenge the conventions of art in a non-traditional way. I am particularly interested in the process and activity of making art, rather than the finished product.
The second part is an interactive workshop where you can use any objects to create marks on a surface. This should be a fun experience and I really hope it gets you thinking about other ways to get creative!
The live work is titled 'Gender and Performance' as the production of work aims to suggest masculine and feminine approaches in terms of movement, and through the use of objects.
Following on from 'Gender and Performance', I will be running a 'Q & A' session for anyone who has any thoughts on my work.
Here are the full recordings from both sessions, as well as the images sent in by participants of the activity
The work takes the process of cleaning and the heightened awareness of the act due to Covid, and transforms it into a form of performance art. I begin the activity by creating gestured marks on the surface using objects that we would associate with cleaning. The end see's myself cleaning; a way to disguise the 'happening' and knowing of something taking place. The work only exists as a film and the recording is an object of the work.
Using the body and coloured materials to make marks on the surface. The work is titled 'Drawing Restraint' as I employ unconventional ways of transferring medium to fabric. This proves for an engaging watch! Recorded sounds play in the background as a way to explore the interior and exterior aspects of 'space'.
I have included a series of community-based images for the interim show as it seemed to link with my creative practice during lockdown.
I have been getting involved with various community projects, as well as sending my own colouring sheets out to children and the vulnerable within my area. This was a mail art and quite interactive form of creating as I was asking for people to send photographs of their creations.
I also created a YouTube channel for drawing tutorials for people to do at home. I was aiming to encourage creativity whilst in lockdown. The rainbow featured on my page, as a way to spread positivity and hope. This also reminds me of Clap for the NHS, which seemed like a direct, performative act.
I have been facilitating and teaching weekly 'Art with Holly' sessions on Facebook live. We create fun activities and explore the art of creativity through imagination and different materials / techniques. Unique Kidz is a charity based in Morecambe that provides activities and projects for people of all ages who have mental and physical difficulties.