Final Major Project Proposal  17/03/12

Fine Art

I have learnt a lot from the first stages of the course and experimented with welding, clay and pot throwing, spinning, weaving and lifedrawing, I have also learnt the basics of how to use garageband software for music editing. I have explored deeper my skills in collage and knitting. What I have learnt through this journey is more about myself on a personal level and has helped me to name the particular subject/s that I am interested in. Fine Art is a wide, open book which allows me to explore and cross boundaries between realities. I don’t see any limits to what fine art could be, so this is why It is my chosen pathway.

The aim for my project is to explore ritual and mythology and their relationship to Sacred Space. I hope to explore object symbolism and archetypes by means of various materials including found objects. I also hope to use these as instruments in performance. I intend to begin investigating space by use of objects, sound, with a possibility of making a structure to create a space within a space, an inside. I would also like to explore open spaces in nature and the relationship between the elements and light to objects, sound, performance. My research will be in anthropology, indigenous ceremony and mythology, crossing into ‘psychospirituality’.

There is a difficulty which I must solve which is where I place the border between show and secrecy, as the power in ritual is hidden and to show it, complying with the nature of exhibition, would mean leaving the sacredness vunerable and therefore potentially volatile. This is a serious matter that will need constant careful thought to adjust the balance. On the journey of exploring ritual and Sacred Space a certain need for privacy and psychic uninterruption is due, and therefore my method of recording will be a reflection of my findings and experiences in the form of writing and visual/ sound creation. I will keep a regular diary of thoughts, reflections, poetry and prose.

This difficulty of boundary is a fascinating one, so very relevant, so very sensitive and so very risky. The veil between the worlds, seen and unseen, inner and outer, earth and sky, sun and moon, many names. Where is the veil? Symbols provide a key into our unconscious, where we can pick up multiple layers of association that easily bypass our conscious minds. These links reverberate into the depths, into places undiscovered, vast and unknown, the relm of the deities. The ancestors we have forgotten, wisdom from the beginning of time, cellular, genetic, beyond. A melody that changes over time but never loses it’s message. We forgot how to listen. We drown it with dense sensations that keep our minds in duality, separation.

 It is time to clean our windows so the light shines through and we can see with ultimate clarity the beauty of truth. This is what it’s about, this is my message, my work.

Action plan

Stage 1

Research

Anthropology, symbols, ritual space, indigenous medicine, myth    2-3 weeks

Make poster

Stage 2

Exploration of findings

Making objects, figures     2-3 weeks            

Stage 3

Refined research

Evaluation of findings, strengths   1-2 weeks

Check in with tutor

Stage 4

Exploration of findings    2 weeks

Stage 5

Reflection on strengths   1 week

Check in with tutor

Stage 6

Planning and exploring visions of final piece       beginning of may

Stage 7

Making and setting up final piece   3-4 weeks