Very pleased, my collapsing grids are going to be included in “Come As You Go” at Crate in Margate curated by Áine Belton. Preview is 26th April, from 6-8pm and the show is open on 27 April from 12-5pm.
I had a little play in the studio yesterday with folding the paper and making a temporary 30-second sculpture.
It’s been another week of meetings and project scoping with my DAD hat on. Potentially some enjoyable projects coming up in the future.
Made it to the studio today although I was tempted to stay at home and keep warm. it was really cold in there even with heater so I kept my fingerless gloves on.
I’ve been going back through some notes I made from reading Tim Ingold’s Brief History of Lines and have picked out a few citations:
“After all, what is a thing, or indeed a person, if not a tying together of the lines – the paths of growth and movement – of all the many continents gathered there.”
“…bodily performance and intellectual comprehension are as viscerally linked as eating and digestion.”
“Can we imagine life as a manifold, woven from countless threads?”
Clare Smith's mixed English/Chinese heritage informs her perspective on issues of identity and categorisation. Her nomadic childhood and early adulthood have meant a somewhat ambivalent relationship to place, reinforced by the sense of ambiguity that comes from her mixed identity. Smith works with drawing, print media, collage and moving image to investigate this ambivalence, with references to craft, the importance of labour and the handmade. Through her choice of materials and approaches, she creates work which attempts to create a sense of unity, an interpretation of Homi Bhabha's "Third Space" - seen as a space in which different parts can come together to challenge dominant ideas of wholeness. Collaboration is part of Smith’s practice and she is also co-founder of Dover Arts Development (DAD) together with painter, Joanna Jones. This involves working with many different artists, curation, organisation, event management, creating networks across East Kent and influencing the public realm in Dover. Clare works from a studio in Dover. She has an MA in Fine Art from Central Saint Martins and has exhibited nationally and internationally.
