TALK ABOUT THE WORK – CLAREMONT STUDIO, HASTINGS
We talked about Collaboration at the TATW last night. We had planned our talks separately without consultation for the first time. Each of us presented our view of working together and asked for comments and responses from the artists who had come.
We wanted to notice what we had gained, and what we had lost from working together on Breaking Ground. To consider how we work alongside each other. To wonder whether we could adapt, improve, do it better for Stage 2 of the project.
We had some interesting and challenging feedback. One person saw the working pattern as 'very female', 'no conflict'. Someone suggested swapping a piece of work and the other person responding, making something with that piece.
For me it clarified the way I want to explore relationships and the avenues I do not wish to go down.
Annabel Tilley who organises TATW took some photos of the evening. Esther Appleyard introduced and managed the evening.
MORE BEANS
More bean photos have arrived. This time from Germany – Frankfurt an der Oder – from Wiebke and Benno Tetzlaff – we visited each other last summer:
Dear Roz,
It will work :- Though the weather has been awful this spring Benno did it. He planted the magic bean. You can see it on the photos. Now we ( sorry he) will look after it, water it and take some more pictures for you. The sunshine will help, I hope so. In summer we will have a huge bean. Come here and see!
BEAN – WISLEY MAGIC
Amanda Champness has sent some photos of her magic bean, the souvenir seed from Breaking Ground. The shooting bean is growing leaves now. I am sure she is going to keep us abreast of its progress.
LOOKING FORWARD – LOOKING BACK
With two talks to plan this week about our collaboration, this seems like a good opportunity to review what we have done so far and begin to make firm plans for our project space work in the coming months.
While choosing images for my slideshow, I came across a series of drawings which I did soon after arriving back in the studio from the allotment. I had been sorting out my collection of seeds and planted some quick sprouting varieties in the studio. I observed their progress daily, and documented their progress in drawings for a while.
I was interested in how my old life drawing skills seemed appropriate in representing these contorted little bodies.
COLLABORATION
Struggling with making slides for the powerpoint and thinking about the collaboration – how we started out and how it developed. The good points and how it helped us work. How we worked alongside each other. Side by side. Assistance. Discussion. Meetings always turned something up, pushed on our ideas. Looked forward to meetings and seeing what would come out of it. A pairing, like my seed names and nature stitches, overlapping, layering, producing textures.
