An arrival at a reduction. An identification with critical moments and a process of discovery.
Recommended listening:
Chris Watson // Annea Lockwood
One project that I’m working on doesn’t seem to be going anywhere for now but that’s OK – my adviser Mark suggested that some projects work out and some don’t and become bridge projects to somewhere else. I think this one will probably be one of those.
LM …what I like about your work is this reflection and familiarity…it’s dealing with the everyday and sometimes that can be smug, you know?
It’s not derogatory, more like a celebration…
KW I’m beginning to understand the connections, its like it’s sitting right in the middle of a document and a conctructed fiction.
KW With HD I’m not sure if that polished, pristine image would suit this work… it would seem like a movie or something…
LM Yeah, it’s would be too slick. The surface is not polished and that’s what re-inforced this documentaty element. It makes your editing descisions, what you want to show us the elements that provide the magic. It makes them very considered and formalised.
Notes / summery of advising conversation
A guessing game for two players. Opponents place the name of a famous person or character on the forehead of one another. The player then guesses their identity by asking questions.
A Self-reflexive Summer
The first week is over as is the summer. Time spent: cooking // visiting // re-vitalising // reflecting // walking // thinking // connecting
Time and space is invaluable, as a period where trains of thought and, inevitabily, various projects begin to come together and adhere to each other.
Ethnographic and anthropological practice focusing on a place and specific location expressed through sound and image making.
Art and the everyday, theoretical and conceptual interrogration and direction.
…I didn’t make anything, I indicated…
– Annette Messager
I would urge all students, like myself, to try to use tutorials and advising as a very positive experience, even though some readings of work could be regarded as negative. This is a chance for a more experienced artist to share their working practice and techniques with you and to focus your attention onto elements that you may miss. I try to use this opportunity frequently as one to reflect on issues regarding my work, even though they can be emotionally draining.
One issue that came up and until it was pointed out by Mary, I hadn’t really noticed. In general we discussed my use of a heavily reduced palette with regards to image and sound. With this technique, how can I push the edge of discomfort and recognition to reduced levels, by subtracting either video or audio content?….and adding mystery….
Repetition of a childhood game, gradually becoming barbaric with no winners. The withholding of information plays with de-contextualising progression and expectation.
New Audio is now online at SoundCloud
Kim Walker is a Scottish artist working with sound, video, installation and new media. She gained her MFA in Studio from SAIC (School of the Art Institute of Chicago) and her BA (Hons) Time Based Art from DJCAD (Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design). Through my art practice, I seek to understand pathos, our personal experiences and how we interact with rules and each other. I am interested in the intimate spaces we create that exist between human beings, such as temporary spaces that exist when we play games. My work explores spoken and unspoken words, intakes of breath, reactions to specific experiences and situations, internalisation of thoughts and what we choose to present of ourselves to the outside world.
