The conclusion of my development work for 2016, was a series of tutorials with Harry Blackett of An Endless Supply. I took to the studio, a pile of notes and sketches from my SRT classes, which I edited down and formulated into a small fold-up pamphlet.
Identifying connecting strands throughout this process has been a hugely beneficial component of my development. I connected the language of process defined in my studio with Darryl Georgiou, to that of movement and motion within the SRT classes with Polly Hudson. Learning how to use inDesign as a programme for refining and designing my visual output, I started to notice the similarities between the tools used within digital software, and the tools I had devised for my new approach to movement. The process of anchoring, and defining points to pivot or orientate objects on the page, resonated with the ways I would physically manipulate and maneuver my body during dance.
By the end of my sessions I had designed a folding pamphlet which was sent to Rope Press in Birmingham, to be riso-printed. The new knowledge and approaches to space (studio) movement (SRT) and output (design) have woven together seamlessly to equip me with a new set of tools to work with in 2017, and a printed document that I will utilise as a proposition for the development of future work. The layers of practice, and cross over between new disciplines has enabled a much deeper understanding of my self-directed practice, and will broker further conversations with practitioners through the dissemination of this work:
