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[aislingkeaveyart]

On being in diaspora

On being in diaspora

Nguyen, in The Refugees, states that “these invaders came to conquer our land and now would never go home” while speaking of Korea. The same can be said for the British occupation of Ireland. Thinking through diaspora brings up a lot of the same sentiment of “my mind trying to approximate what our lives felt like” before being in diaspora or away from the homeland.

Where is your home if you…

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[studiojohanson]

Wednesday 5th December 2018 - Gavin Fry lecture on research methods

• Trained in embroidery at Goldsmiths and RCA.

• Taught us how to approach research and how to be aware of, and use the terminology correctly.

• Art as a research tool: Mel Bochner, Syntax #2 1971. In, on, out.

• When engaged, record. - N de Fretas.

• Reflect and record.

He referenced:

• Transcognivity... G. Sullivan, Making Space 2009: thinking about one thing while doing another. (Get this from the Library).

This made me think about what the Queen in Rumplestiltskin might be doing while she is trying to guess his name and how she would pass the time throughout the night.)

• Tasmanian basket maker Verna Nichols on how baskets embody culture. 2011 conversation Baskets and belongings about conversations going into baskets as they get woven. Conversation with Lissant Bolton Anthropologist.

• Kantha stitching

• Ethics in research

• Laurence K (2013) Stitched in the margins, Architectural Theory ?? (Not sure what this refers to?)

• Fiona Hall Sardine cans about ethnography, entitlement, classification, taxonomy. (Peter the Great collected teeth).

• Andy Warhol jewels cut out of a book work by

• Joseph Cornell cut out work. Editing as a practice?

• Marcel Duchamp cut out work.

• Amazing Sumi embroidery artist Britta Marakatt Laba (b.1951 Sweden) He showed us a long, sequential story, Bayeux tapestry like story of reindeer herding. Beautiful and inspiring. Made me think about stitching the final piece for the Narrative project Rumplestiltskin project.

[jo-barker]

Incorporating my Ma research into my commercial range. Combining the textures of the bark onto a fused glass piece. Hoping also for some reactions due to the reactions be glass combinations. #glassart #fusedglass #glass #maresearch #manandnature #maresearchproject

[elvarsig]

When the lamp becomes a fisheye 💡#fisheye #inspiration #arty #MAresearch (at Bournemouth)

[jo-barker]

As hard as I try to ignore the beautiful lichen in the trees I keep being drawn back to it. This unusual life is highly engaging. #symbiotic #trees #maresearch #nature #lichen

[jo-barker]

The criss cross of the tree roots on a path. Another layer within the woods. #trees #wood #maresearch #countrysidelife (at Saltram House)

[jo-barker]

Have fallen in love with this spalted beech. The markings are created by different fungi with in the wood. More layers for me to investigate. #maresearchproject #countrysidelife #maresearch #beech #wood #trees

[jo-barker]

On a dull miserable day just what's needed lovely snowdrops. Just one of the layers in a wood. #saltramhouse #countryside #countrysidelife #saltram #maresearch #maresearchproject