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Making sculpture can be at times very physically demanding, but gardening is worse and I’ve a sore back to prove it!
I travelled to East Sussex yesterday to help out my old friend Julian Wild to plant a hornbeam hedge, and the digging and raking is wot done it. Still, a few yoga stretches and the
improvisation movement class I'm attending tomorrow with Florence Peake at Siobhan Davies will put this right I’m sure. After spending the day working in the clearing of a wood, we rounded it off with a quick pint in the village
pub talking about art and work before I caught my train back to London.
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| Indeterminate System by Julian Wild japanned hardwood, 270 x 170 x 90cm |
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We discussed making by
instruction, something I've been thinking about in recent projects, made
more pertinent since I've started working on a 'teach-yourself sculpture' book (see previous post). We also discussed the idea of creative collaboration (see also collaborating with myself and don't tell me, show me!) which led me to suggest to Julian that we develop a piece of work by exchanging something we've made, or maybe even an idea, then transforming it in some way, before handing it back and repeating this process.
It’ll be something of a game of creative chinese whispers, a
conversation through making, until both of us have a sense that something have been
achieved or resolved, even if it's only a reflection on the creative journey
we’ve travelled.
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| Another World Wide Web Powerhouse Museum, Sydney |
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| Making the Connection by Julian Wild Ironbridge |
My reasons for wanting to partner with Julian may not be so obvious; he works almost
exclusively in metal these days, I work in anything but that. Julian mostly creates large scale sculptures with a
leaning towards the monumental, I tend to make ephemeral objects and installations,
often as a result of collaborative processes that have a performative element.
Despite these differences, we share a common visual language, as illustrated in the works pictured here. In short, our work demonstrates an interest in pattern and geometry, mostly explored through the
use of lines, whether welded, assembled or woven. I'm excited to see what this process will generate given the differences in our material approach.
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| Making the Connection by Julian Wild Cass Sculpture Foundation |
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| Panoramic Pathways Nottingham Castle Museum |
So, let's get this creative conversation going. Below is what I’m handing over to Julian, not an object but an instruction. Let's see what comes back...
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