Friday 12th February 2021
Starting off with this morning's session by Rowan Bailey; Matter, form and meaning making... within our brain bodies. This session was made for us to rethink our journey of discovery within form and matter that it's all around us in everything we do. Visualising pattern and shapes within art and everyday life, looking how sculpture and form are linked to the human brain. Rowan Bailey then started to talk about some creatives involved in matter and form making like Tom Ingold and his book; Making: Anthropology, Archaeology, Art and Architecture. Looking at the history of culture and how things are made, what materials are used to create this new form of a project and how can old creations be reconstructed. Using new these new tools and ways of image making and how it works to create matter and form. Rowan then stated that anything can be used as a material, use the environment and relationship between human and nature to rethink and recreate. Then introducing new words to me, Rowan explained what hylomorphism and morphogenesis meant, both words derived from the Greek language and meaning matter and form on how makers are seen and how an idea is made. (Definitions below)
Bailey, DR. R. University of Huddersfield. (2021, 2, 12). Matter, form and meaning making... within our brain bodies [Screenshots]. Microsoft Teams.
Moving onto the sculpture work by Tony Cragg, Rowan explained that Cragg worked on form out of matter by sculpting as a creative. He creates his work by challenging new objects within his practice, using traditional materials like marble and wood and his sculptures are known to be these huge creations that can stand meters tall. It takes a whole creative team to get Tony's work complete and up for display in his exhibitions, using a technical team, planners transport team and curators along with Tony Cragg himself directing the exhibition spaces and sculptures. Cragg links his practice to the mind and body, like the inside out, outside in sculpture (Bottom right image) the way the black piece of material weaves in shape but also folds into itself and back out shows the shape and pattern Cragg was after and shows no boundaries to the shape of the sculpture he is working with. I like Tony Cragg's work, I've always been interested in sculpture, form and shape within art and photography, I have visited the Yorkshire Sculpture Park where Cragg's work has been displayed for exhibition and very much enjoy his creations.
Bailey, DR. R. University of Huddersfield. (2021, 2, 12). Matter, form and meaning making... within our brain bodies [Screenshots]. Microsoft Teams.
The final part of Rowan's presentation on matter and form and linking with our mind and body was a piece on Victoria Pitts-Taylor and her work on neuroscience and the brains body. Working with the time and connection our mind and brains have to nature and the environment, the way we are connected by matter, everything that exists is connected through matter and some kind of form. Rowan showed us some images of tree branches and how they linked to neuroscience and brain cells, the pattern between the elements are similar in style, Rowan called it 'Synaptic pathways' the symmetry between human and nature and between matter and form. Summing up the presentation, Rowan wanted to share one final piece of work with the group, the German creative house Sculptur Projekte Münster and Pierre Huyghe and his creative piece; After A Life Ahead. Using an old ice rink building, Huyghe had the floor dug out and created a physical space where people could walk through the exhibition, along the dirt through the space and above on the triangular shaped pathways. He also involved augmented reality to the exhibition by public being able to scan a barcode on their mobiles to view cancer cells that he placed in an incubator. Following on from the start of the presentation to the end, the process of learning about matter and form has interested me for my physical final project, working with hair as a material and being able to form it into shape and pattern is something I hope to achieve.
Bailey, DR. R. University of Huddersfield. (2021, 2, 12). Matter, form and meaning making... within our brain bodies [Screenshots]. Microsoft Teams.
After listening to Dr. Rowan Bailey and her presentation on matter, form and brain bodies, it has taught me to be more productive with materials and to listen to my mind more when creating imagery and physical work to photograph. I have shoots planned where I use natural human hair strands to sculpt into faces, typography using the strands and physical objects. Using this as a material for my project meanings you can see and tough the piece instead of it just being photographed and printed on display. I have many ideas as to where my final project can be taken and I am excited to try everything I can and learn from this module.
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