Goat Festival on the Greek island Skyros, descended from celebrations of Dionysus. People dress in furry costumes with bells and dance, there’s also a lot of cross-dressing in honour of the god Dionysus/Bacchus, whose gender was fluid
—> ritual, procession, ceremony, performance, masks
Image source: https://www.bordersofadventure.com/skyros-island-greece-mischief-and-masquerade-of-carnival/
Thread Stories, crochet masks from her Instagram, which she uses as an artist’s sketchbook
Thread Stories (real name unknown) – makes masks out of crochet, am considering using her work as a inspiration for my mask 2.0
Could i crochet? plus i want to incorporate fleshy structure, thinking about using tights to create the effect
Mark Dion:
“Dion’s work examines the ways in which dominant ideologies and public institutions shape our understanding of history, knowledge, and the natural world. … Appropriating archaeological, field ecology and other scientific methods of collecting, ordering, and exhibiting objects, Dion creates works that question the distinctions between ‘objective’ (‘rational’) scientific methods and ‘subjective’ (‘irrational’) influences.“
source:
http://www.tanyabonakdargallery.com/artists/mark-dion/series-sculpture-and-installation
http://www.tanyabonakdargallery.com/artists/mark-dion/series-outdoor-public-projects
——> creation of narrative worlds – fantastical yet relevant – construction of imagined space – the Anthropocene
Some photos of Holly O’Meehan’s exhibition Elusive Tactility at Paper Mountain in Perth AU – went to the opening night during the Christmas break
Source: http://hollyomeehan.com.au/Elusive-Tactility
—-> Construction of shape and form – blending of materials – techniques used to create them – the ‘useless’ nature of seemingly useful things (e.g. cups that can’t hold anything)
Natalie Jeremijenko’s TED Talk about her Environmental Health Clinic and ecological solutions to widespread health problems
Also a link to info on her ‘Mussel Choir’ project:
http://www.creative-states.org/articles/2017/1/natalie-jeremijenko-mussel-choir
Videos about her work WetLand, 2014 and ongoing (cannot be shared via Tumblr)
http://www.marymattingly.com/html/MATTINGLYWetland.html
A Ruin in Reverse, 2013 —-> artefact, both buried and found, forgotten and remembered
Heading West, 2011, part of her series Wearable and Portable Architecture, 2011-2012 —-> designed to be worn in all environments: thinking about the changing world and the necessity of adaption for survival
source: http://www.marymattingly.com/html/MATTINGLYWork.html
Pina Yoldas, An Ecosystem of Excess, 2014 —> creates a ‘posthuman ecosystem’ that has evolved to live off of plastic pollution, specifically the Great Pacific Garbage Patch – inspired by the ‘primordial soup theory’ (now literally the plastic soup)
Sources:
Tale of a Strange Marriage (Konkai Zoshi) by Ukita Ikkei c.1858
Example of an Emaki scroll is part of a tradition of replacing humans with animals. This particular scroll uses the satirical genre which depicts foxes – believed to take human form in moonlight
“This somewhat eerie depiction of a fox wedding under an autumn moon expresses the artist’s biting criticism of the Tokugawa shogunate and its attempt to shore up its waning authority by marrying an imperial princess to the shogun.” – Metropolitan Museum
source: https://www.metmuseum.org/toah/works-of-art/57.156.7/
essay on Emaki scrolls: https://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/jilh/hd_jilh.htm
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