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Subliminal Landscapes
Sunroom Gallery, Halifax November 2018 I was selected to participate in the SIM, The Association of Icelandic Visual Artists in Reykjavik, residency in Reykjavik, Iceland for the month of November in 2017 and July 2018. During my time there I studied the archaeological landscapes of the area: places that are physical and spiritually meaningful to people. Inspired by the emotive qualities of the landscape, my response was informed by Edmund Burke’s Philosophical Enquiry (1757), which connects the notion of the sublime with experiences of grandeur, awe, terror and danger. Burke believed nature was the most sublime object, capable of generating the strongest sensations in its beholders. This Romantic conception of the Sublime influences my work which aims to capture my immersive experience in the Icelandic landscape: still and serene, beautiful yet suspended in danger. Exploring these emotive sensations and contradictions through the gestures of deliberate mark making against the fluidity of watercolour, and the random indigo patterns against the considered stitches on the fabric. Further links SIM Residency |