Difficult Birth series 2019
E17 Arts Trail 2019
My Son is Partly Animal Record Sleeve Artwork 2019
MY SON IS PARTLY ANIMAL
The horse is pregnant with my son, my son is partly animal, animal
The horse is birthing out a boy, my son is partly animal, animal
The horse is coughing the child out, my son is partly animal, animal
The horse is dying from his wound’s, my son is partly animal, animal
The boy is sticking out his tongue, my son is partly animal, animal
The boy is pushing himself free, my son is partly animal, animal
The boy is waiting for my hands, my son is partly animal, animal
The boy is stuck in horses throat, my son is partly animal, animal
My throat is welling up inside, my son is partly, animal
My throat is wider than my neck, my son is partly animal
My throat it bellows silent pain, my son is partly animal
My throat is water down the drain, my son is partly animal
My son is calling out my name, my son is partly animal
My son is growing size and shame, my son is partly animal
My son is loosing at the game, my son is partly animal
My son is colourful insane, my son is partly animal
ABOUT
The lyric ‘My Son is Partly Animal’ is about the way a birth can succeed or fail. In the case of the above the real birth is successful and the failed birth is the shadowy horse; an alternate to reality.
INFLUENCES
Frances Stark – The Magic Flute in which an orchestra plays the characters according to personality. The score is played along to a film which displays the words using type again to suit the personality of the character.
http://francesstark.com/wp/opera/
LCMF 2019 Witchy Methoodologies
‘Here poet Holly Pester talked about ‘gossip’ a word that originally denoted a god-parent or a companion in childbirth, before mutating into a term of attack and pretext for torture. Gossip is craft’ explained Pester, ‘a traditional art form of unofficial speakers. A shared intimacy between teller, listener, wisperer, comrade, collaborator.’’
https://lcmf.co.uk/About
Samuel Beckett ‘Not I’
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Not_I
Plato’s cave
https://www.philosophyzer.com/the-allegory-of-the-cave-by-plato-summary-and-meaning/
TATE MODERN
Feb 2018; Pearl Home Records present The Booth of Truth.
Visitors to the programme joined us to make cut up poetry and record it to vinyl. The following images are made from the texts which were left over
Visitors to the programme joined us to make cut up poetry and record it to vinyl. The following images are made from the texts which were left over.
The first compostition is from the text of Gullivers travels by Jonathon Swift. The white and black text is like the boat which is sinking (due to cut out parts). Other texts By Ursla K. Le Guin and Lewis Carrol also refer to in water situations. The texts I had chosen were related to travelling and dreaming. I realised (when documenting) I had often chosen language about travelling by sea; and the dreaming text also had underwater connections.
This is the first series of outcomes (by the Artist, AKA Me!) from The Tate Exchange Programme. It reflects one persons negative is another persons positive and the absence of text will let the ocean in!
The work made by participants is for evaluation and personal use only. We share practise methods, techniques, conversation and structure; this is the point of engagement. The outcome for both Artist and participant is knowledge and reflection, it is a two way street in this sense; both parties bring something to the table which can be applied to future art making or life in general.