Martine Myrup Open Studio Evening - An Introduction to Birds
Saturday 18th June 2005 from 8pm at Hospitalfield
House.
Tower installation
view:
Martine describes her practice:
In my work I repeatedly strive to reflect my interest in the fleeting moment, and in the idea that in order to build, something must be destroyed.
I wish my work to be seen as a trace of an action, a hint of a story
Dust in the air suspended
Marks the place where a story ended.
T. S. Eliot
My research is focused on natural history and literature about past explorations, mainly polar, in which I look for geographical metaphors, the moments in between the scientific and the personal: descriptions of man’s, often futile, attempt to fill the void they encounter, be it ocean, polar icecap or desert.
I try to project this inherent attempt into other spaces. Through this I strive to incorporate what is already there; small signs of decay, flaws, traces of other events, to add another layer, to hint at another narrative.
By using everyday, non-precious materials, to appropriate what is at hand and shifting scale, I try to bring the void closer, to domesticate it.
My works are playing as discreet interventions, futile attempts to turn the mundane into the epic.
Studio installation views:
Martine describes her practice:
In my work I repeatedly strive to reflect my interest in the fleeting moment, and in the idea that in order to build, something must be destroyed.
I wish my work to be seen as a trace of an action, a hint of a story
Dust in the air suspended
Marks the place where a story ended.
T. S. Eliot
My research is focused on natural history and literature about past explorations, mainly polar, in which I look for geographical metaphors, the moments in between the scientific and the personal: descriptions of man’s, often futile, attempt to fill the void they encounter, be it ocean, polar icecap or desert.
I try to project this inherent attempt into other spaces. Through this I strive to incorporate what is already there; small signs of decay, flaws, traces of other events, to add another layer, to hint at another narrative.
By using everyday, non-precious materials, to appropriate what is at hand and shifting scale, I try to bring the void closer, to domesticate it.
My works are playing as discreet interventions, futile attempts to turn the mundane into the epic.
Studio installation views:
Posted: Thu - June 16, 2005 at 04:27 PM
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