These balloons are part of on-going research begun in 2010 and were collected from a beach on Block Island, a small island off the coast of New England in the USA. The beach is an isolated and rugged environment of cliffs and boulders facing the open Atlantic. Along with the expected detritus of landslide, fallen trees and wreckage from the shipping industry, it is striking the number of cellophane balloons which accumulates here. Wrapped around boulders, buried in the sand, accumulated in masses like seaweed they are the dead junk of a consumer society which causes huge environmental damage. Formed…
Author: michele marcoux
I make paintings and collage and use video to document or discover new ideas. I view each piece of work as individual but also as part of my unfolding practice. Painting is a means to think, to feel, to remember. I take photos and make videos on location and use found images as prompts to find subjects for paintings which combine both abstract and figurative forms. Work often starts with a story but that is not necessarily where it ends. The implied narratives of figuration and observed reality vie with the abstract qualities of materials. Whether working in the studio or in the landscape I try to find what is meant to surface.
Nostalgia Analgesic
A Surrealist Therapy (Mud |Blood | Fire |Water | Blackness | Sight | Unknown) nostalgia is a formation of Greek compounds, consisting of νόστος, nóstos, “returning home”, a Homeric word, and ἄλγος, álgos, “pain” or “ache”. The word analgesic derives from Greek an- (“without”) and algos (“pain”). This collaborative project (poetry, visual art, sound) which is currently in progress builds on a previous collaboration Continental Drift by myself and poet Sheila Black which formed an exhibition at the Patriothall Gallery, Edinburgh 2010. We are delighted that sound artist Lynne Therman has also joined the project. check out Lynne’s blog: http://dollfur.tumblr.com/ Nostalgia/Analgesic will explore…