I took part in a group exhibition organised by The Blue Dot Generation at the House of Vans in Waterloo, September 2018. It was an ambition endeavour which grew to a scale to encompass workshops, talks, tours and music events to raise awareness of the damage we are doing to our oceans and plastic pollution. Blue Dot commissioned a video of the event, posted below. In one of the clips you see four pairs of hands helping me untangle the strings in my sculpture. It took four hours to untangle and a further 2 hours to install the piece! The result was worth the effort as well as taking part.
Arts for Education 2018 from Emily Davies on Vimeo.
Blue Dot Generation's 'Arts For Education' saw 4 days of art, photography, documentary screenings, panel discussions, workshops, school trips, yoga, skating and live music to show the power the arts have in raising awareness about the ocean and plastic pollution.
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Rather late to the game but I've decided to dive into the world of blogging. Not my most natural habitat, as words are not necessary my "thang" but I'm using it as another opportunity to stay connected and engaged as this is more important than ever, as we go through this period of isolation and social distancing because of the pandemic. Due to the limitations of my environment, I've been making dry work at home during the lockdown. What has emerged is a series in coloured pencil, a departure from my usual monochromatic work but still routed in sacred geometry. All the drawings are preliminary studies to be developed into paintings on panels at a later date when I can get into the studio. They all start with the same schematic framework and each worked on with the themes of birth, life, death and renewal in mind. I like the openness of them and there's a lot of potential to explore more possibilities on the variation of each theme.
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