Frequency

2023 BLAST School Residency with C.B.S Carlow, Ireland

 

FREQUENCY
2023 BLAST Residency with 5th Years of St.Mary’s C.B.S Carlow

From sound, light, colour, emotional, physical and social energies , this residency was a cross-disciplinary creative exploration unhindered by expectation of results or the potential preciousness of art making. It ran for a duration of approximately three months in Spring of 2023.

Through this process the group worked collaboratively with the artist to explore a variety of media in creation of collective artworks through social practice.The group looked at the physics of sound and light, the rhythm of mark making and meditation under the theme of ‘frequency’.

Emotional responses were elicited to musical tones, rhythms, sound recordings. Personal and shared values were explored through abstract colour and mark making as well as iconography. This was informed by observing and discussing the work (and artistic approaches) of contemporary artists Navine G Dossos and Julie Cusack amongst others. This helped participants build up a lexicon of personal imagery, abstract marks and tones that were combined and recombined to express a lose definition of the group, reflecting its tastes and shared values.

The evidence of these speculations and explorations are recorded here.