Domestic Violence Project

I spent the last couple of days preparing  the files I will be giving Alissa.  Some of them are a bit grainy, so I will have to sort out the reason for that.    There is so much to learn about photography...unless of course you prefer just to set the camera to auto!

I have  been invited to complete a small installation relating to domestic violence.  The work will include mannequins, digital imagery, and  a digital projection.   The completed work will travel to  a variety of venues.

This is a great opportunity for me and I am keen to get started.

 

 

 

Above is another photo of Alissa.  This turned out to be a really fun photoshoot.

Video Venus

 

This clip - 'Blue Venus'- has been a collaboration between myself  (art and animation),   Joe Saxby (music) and Brad Marsellos (music & editing).  Brad has taken two of my animatioms and 'mashed' them, as he calls it!!   This has resulted in a  much more interesting piece.  Video is becoming an important part of my art practice.  There is so much to learn.





'

Bad Dream is  Dead' is another of our first collaborations.

Artwork & animation :  Christine Turner
Music & vocals : Brad Marsellos
Editing : Brad Marsellos

Piled up...stacked up

My new residence is taking shape at last.  Everything is finding its place.  I have cleared out all the unnecessary things.  Pieces of furniture that I will not be  using in the future are stacked up waiting to be sold...or given away.

I will be hanging  some large paintings from the Rhapsody series I produced a couple of years ago. Their rich simplicity will be  most enjoyable I am predicting.

The floor in my new apartment is concrete and has been painted a warm cream colour.  I have decided to paint it with a textured pattern, brownish in colour. I hope it works out.   I will post some pictures when it is finished.

It is so good to be able to go into my storage shed at night.  I have managed to tidy it up a little.  At least you can walk from one end of it to the other now .

 The shed  has an eery kind of serenity at night.

The innumerable dolls piled up there in bags and boxes stare mutely.  Shadows bathe them in a mysterious light.  They wait...patiently. 

Piled up, stacked up...20 years of my life has been stacked up here in this room.  All the various stages of my art practice are here to see.   The good, the bad  the significant and the not so significant. 

I marvel at this process that drives me forward .

c x