Category: Things that inspire

Today’s inspiration.

A Japanese connection

I have only just come across the new dance prescriptions for 2015 HSC study and was absolutely delighted to see that Sue Healey’s work Fine Line (2003) has been chosen as a core study. I worked with Sue at UNSW and have followed her dance video work for the longest time, valuing her input into teacher professional development in the medium.

I’m looking forward to featuring Sue’s work on Dancing Capital.

I’ve just been on Sue’s website and on her Vimeo site and found this gem, which relates to my visual arts practice.

So many of the images and ideas in this work resonate with my recent travels in Japan. In response, here is a slideshow of some of our Japan snaps.

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Permanent (wave)

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Title: ‘Permanent wave’ Limited edition giclée print

I try to find inspiration for posting with the daily WordPress prompt, but it’s not always a gift like this one. The theme for the daily prompt today is ‘Permanent’.

This small giclée print (20cm x 26cm) titled ‘Permanent wave’ is one of the works in my exhibition. It’s one of two works that honour the iconic Hokusai image  The Great Wave off Kanagawa from the woodblock print series Thirty-six views of Mount Fuji. Hokusai was a ukiyo-e printmaker of the Edo period.

The idea of permanency is a thread in my work. Sure, painted artworks and limited edition prints capture an image ‘permanently’ by their very nature. But I am also interested in the representation of ‘capturing’ and ‘making permanent’. Hence, the transparent orbs in my work which contain and protect leaves, fish and water.

This work was the starting point for the other limited edition giclée prints in the exhibition at the Ensemble. If you would like to see other works that followed, I’d love you to visit my Studio website at http://www.deidhrewauchop.com