Exhibition floor talk | Finding comfort in an unmade bed
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Publication Title
Exhibition floor talk | Finding comfort in an unmade bed
Publisher
Edith Cowan University
School
School of Arts and Humanities; ECU Galleries
Description
Exhibition Statement | Finding Comfort in an Unmade Bed is a solo exhibition by the interdisciplinary artist Jane ZIEMONS. Drawing upon the theoretical literature of Henri Lefebvre and Pierre Bourdieu, the exhibition—along with Ziemons’ ongoing practice-led research—aims to illuminate ways of recontextualising cloth, the commonplace object, and occurrences of the quotidian. Inculcating present-moment awareness within the gallery space is the focus of Ziemons’ practice-led research that navigates and creates art that speaks to the everyday, within the subtleties of a critically considered exhibition. The absent body inferred within these interdisciplinary artworks functions as a signifier for the audience, and as such, offers agency to inhabit the work both metaphorically, and at times, physically.
Through the lens of Maurice Merleau-Ponty’s phenomenology and Zen Master, Thích Nhất Hạnh’s discourse on mindfulness, the installation works of Ann Hamilton, Chiharu Shiota and the artist-researcher were examined resulting in commonalities inherent within these contemporary works that encourage mindful observation, deep listening and embodied engagement.
Artist Bio | Jane ZIEMONS is a Scottish born Australian interdisciplinary artist who applies a meditative approach to her labour-intensive arts practice which encompasses installation works, narrative textiles, projection, sound and printmaking techniques.
She has an embodied arts practice and an investigative approach to the installation of her works, that seek to elevate the significance of the quotidian moment with the intention to enhance her audience’s awareness of their own everyday experience.
Ziemons is currently a Master of Arts by Research candidate at Edith Cowan University funded by a Research Training Program Scholarship. Through Mindfulness-Based Phenomenological Studies, her practice-led research examines the subtle ways in which art of the everyday can inculcate a sensorial awareness of the present moment.
Additional Information
Exhibition dates: 13 Oct - 1 Dec 2022 | Floor Talk: 19 Oct 2022 12.30 - 1.30pm