The gorgeous Joy in Weaving wanted my Freeswimming Freeweaving weave to be included in an exhibition she was organising in … the British Museum. So my work has been in the British Museum!! Temporarily anyway. As my friends said: kind of unusual to have something Made in Britain, and not looted from somewhere!
Images of the Moon: Inspired by the Holy Quran This exhibition shows photos of the moon taken – in all directions – out of my small flat / from my balcony. Some have digital drawing and collage overlaid – showing different versions of moon(s). All of the images are paired with a quote from the …
I used to walk 10,000 steps a day. Not trying. Just getting on with my London life. If I was actually ‘going out for a walk’, I knew I’d only really properly be ‘warmed up’ after 10 kilometres.And if ever I was at all out of sorts, I always knew that after 10 days walking, I’d …
My wonderful guitar teacher, Andrew Treen, is in a great band – Someone Else Ahead. He asked me to make a CD cover for one of their releases: Will They or Wont They: So I read the lyrics – and created this image above.Its my Music Industry debut!
Irreplaceable World was looking for work exploring the notion of the irreplaceable in the natural world – with specific reference to HS2. And my photo/digital drawing was the first image in the exhibition! One hundred and eight woodland sites are predicted to be affected by HS2. It’s the biggest deforestation programme in the UK since …
I already wrote about getting onto this residency, and some of the work I did there. The virtual turn-page booklet for the end product is here: https://issuu.com/mayescreative/docs/ancient_materials_art_science_residency With my pages up above.
– The Deathbed skiing video I submitted in my application, followed a pilot in The Showroom, with the movement there shown in some 2D digital art : https://carolinemawer.com/deathbed-skiing/ – Luscious Fruiting Forest of Dreams: the video here shows a later part of my Tara Arts performance: – with the pilot shown in 2D here: https://carolinemawer.com/4-ultimate-living/ …
Beatrice Leal unfortunately had to defer her SOAS talk about the glorious mosaics in Great mosque of Damascus. But when I took the opportunity to find out as much as i could about her work – some is here and here – she asked why I was interested. So I am revisiting my first forest …
Thats the headline of a call out for a great European opportunity .But how can ‘not being erased’ happen?I’ve been thinking about this as part of my bid.Here are some of the methodologies I’ve been considering: Crip theory: This centres disabled experiences, embodiments and movements – rather than the able-bodied normative – as summarised here: …
Here are brief details of most of my Covid-era pieces – so far:Starting from the first lockdown, being forcibly separated from my previous ‘normal’ helped (actually forced!) me to work with a range of new-to-me media – including installation, (prize-winning) film, mixed photo-drawing, and weaving. I’ve used these to reflect on my ever-changing lived experience in the …