residuals – Creative & dance journal

Residuals #4 – Integrated Research Practice

On Sunday June 2, working with students and volunteers in their community garden at Schumacher College, Dartington, I combined planting potatoes for research into potato yields with the residuals practice of dance making and mark-making. I call this an ‘integrated research practice’ as the residuals practice is a research too.

Residuals #1 – tints with paint

I further developed tinting the Residuals #1 charcoal drawings but now using watercolour paints instead of pencil colouring. It produced a temporary installation, research and thoughts of future work.

Residuals #2 – Dartington

On March 17 at the Shippon Artists Studios, Dartington Estate, Devon, there was the second residuals performance – Residuals #2. A co-created charcoal drawing was produced as well as a performance by its four artists – which included me.

Residuals #1: tints

Having photographed the the co-created charcoal drawing Residuals #1, I introduced colour into these images by tinting them.

Residuals #1: artefact

The Residuals #1 performance on 16 January produced many photographs of the charcoal/carbon drawing – both as an artefact/ installation, or as marks on a surface. Here is a gallery of images about Residuals #1 as artefact.

Residuals #1: surface

The Residuals #1 performance on 16 January produced many opportunities for photography, particularly of the charcoal/carbon drawing – both as an artefact/ installation or as marks on a surface. Here is a gallery of images about Residuals #1 surface.

Residuals #1: drawings

Beside the dance and movement making of the Residuals #1 performance, it created a large charcoal drawing about 3 metres by 1.5 metres in size. There were also numerous photographs made by my co-creator John Hazel and me of its surface during and after the performance.

Residuals #1: performance

I dived into the surface of the paper. Beneath me, carbon residuals (charcoal) assisted my passage as I slide across the white paper, parting the material and marking the paper. John Hazel who was co-creating the charcoal drawing with me, followed by stepping and drawing with his shod foot. The dance studio at the Old Fire Station, Oxford was our performance venue for this ‘drawing-dance’ on Tuesday 16 January 2024.

Dance & Movement Research 2024 #dmr2024

Dance & Movement Research 2024, Monday 15 January to Friday 19 January at the Old Fire Station Arts Centre, Oxford is a week of exploration in dance and movement for creative artists and dance artists organised by Oxford Contact Dance.

Residuals: mark-making investigation

In December, I investigated surfaces and mark-making for the residuals project with Oxfordshire artists Hugh Pryor and John Hazel. Canvas, paper and various grades and sizes of carbon (charcoal) were investigated. We used hands, feet, broom and sponge to research mark marking.