tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13402594009207033282024-03-12T20:00:19.374-07:00Artists discourse and dialoguewritings,reviews, reflections, discourse and dialogue on Contemporary ArtLisa Gortonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07093723726852303916noreply@blogger.comBlogger48125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1340259400920703328.post-49613718195747976222010-12-08T07:39:00.000-08:002010-12-08T07:39:34.158-08:00Laura FordLisa Gortonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07093723726852303916noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1340259400920703328.post-69950191392705450312010-10-31T10:46:00.001-07:002010-10-31T10:46:26.557-07:00Reflection
I decided to make a lot of the work for Shredding Paper on site at PAD, exposing the making to the visiting public [Visiting public being a mixture of artists, crafts specialists, gallery owner/manager and the general public] in order to expose that process which is specific to each artist but also something incredibly personal for each artist, in order to generate dialogue/questions/Lisa Gortonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07093723726852303916noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1340259400920703328.post-6634435955236954592010-08-25T11:59:00.000-07:002010-08-25T11:59:23.701-07:00Tatiana TrouveLisa Gortonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07093723726852303916noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1340259400920703328.post-37884703332860046952010-08-23T11:51:00.000-07:002010-08-23T11:51:01.459-07:00Artist Talk
I will be giving a artist talk on 18.09.10 at 1pm at PAD, on my current work, Shredding PaperLisa Gortonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07093723726852303916noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1340259400920703328.post-7032515227567556632010-08-08T12:01:00.000-07:002010-08-08T12:01:40.899-07:00Shredding Paper
Lisa Gortonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07093723726852303916noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1340259400920703328.post-23924937197057637942010-08-02T12:40:00.000-07:002010-08-02T12:40:33.064-07:00In conversation with Gavin Osborn
Below is an extract from recent email exchange on concepts/ideas/thoughts on my current practice. Dialogue with Gavin started after BUILT in response to the installation at Rogue Studios [01 - 08 April].
Lisa- I am much more interested in body as object rather than a subject. Exploring the reciprocal relationship between the materiality of objects and body. I want my body to be seen Lisa Gortonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07093723726852303916noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1340259400920703328.post-49491083098021878272010-08-01T07:02:00.000-07:002010-08-18T10:56:27.666-07:00Exhibition - Shredding Paper31.08.10 - 01.10.10
Lisa Gorton will present new works at PAD, Preston.
Lisa’s work deals with the nature of drawing. It has evolved out of an enquiry into the relationship drawing has to sculpture and asking whether sculpture can be seen as drawing. Recent research has dealt with material tensions: the dependency of material on material, the reciprocal nature of support. Small, Lisa Gortonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07093723726852303916noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1340259400920703328.post-24432766393525730622010-07-07T12:06:00.000-07:002010-07-07T12:07:28.641-07:00Notes on/from - Shredding PaperWanted a new material to play with but a material where I am still able to explore notions of' the 'line' and within that, form. A material that can hang and drop but at the same time still open to more manipulations. It seems odd that I hadn't played with shredded paper before since a lot of my interests and research are 'paper based'. It felt like a re - wind: coming across the shredded paper Lisa Gortonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07093723726852303916noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1340259400920703328.post-34322607952139085672010-04-04T08:10:00.000-07:002010-04-04T08:10:06.192-07:00Notes on/from - 'DOT.LABEL.THREAD.DOT' Rogue Artist Studios, Manchester. 01.04.10First. [Studio] I changed the name of the piece. 'encounter' felt a bit too broad, general, encompassing any[every]thing. 'DOT.LABEL.THREAD.DOT' feels much more specific, material and doing. It came from the 'doing' in my studio. It came from the re-action of the same. Thread, sticky-dot, thread, pull, tight, sticky-dot.
Wrapping
Placing
Pulling
Sticking
I tried to make it much more complex Lisa Gortonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07093723726852303916noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1340259400920703328.post-34100390388359888972010-03-25T12:46:00.000-07:002010-03-25T12:46:09.994-07:00BUILT - Rogue studios, ManchesterLisa Gortonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07093723726852303916noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1340259400920703328.post-49316173685349014962010-03-25T12:14:00.000-07:002010-03-25T12:14:09.149-07:00'encounter' ...Rogue Artist Studio Space, ManchesterI will be performing 'encounter' at Rogue Project Space, Manchester on 01.04.2010 as part of BUILT,
BUILT brings together 8 Female artists from across the UK whose practises deal with specific aspects of the built environment.
Through the use of Sculpture, Installation, Animation and Performance the selected artists respond to the structures which surround our daily activity; be that personalLisa Gortonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07093723726852303916noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1340259400920703328.post-13747638276142567882010-03-13T03:20:00.000-08:002010-03-13T03:20:02.374-08:00Postal ProjectPostal Project
We would like to set up a project that enables people to ‘generate’ a random address for them to write to.
You won’t know this person but they may have something interesting to say, they may not.
We think it will be fun, who knows what will happen?
Aim?
We would like to create a website that anyone can join. When you join our website, this will enable you to generate a randomLisa Gortonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07093723726852303916noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1340259400920703328.post-74924267440865902642009-12-24T10:25:00.000-08:002009-12-24T10:38:07.185-08:00Christmas Fete December 2009, City Screen Basement, YorkLisa Gortonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07093723726852303916noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1340259400920703328.post-38066611633739459552009-12-06T11:32:00.000-08:002009-12-06T11:52:08.289-08:00Studio Experiments Continued...Lisa Gortonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07093723726852303916noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1340259400920703328.post-18353747357805658092009-12-06T10:53:00.000-08:002009-12-06T11:32:04.073-08:00Studio Experiments...Just a few examples of small experiments. I have been playing around with materials I have been collecting over the past few weeks, plastic pots, red netting. These are just starting points. I intend to develop into drawings/collages. I am interested in the role photography seems to play in my working process. Take the forms from 3d to 2d, then they get incorporated to other works... Do I Lisa Gortonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07093723726852303916noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1340259400920703328.post-29576911339643482522009-11-18T02:20:00.001-08:002009-11-18T02:21:51.552-08:00The Liverpool Art JournalIssue 6 of The Liverpool Art Journal is out now and for sale! Find it at the usual places:News From Nowhere, Bold Street, LiverpoolFACT, LiverpoolBluecoat Display Centre, LiverpoolPAD Gallery, PrestonEBayThis issue 6 marks a new type of our journal, subtitled 'Collaborations' it results in working with other artists and writers or artist/writer groups. For issue 6 we have worked with Artbloc, Lisa Gortonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07093723726852303916noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1340259400920703328.post-72877691946282564982009-10-24T13:15:00.000-07:002009-10-24T13:28:10.610-07:00Great Economy...They started because I wanted to give something away. I enjoy nothing more than going to an exhibition, event or a performance and there is something there to take away. I am not talking about an exhibition leaflet or an events programme here but something that is ‘from’ the work or an ‘addition’ to the work. Something that can be taken away and that provokes feeling. Memory. What was felt upon Lisa Gortonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07093723726852303916noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1340259400920703328.post-62018933843423750942009-10-01T12:42:00.000-07:002009-10-01T13:08:40.041-07:00DIY Presents... Saturday 26th September 2009- A reflection.Featuring; Lisa GortonJade BloodJonathan...An afternoon of experimentation, playing, process, responding, mixing and on the spot thinking. Materials: Electrical tape, elements of sound, found objects, walls of Space 109, typewriter, biro, graph paper, old film tape, tin containers, tulip lights, fairy lights, plastic piping, wires, laptop, speakers, glass jars, rugs, banner, bodies, Happycat, Lisa Gortonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07093723726852303916noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1340259400920703328.post-67549567908108203612009-08-20T11:59:00.000-07:002009-08-20T12:12:32.959-07:00Watering the Plants and art...Ahh watering the plants...white cabbages, red cabbages, tomatoes, runners beans, peas and figs.And many more I don't know the name of.But I don't need to know.I come back to them every week, And see the difference.They look different from my previous stareBut I keep working with themNurture them,Accidentally stand on themInterference.Positive/negative I don't know.And the outcome..sweet juicy Lisa Gortonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07093723726852303916noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1340259400920703328.post-37987817254028726672009-08-18T03:16:00.000-07:002009-08-18T03:23:12.068-07:00New Work Drawing/ CollageLisa Gortonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07093723726852303916noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1340259400920703328.post-10041356986898852402009-07-02T07:24:00.000-07:002009-07-06T03:35:03.269-07:00Thinking Space. Sarah Sze, Baltic Centre of Contempoary Art, Newcastle.Date Visited 01.07.09Colour and form hit you when you walk into the exhibition space on the fourth floor of the Baltic, Newcastle and then the mass of objects. 'Ecosystems', cleverly constructed around the space, made up of everyday objects such as plants, floor lamps, tape measures, paper, wool plastic, burnt paper, pins...the small everyday objects we all take for granted. One can only say thatLisa Gortonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07093723726852303916noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1340259400920703328.post-8994968647473381732009-06-30T03:48:00.000-07:002009-06-30T04:02:38.816-07:00Photographic experimentation 29/06/09The above experimentation's are a result of having too many photographs of my degree show, so i decided to play with them. Experiment with perspective, illusion, form and line and also with the re-representation. Representation? What is it that I am representing. Can a photograph only ever just represent or can it be seen as a material that we handle/manipulate with our hands and eyes. i don't Lisa Gortonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07093723726852303916noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1340259400920703328.post-63312705002321163322009-06-05T04:56:00.000-07:002009-06-05T05:15:06.134-07:00Drawing/sculpture/Installation as researchThe works above are a selection of images from my final degree show. The works explore notions of space, perception, representation, re-representation, drawing, sculpture and installation. I plan to use this work whilst it is currently still installed as a starting point to generate new works. I intend to go in every day for the next week and draw from the exhibition, using various materials. Lisa Gortonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07093723726852303916noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1340259400920703328.post-18528960248622693902009-06-05T01:48:00.000-07:002009-06-05T01:57:42.130-07:00A way to generate...Draw from new workDraw from installationBegin [again]To transform what is already there.Paper Drawing toolsAnd start again...Lisa Gortonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07093723726852303916noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1340259400920703328.post-3738827182996077922009-06-01T02:43:00.000-07:002009-06-01T02:47:47.084-07:00Review of the Photographers Object, Photographers Gallery LondonNote to selfWhen in boiling hot sun shine always be prepared to know where art galleries are and not just presume that when the leaflet says, Oxford Circus tube station that it will not be right outside the station... or across the road or glued to the side of it...Lisa Gortonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07093723726852303916noreply@blogger.com1