Russell Moreton : Matter(s) in Correspondence

Spatial practices of clay, ceramic, drawing, bodies, places and making.

Spatial Practice

Architecture, sites, spatial situations, bodies, inhabitation, installations, spatial propositions.

Ceramic Bodies

Clay, ceramic sculpture, vessels, apertures, surfaces, firing, ceramic interiors, ceramic atmospheres.

Drawing / Image

Drawing, cyanotype, photography, diagram, mapping, collage, visual experiments.

Interiority / Atmosphere

Bachelard, refuge, reverie, innerness, thresholds, chambers, light, shadow, atmosphere, sensing.

Making / Materiality

Studio practice, making, material resistance, gesture, process, firing, construction, surface, force.

Research / Working Texts

Reading, theoretical writing, notes, research propositions, older texts being re-entered, speculative learning.

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Making is the production of relations through material events. What I think is emerging is an ontology of making. The clay isn’t the subject. The object isn’t the outcome. Even process isn’t the central concern. The central concern is relation. Relation between body and matter. Relation between force and resistance. Relation between object and space. Relation between time and form. Relation between making and knowing. Visual artist working in the UK. UCA Farnham, Interior Design MA. Canterbury School of Architecture, Spatial Practices MA. University of Southampton, Visual Fine Art BA hons. Epsom School of Art and Design, Ceramics HSND.

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  • divingintotheclay: By working in 3D, potters are automatically working with “space”. If you have yet to consider the ramifications of that enterprise, this offers a dizzying leap into some of the considerations. I would have dearly loved to have seen some of Matta-Clark’s building cuts in the flesh. cinoh: austereprint: Splitting, 1974. Black and white…

  • n-a-s-a: Closer view of the “cometary knots” in the Helix Nebula (Source: http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/image/astro/hst_helix_detail.jpg)

  • rerylikes: Yang Tee Mon. Loy Kratong Floating Lantern in Chiang Mai, Thailand (via darksilenceinsuburbia)

  • DSC_2949a on Flickr. (Source: http://www.flickr.com/photos/russellmoreton/6309611354/)

  • journalofanobody: Conception spatiale, 1962,  Lucio Fontana

  • planetaryfolklore: The first close-up photograph of Mars, Mariner 4, July 1965 Vintage gelatin silver print, 16 x 24cm (6 1/4 x 8 1/2in). The first view of the planet from above the Earth’s atmosphere. “The historic value of this photo is clear. Its scientific value lies primarily in its indication of clouds and its demonstration of the…

  • n-a-s-a: (via HubbleSite – Picture Album: The Egg Nebula) (Source: http://hubblesite.org/gallery/album/nebula/pr1996003b/large_web/)

  • whitehotel: Marcelle Cahn, Composition (1975) (Source: http://www.christies.com)

  • feromona: Untitled (Drawing), Mixed Media, Vladica Ristic, 2003