In Conversation | Myfanwy Frost-Jones and Lucy Dawe Lane
Dates & Times: Friday 5th May, 1pm-2pm
Location: Studio 12, Backwater Artists Group, Wandesford Quay
Myfanwy Frost-Jones will be ‘in conversation’ with CCAD lecturer, Lucy Dawe Lane on Friday May 5th from 1-2pm in Studio 12. Lucy will introduce us to Pauline Oliveros’ idea of ‘Deep Listening’ as we rewatch and engage with the audio/ video piece, followed by an in-depth discussion on the many themes of landscape, labour and food production touched on in Unsustainable, whilst also delving into the many stories behind the making of this work and allowing for a question and answers session with the artist. All welcome!
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Myfanwy Frost-Jones is the recipient of the Backwater Moving Image Bursary. The Bursary is awarded to a graduating moving image artist from MTU Crawford College of Art & Design, who demonstrates talent and ambition in their work practice. It provides the graduate with a studio at Backwater for 6 months, training from Cork Film Centre, mentorship from an appointed moving image professional and access to the audio-visual equipment at Backwater. The Bursary is in collaboration with Cork Film Centre and MTU Crawford College of Art & Design.
Find more information on the exhibition here: Unsustainable
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Lucy Dawe Lane is a Senior Lecturer of Fine Art & Applied Art at the Crawford Collage of Art and Design
Committed to the potential of art as an embodied, affective means of communication essential to issues such as environmental and social justice; Lucy’s work has had impact across all aspects of the making, reception and mediation of visual art.
Working in academic, institutional and community settings as Assistant Curator, Kettle’s Yard, Cambridge (1980s); Head of Community Education, Whitechapel Gallery, London (1990s); she joined MTU in 2001.
Trained in Art History and Philosophy (University of Cambridge B.A.Hons 1983; M.A. 1987) (University of Oxford. Dip.1984) (NCAD PhD. 2016), Lucy’s PhD; Bochner’s Intermittent Objects: Aesthetics, Embodiment and Affect in Conceptual Art informs current research projects investigating art teaching and research as a transdisciplinary field embedded in linguistic practices. Her research interests span the interrelation of visual art, writing, drawing, script, speech, embodiment, performativity. Lucy welcomes students researching all aspects of contemporary art, art theory, aesthetics and art history, curatorial practices and creative pedagogies.