Articulation Attends World of Threads Festival

The 1st festival exhibition Articulation attended was an independent solo show in Ristorante Julia.

Toronto artist, Mafalda Silva, showed Tangled Memories, a body of work about having life changing experiences while staying essentially the same person.

She shows this change by observing the natural world.

Mafalda stitched small amounts of colour into black and white photographs.

Contiuum Opening Night

Articulation had converged on Oakville the night before Continuum opened.
Members were able to hear each artist talk about her work.
Denise Jones talks about hers.

Judy Martin talks about hers.

 

Articulation members were their usual inquisitive selves and listened intently to every word.

Viki spoke about her work.

Each artists' work was even more powerful when viewers personally experienced the animated and emotional connection of the artist with her work.
What a treat to hear each of the artists talk while standing next to their work.

Continuum: Monika Bruckner

 

Monika was unable to hang her vessels with the second installation of her work. She stacked them on a plinth.

The effect was very different because the viewer could look into the vessels.

For me there was more emphasis on the differences of individuals who together make up the family.

These items felt more publicly on view when not put in a suitcase, as they were the 1st time.

Continuum: Jean Kirk

 

Here is Jean's work as she 1st installed it at Middlesex University.

Here it is installed on the brick walls of the Oakville Town Hall foyer. What a difference! The high contrast of complementary colours work against  Jean's intention of quiet contemplation but the installation does appear way more dynamic/energised.

I think each installation produces a very different effect with both being equally successful.

Continuum: Denise Jones

 

This is Denise's installation at the graduation in Middlesex University. 

This is how Denise adapted the installation of her work to suit the foyer of the Oakville Town Hall.

I felt the stitched works stood out more on the red brick walls but didn't invite the close attention of the viewer as did the white walls in the Middlesex gallery.

Denises' solution to silk threads tumbling onto the floor was to place a small white block under them.

An elegant solution to long silk threads being too vulnerable left on the floor of a public space and exposed to cleaners' brooms.

Continuum: Caroline Hibbs

 

Caroline chose to send 3 of her gloves to Canada and to put them behind acrylic.

For her graduation installation she hung the pairs of gloves on acrylic frames she had designed.

For me the effect was just as powerful in this 2nd installation.

 

The installation includes a book of lush photographs of the gloves placed in context.

Continuum: Viki Jenkins

 

Viki was able to install her work most successfully in the 2nd space. I am amazed she was able to hang all of the frames in a straight line. The hanging device was challenging to work with. Surprisingly, I didn't find the long hanging cables a distraction. Somehow they worked to support the unity of the work.

 

 

 

But these recycling bins did distract from the 3 frames hung at the entrance to the building.

Continuum: Marilyn Hall & Judy Martin

 

 

Marilyn modified her graduation installation to enable her to take it to Canada.
She focused on 2 more simplified corset structures and presented them on covered plinths.

 

Judy was able to modify her hanging device to allow her large cloth again to be suspended in front of light.

 

One of the modules of work we all studied was to learn how to change or modify the installation of a work to suit a different location. We didn't know we would put into practice what we had learnt, so soon after graduating.