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Winter Residency 2019: February

Amy Pickles at the top of the Buck. Photo: SSW

In February, we welcomed Laura Hindmarsh, Anna Mitterer, Amy Pickles, Hannah Rowan and Christopher Taylor to our second winter residency of 2019.

Responding to our call out which considered the multiple experiences, divergent thought and communal entanglements that exist at SSW in relation to our archive and documentation in our 40th year, all artists had an interest in oral histories, speculative narration, making kin and becoming with each other. The programme of activity, which included studio visits, saunas and reading groups, drew from research by SGSAH Researcher in Residence at SSW, Naomi Pearce, and Donna Haraway’s ‘Staying with the Trouble: Making Kin in the Anthropocene’.

Alongside programmed activity and through the artists’ practices, Laura Hindmarsh shared some of her research in Underpinning with Aberdeen-based artist, Kirsty Russell. Exploring care and conditions for working together, the event brought generous work, thoughts, reflections from Laura’s friends and collaborators to Aberdeen and opened conversations and thinking around care, communality and concern. Amy Pickles worked with the Lumsden Primary School After School Club, making noises and sounds together through games. They recorded and looped sounds together to make a cacophony of noise. Anna Mitterer walked, filmed and walked, spending time with Jake who lives in the Clash in Darroch forrest. Anna will be returning this summer to work with Jake and make a new film work with his input. Alongside material explorations, Hannah cast Nasa’s 3D prints of asteroids in bronze and iron for this exhibition. 

In a reading group led by Naomi Pearce, we considered the text, ‘Queering Archives: A Roundtable Discussion’, with a performative reading of Maria Fusco’s book, ‘Legend of a Necessary Dreamer’ in relation to the programme call and Naomi’s research here at SSW.

More information onWinter Residency at SSW. 

Walking up the Buck. Photo: SSW

Walking up the Buck. Photo: SSW

Ceramics Induction with Beth. Photo: SSW

Ceramics Induction with Beth. Photo: SSW

Amy Pickles shares her research and past works as part of the introductory presentations. Photo: SSW

Amy Pickles shares her research and past works as part of the introductory presentations. Photo: SSW

Winter Residency 2019_mould making in the foundry

Mould making in the foundry. Photo: Anna Mitterer

Anna worked with Jake. Photo: Anna Mitterer

Anna worked with Jake. Photo: Anna Mitterer

The foundry in winter sunshine. Photo: Amy Pickles

The foundry in winter sunshine. Photo: Amy Pickles

Amy Pickles' workshop with Lumsden Primary School After School Club. Photo: Amy Pickles

Amy Pickles’ workshop with Lumsden Primary School After School Club. Photo: Amy Pickles

 

Reading Group with Naomi Pearce, SGSAH Researcher in Residence. Photo: SSW

Reading Group with Naomi Pearce, SGSAH Researcher in Residence. Photo: SSW

Iron pour. Photo: Anna Mitterer

Iron pour. Photo: Anna Mitterer

Hannah, Anna and Amy rest at the top of the Buck. Photo: SSW

Hannah, Anna and Amy rest at the top of the Buck. Photo: SSW

 

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