Unmapped lands: The materiality of e/motion

Abstract

Focussing on the materiality of e/motion within artistic practice, this thesis questions regularised notions of time, measure and linearity, through the subjective lens of self and community connectivity. Reflecting on the cyclical phases of the moon and menstruation as a means to process time, I inquire into the origin of movement, addressing the virtues of receptivity in repetitive and ritualised craft practices through an expanded field of drawing. I test the power of mind and body to skilfully coexist through durational processes in the making, unmaking and marking of moments in time. I explore this within three aspects of my practice: time, process and body, developed upon the scholarship of Keiji Nishitani and Elizabeth Grosz, and art from Agnes Martin, Euraba Artists/Papermakers, Charwei Tsai, Louise Bourgeois and Anna Maria Maiolino.