2019
Carss Park Artist in Residence
29 October – 22 December 2019
Carss Park Artist Cottage
Works in progress, and in-situ, while in residence.
Relief prints on Torinoko paper
‘Containment lines’, relief print on Torinoko paper
‘Do they owe us a living?’, six relief prints on paper
Do they owe us a living?
In 2019 I carved the letters of the alphabet out of rubber
to make a set of stamps; I made ‘Do they owe us a living?’ with the offcuts of
rubber left over from this project. Each offcut suggests the memory of the
letter it was carved from, as well as possibilities for experimental
mark-making.
Each of these six prints is a simple gesture describing how nothing can be something. This work is about the hidden labour in being unproductive; the dignity in being discarded; the work in not-working. I dedicate it to unemployed workers all over the world.
Each of these six prints is a simple gesture describing how nothing can be something. This work is about the hidden labour in being unproductive; the dignity in being discarded; the work in not-working. I dedicate it to unemployed workers all over the world.
’Course they do, ’course they do!
‘A kind of invisible skin’, relief print on paper roll
Work in progress during the residency
2019 projects
Nov–Dec: Carss Park Artist in Residence
November: ‘Untitled (x’s)’ and ‘Para no sentierme solo, por los siglos de los siglos’, SNO 165: l.a.n.g.u.a.g.e, Sydney Non Objective
Sandstone portal, front and back, at Carss Park
© Emma Davidson 2020