The Conference theme for this 6th CAE Conference is -This BUBBLE moment. Excited to be selected to present with my collaborators artist/academics Dawne Fahey (Western Sydney University) and Alys Mendus (University of Melbourne)
The title of our presentation is Togetherness: affect, artmaking & autotheory
Three artists, together, yet far apart
troubling the impact of Covid-19
relying on technology
bubbles have been burst
innocence lost
separated from loved ones
Singularly, yet together, sharing, realising
creativity ensures our survival
connecting through art beyond words
incorporating the autotheoretical impulse
looking, experiencing difference
mending, making anew, nourishing our souls
Sharing, our artmaking, our words
filling the page, relieving our heartache
relying on technology, connecting
sharing affective tensions, lost dreams
questioning privilege
revealing invisibility, social margins
Togetherness, sharing our relationship – becoming present
on the page
and through zoom
questioning, where would we be?
without art?
without technology?
We have been using email, Zoom and Miro boards to communicate, get to know each other through images, and think through our connected and dispirit lives and the impacts of Covid.
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