the distant near - returning to Portsmouth september/october

After a busy time preparing, I could finally show my work in Boathouse 4, Portsmouth Historic Dockyard. My lightboxes are on display at aspex until October 24, as well as my slide show in the old guard rooms at Vernon Gate, Gunwharf Quay.

recycling - benches for the garden at Art Space

It's been a great day! Sunny and warm, and I finally built a bench for the garden, the medal-winning garden at Art Space. Bliss. 

autumn - one year later

I find it hard to belive that more than one year has passed since I came to Portsmouth. Returning now for the exhibition felt like coming home. It has been a fantastic experience to be at Art Space, to have the beach within walking distance, and to fall into the pace of another city. I hope to keep in touch, maybe return for other projects, maybe just for a social visit? 

a road trip, 12 hours, 5 countries. Nice but exhausting. Yet, I prefer this way of travelling to just getting on a plane.

Building the lightboxes, ready just on time....

Exhibition in Copenhagen

My photos from Portsmouth are part of CRW - Contemporary Reflections on War - an exhibition at The Art Academy in Copenhagen.

website

my website is up and running (thanks to Mike Blackman!!). For news and more images:
http://www.fraukematerlik.eu/

leaving Portsmouth....

Packing, finding storage space, leaving my studio. It's been a fantastic autumn, and I'm already looking forward to coming back next year. The next months I'll be busy preparing for my show with Aspex. I'm excited!

connecting spaces

My work looks so different according to whether day or night - therefore here some photos from diferent times of the day and evening.


Projection from my studio onto the wall next door, visible from the street as well as from inside the building- greeting the visitors as they come along..

The first impression when coming up the stairs; I opened the little door to the studio. Some members from Art Space, who have known the building for several years, had never noticed this door before - the space looks different seen from different positions.

documentation

Ebbe - Tide

Here the first photos from the show, and there are more to come.


My models - like threedimensional sketches, and their shadows.

The structure inside my studio, and to the left the reflection of the projection on the wall outside (the window functions as a mirror, very convenient).
Losing a sense of depth, lines connecting and intersecting, in the pile of windows as well as in the wooden structure.


The photographic recordings after my time here, from all the 'white areas', the blank spaces on the map, that I went to over the last weeks. 36 images showing the coastline, or the borders making it impossible to get to the water.
To the left my latex piece from underneath Southsea pier. It was quite popular on friday night, people sniffing and touching it; it's very soft and got sand enclosed in it, and traces of rust as well. Had a difficult time getting the light right, some bulbs make it appear almost pink, in daylight it looks yellowish-white, and that is how I prefer it.

friday night

This picture sums it up: It was a lovely evening.

line drawings

Couldn't resist having one 4x2 poking through the panel towards the roof. The space behind is massive; this is after all a former church, and the height to the ceiling is a couple of metres. Some of my wood will be painted - in a light blue and rusty orange and dark green, - how bold is that!!

building site

preparations

My 'canvas' for the next couple of days - I'll have the entire space to show what I've done over the last three months, including my studio space.

it's all about timing--

Finally no rain and low tide at the same time. Got the latex mould done. Great fun to apply the talc in windy weather. Police thought this was worth having a look at as well.
These concrete foundations have such a great surface, all washed out and uneven:

invite

The invite is ready, Mike has made a really good job!!

more platforms

wild weather

Still extremely windy, it was a 10 this morning. I went to the beach, got almost blown away. Lots of foam on the waves, horizontal rain. I like wild weather. The air smells so good.

surge -- undercurrent

Layer upon layer, as if moving up/down, back/forth while standing underneath. Confusion of depth, lines extending onto the walls.

re-store

Most of my time here at Art Space is over, cannot quite believe it. I'm in the middle of finishing one project, starting on another model, writing a proposal, just borrowed a video camera, need to shoot my super8 film, and thinking about how to continue next year. Went to the re-store meeting yesterday, and fingers crossed, there might be an empty shop = project space available very soon. Though I have to admit, the building of my dream would be Brunel House. It just sits there all empty, with the greatest views, and a train station right next door. A Sproutbau (www.sproutbau.de) waiting to happen...

monday morning 10 o'clock

Gave my talk at the university today, came well prepared with lots of images from the last years. And was quite surprised so many students turned up on time, at 10 o'clock on a monday morning! People asked lots of questions as well, really good. Helpful and challenging to hear their response and perceptions.