Hazel Cardew 2022

Hazel Cardew
#2 A Linear Language
6 August to 27 August 2022

Beginning with mark marking, Hazel’s drawing-based practice shifts from one state to another, with notable transitions into sculpture and installation. The work favours high contrast black and white applications with significant attention paid to balance, rhythm and space. In more recent collaborative endeavours, sound and movement are transcribed, or interpreted via drawing, with the role of ‘the line’ slowly being untangled.

“It is often within the transition between states that I am most inspired. Different disciplines will ‘speak to’ and interpret one other in different ways, and I find this encourages me to further understand the drawing works as a language in itself.”

Theory and research in movement notation, graphic scores, improvisation and chance operations are all influential. The work is pushing for a more immersive and dynamic experience of drawing, and often reflects back the persistent order of nature.

During her residency period at Uillinn West Cork Arts Centre Hazel Cardew (UK) will continue developing her drawing-based practice in a new project – A Linear Language. This project aims to examine the edges between drawing and movement, approached through exploration of scores and research in dance notation and instructional drawing.

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Open studio day  
Studio 2
24 August 2022

Come and see what she has been up to during her time at the arts centre on Wednesday 24th August – Hazel’s studio door will be open all day, so be sure to drop in to see the work and chat to the artist.

A Linear Language: collaborative discovery  
Dance studio
13 August 2022

This project has included collaborative work with aerialist and artist Emily Aoibheann (IRE) which began remotely in January 2022. Through creative exchange ranging from dialogue to shared studio practice, the collaboration has explored drawing as instruction in aerial movement, and vice-versa, as the artists moved between instruction and interpretation. Informed by dance notation and graphic scoring, and inspired by ideas of emergence, intention, and artist authority, this collaboration has pushed the boundaries of the project with exciting results. Public sharing of work on Saturday 13th August.

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WCAC acknowledges the financial support of the Arts Council and Cork County Council in making these residencies possible.