Mark Making

Mark Making with Kelsey Dawn Pearson

Crédit Photo: Kelsey Pearson

During this workshop we will explore a variety of mark making techniques. You will be provided with all required materials, but if you have paper or materials you would like to use, you may bring them with you. We will play on a traditional paper marbling technique using irish moss seaweed collected in Nova Scotia. We will also explore reactive and improvisational mark making techniques collaboratively and as individuals. This will all be conducted with formal and non-traditional materials.

Kelsey Dawn Pearson’s work often includes illustrative and graphic imagery with little breathing room, rendered using print and fibers. Through the use of craft techniques taught to them by their mother and grandmothers, they reflects on functionality and it’s in(ability) to blur aesthetic value. They develops imagery composed of figures emerging from a natural environment, like smoothed rocks protruding from the dirt. These images illustrate outwardly confrontational narratives while pointing inward at personal doubts and prolonged dysmorphia. Why is flesh so dangerous? Their work is seemingly supernatural, chaotic and colourful swampwater. Fictions of Fictions. They often pair exterior scenes with domestic symbols. They wade in the spaces where they meet. They explore themes of distorted reality, confront personal ethics, battle dysphoria, bridge fiction and the present through the use of portals, pry at trauma, loss and guilt, touch and feel, and challenge perception…In a world bordering ours.

Ville: Montréal

Date: Mercredi 3 août - 10h à 12h

Lieu: UQAM Pavillon de danse, QG

Noter que cet atelier sera donné en anglais.

Cette activité est incluse dans le prix de participation aux labos. Il est possible de participer à cette activité à la carte pour un frais de 15$ - payment sur place ou à l'avance en écrivant à nous@lete.ca. Réservez votre place!