Kristy Gordon
PhD Candidate
Kristy Gordon, Deepwater 2023. Installation of digital drawing as archival pigment print on cotton rag and suspended dimensional drawing of acrylic on carved ply. 240cm x 118cm (print), 160cm x 90cm x 70cm (suspended work).
Artist statement
In Deepwater, my oceanswimming practice inspires exploration of somaesthetic experience through drawing. Embodied gesture and cumulative, repetitive mark-making methods immerse the body and mind in the drawing process, catalysing a flow state where time slows, and the mind revisits immersive nature and the feeling of water. Hand-drawing with digital and power tools challenges traditional notions of fast and slow, revealing how working with fast materials in particular ways propagates new forms of slow experience.
Follow Kristy on Instagram @kristygordon_art or visit their website www.kristygordonart.com.au
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