Beth Dillon
Bachelor of Fine Arts
Getting to Know You (2013)
Getting to Know You is a series of performances investigating the phenomenological interplay between the human body and its surroundings. A sequence of video loops document ephemeral gestures developed in response to a two-week residency undertaken at Fowlers Gap Research Station, far west NSW.
In the works, everyday physical movements are performed using simple props to engage with the presence of human intervention in the landscape. Getting to Know You transforms the landscape of Fowlers Gap Research Station into a training ground where the artist’s physical capabilities, connection to the landscape and dedication to the process of art making are interrogated and tested. The project draws on themes of the tragi-comic hero, the mime, the post-romantic landscape, and the fallible body.
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