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ResearchWorks: Ania Tomaszewska-Nelson - The Morning Was Cloudy But Blue Skies Are Spreading
- 5pm
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- Platform / Discussion | Research | ResearchWorks
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- Booking required | Free | Online
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- Free, registration required
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- Online
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‘The morning was cloudy but blue skies are spreading’ suggests a process and a shift in perspective. From the every-day, universal experience to an aesthetic widening of horizons, this talk by Ania Tomaszewska-Nelson is a journey towards new sensitivity and hope.
Exploring the emotions of a post-humanist artist, the video pieces she creates address identity, unity and purpose in our difficult and conflicted world. Shot in the remote, natural landscape of South-East Poland, they re-visit or travel back to places and times before ecological collapse. We will see the examples of ‘ecological migration’ in Tomaszewska-Nelson’s photographic installation ‘Stays’ and in her paintings of dysfunctional landscapes.
Migration and climate migration often recur in her work. The question of the ownership of the landscape itself underlines many of her pieces. Originally from Poland, the artist searches for a sense of belonging, navigating the landscape of politics and language.
Speaker:
Ania Tomaszewska-Nelson is a contemporary artist living and working in London. She studied Fine Art at the Ruskin School of Art in Oxford (1993-1996). Predominantly a painter, she works with a range of media, expanding her practice into land art, performance, video, photography and sound. Such flexibility allows for political and philosophical content in her art and also echoes elements of everyday life.In the last six years, the artist has been looking at the relationship between people and landscape at the time of the climate crisis. She applies a new format to the old tradition of landscape painting through the use of neon colours and dynamic composition. Her videos address the questions of migration, belonging and identity further analyzing the changes in the landscape and its’ people.
Currently she is working on a long video project, stepping beyond human experience, recording a series of performative improvised behaviors in the natural woodland environment. The association with the animal world explores and analyses the history of inequality, exploitation and fear in our relationship with animals. Tomaszewska-Nelson exhibits her work internationally, her pieces can be found in many private collections, one work in The City Museum in Gdańsk. In her Brixton studio, she continues to experiment.
What is ResearchWorks?
Guildhall School’s ResearchWorks is a programme of events centred around the School’s research activity, bringing together staff, students and guests of international standing. We run regular events throughout the term intended to share the innovative research findings of the School and its guests with students, staff and the public.