Final year project
Movement Lines [Read more]
Lines in space
Drawing in space. Black tape and vinyl lettering, 300 x 200cm
Instructional book #1
Accordion book. Paper and fine liner, 60 x 10cm
Re-action colab
Video still. Part of an ongoing collaboration with Rosanna Frith Salem exploring the relationship between line and movement.
Patterns in space
Drawing in space. Wire, tape and nails, 150 x 200cm
Installation plan
Graphite on paper, 20 x 24cm
Instructional book #2
Tracing paper and fine liner, 30 x 12cm
Instructional book #3
Accordion book. Paper, pencil and fine liner, 24 x 8cm
India Ferguson
My work explores how we experience and document movement by creating drawings in space which encourage the movement of the viewer.
My drawings in space are formed of notation lifted off the flat page. Although appearing instructional the work subverts the idea of notation by removing its practical purpose. It asks the viewer to question the reliability of the information presented, whilst highlighting the limits of documentation to communicate movement. The viewer is led around the space by the notation; unwittingly becoming the performer as the presence of written instructions or obstacles encourages a physical response. This work came from a wish to bring my two main interests of art and dance together and build upon the research I carried out for my dissertation, which explored the impact of live dance performance in museum spaces. Through this year I have developed confidence in my work and hope to continue building on my practice. I am hoping to continue my studies with a master’s degree in the near future.
Dissertation
An exploration of the ways in which dance changes our perception of museum spaces
Final year project
Movement Lines
Awards
'20 Diploma in Professional Studies
'20 Exhibited and co-organised 'Line - You’ve Crossed It', The Welcome Mat
'20 Exhibited at 'Visual Impact', MTC Coventry
'19 Exhibited and co-curated 'MTC Summer Exhibition',
'19 MTC Coventry Exhibited and co-curated 'Metrology' - displayed at MTC Coventry, 'Science Museum Lates: The Measure of all things' and at Coventry Transport Museum, '19 Exhibited and co-curated 'Making a Mark', MTC Coventry
'18 Exhibited and co-curated 'WW1 Memorial Exhibition', MTC Coventry
'18 Exhibited at 'A Changing Industry - Connecting Art and Engineering', MTC Coventry
'17 Exhibited at 'RDS Foundation Year End of Year Exhibition', Royal Drawing School
Experience
'19 -'20 Life drawing co-coordinator
'19 -'20 Welcome Mat committee member
'17 -'18 Chair of Art Society
Placements
September 2018 - August 2019
Artist in Residence, MTC Coventry