Surface Activation
       
     
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Surface Activation
       
     
Surface Activation

PhD Examination Exhibition

Painting is customarily understood as a form of mark making that renders materials and arrangements of lines, or areas of colour, into compositions on surfaces. While a painting can be conceived of as more than a marked surface, it is primarily these surface features, and their particular qualities and arrangements, that are said to comprise the material aspects of a painting. Working with a range of surfaces, including painting and sculpture, and surface effects, such as those achieved with light, this research project has identified that painting involves an activation of surfaces in an event felt as a difference in intensity. The various studio explorations have investigated the relationships between intensive and extensive space, colour and sensation, the surface and affect. Each of these dimensions contributes to the intensification of the encounter with painting. These encounters activate surfaces in an assemblage of affects. This is the event of painting. 

eckersley moveable wall.jpg
       
     
eckersley bronzes on shelf with shadows.jpg
       
     
P1020906.jpg
       
     
P1020904.jpg
       
     
P1020922.jpg
       
     
eckersley gold painting detail.jpg
       
     
P1020913.jpg
       
     
study 20a.jpg
       
     
study 18a.jpg
       
     
untitled (20).jpg