This was such a good expedition and learning more about Richard Long has given me more ideas about my own work and how I can relate it to the way I am working.
We went for the weekend which gave us enough time to see how we can respond to the environment around us and thinking about what we can do in our exhibition that is going along side Richard Longs work.
One of the main aspects that I really enjoyed was the workshops on the day of arrival. This was a great way of learning which department does what, meeting new people and the many interesting ways that we could collaborate and share ideas. Defiantly a great ice-breaker!
As the weekend went on it was really good to be able to see nature in a different way, being in the city most of the time made me in some respect ignorant to nature and needing to look closely at how it develops and what out there has a great connection to art!
Doing research into Richard Long before going to Ilam provided me with a foundation to which grew throughout the weekend giving me new ideas into my own practice as well as the exhibition.
It was sad to leave as I had loads of fun! getting to know how everyone works gives me excitement to apply and experiment within my own practice.
The main thing that I have got from the retreat was when I was walking around I saw various signs that have 'Don't step on the grass' written on them which I found really interesting as it is trying to control nature! I am going to have a look at this in my studio practice too!
Roll on the exhibition!
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