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Being With

Being With is an ex­pe­ri­en­tial in­stal­la­tion that in­vites view­ers to give time to the sim­ple pro­cess of form­ing small clay peb­bles with­in their palms. Peb­ble mak­ing is an ex­am­ple of a pro­cess that one can start to dwell with­in and begin to have a sense of being with ma­te­ri­al. The in­stal­la­tion space is in­ti­mate and un­com­pli­cat­ed: on a red-tiled floor, raw and fired peb­bles sur­round two seats and a video-work offers a se­ries of im­mers­ive en­vi­ron­ments. The ebb and flow of the river, the still­ness of a wood­land, the rhythm of the fac­to­ry pro­cess ac­com­pa­nies the par­tic­i­pants’ own ex­pe­ri­ence of the peb­ble mak­ing. It is the act of roll­ing the clay in the hands and ‘feel­ing’ the ma­te­ri­al that forms the peb­ble mo­ment-by-mo­ment, as op­posed to the will that often di­rects the act of mak­ing.

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Dwell­ing

The on­line work­shop, Dwell­ing, is de­signed to sup­port mak­ing and con­nect­ing, for au­di­ences eve­ry­where. Dwell­ing guides par­tic­i­pants through un­con­ven­tion­al ap­proach­es to mak­ing, which bring focus to our sub­tle sense per­cep­tion, in­volv­ing both our mind and the phys­i­cal­i­ty of the body — a mind-body uni­ty in con­stant ex­change with the liv­ing world. The work­shop pro­vides guid­ance for three ex­er­cises: Tac­til­i­ty Walks, Peb­ble Mak­ing and Abid­ing Place. Each ex­er­cise brings at­ten­tion to the senses, per­son­al ex­pe­ri­ences of the en­vi­ron­ment, and of the feel of mak­ing. The work­shop ma­te­ri­al also pro­vides par­tic­i­pants with a se­ries of per­spec­tives to dwell upon: tac­tile ex­pe­ri­ence, ma­te­ri­al, phys­i­cal ef­fort, en­vi­ron­ment, met­a­phors and poems. Dwell­ing in mak­ing, with the ma­te­ri­al in our hands, we be­come aware of the ma­te­ri­al world that we are a part of. We, hu­mans, are de­pend­ent on the world around us — a world that can live on, far be­yond our own ex­ist­ence.

You can take part in this on­line work­shop and please share your ex­pe­ri­ences using the hash­tag: #oleilla

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Being With

Being With is an ex­pe­ri­en­tial in­stal­la­tion that in­vites view­ers to give time to the sim­ple pro­cess of form­ing small clay peb­bles with­in their palms. Peb­ble mak­ing is an ex­am­ple of a pro­cess that one can start to dwell with­in and begin to have a sense of being with ma­te­ri­al. The in­stal­la­tion space is in­ti­mate and un­com­pli­cat­ed: on a red-tiled floor, raw and fired peb­bles sur­round two seats and a video-work offers a se­ries of im­mers­ive en­vi­ron­ments. The ebb and flow of the river, the still­ness of a wood­land, the rhythm of the fac­to­ry pro­cess ac­com­pa­nies the par­tic­i­pants’ own ex­pe­ri­ence of the peb­ble mak­ing. It is the act of roll­ing the clay in the hands and ‘feel­ing’ the ma­te­ri­al that forms the peb­ble mo­ment-by-mo­ment, as op­posed to the will that often di­rects the act of mak­ing.

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Dwell­ing

The on­line work­shop, Dwell­ing, is de­signed to sup­port mak­ing and con­nect­ing, for au­di­ences eve­ry­where. Dwell­ing guides par­tic­i­pants through un­con­ven­tion­al ap­proach­es to mak­ing, which bring focus to our sub­tle sense per­cep­tion, in­volv­ing both our mind and the phys­i­cal­i­ty of the body — a mind-body uni­ty in con­stant ex­change with the liv­ing world. The work­shop pro­vides guid­ance for three ex­er­cises: Tac­til­i­ty Walks, Peb­ble Mak­ing and Abid­ing Place. Each ex­er­cise brings at­ten­tion to the senses, per­son­al ex­pe­ri­ences of the en­vi­ron­ment, and of the feel of mak­ing. The work­shop ma­te­ri­al also pro­vides par­tic­i­pants with a se­ries of per­spec­tives to dwell upon: tac­tile ex­pe­ri­ence, ma­te­ri­al, phys­i­cal ef­fort, en­vi­ron­ment, met­a­phors and poems. Dwell­ing in mak­ing, with the ma­te­ri­al in our hands, we be­come aware of the ma­te­ri­al world that we are a part of. We, hu­mans, are de­pend­ent on the world around us — a world that can live on, far be­yond our own ex­ist­ence.

You can take part in this on­line work­shop and please share your ex­pe­ri­ences using the hash­tag: #oleilla

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