I am really interested in exploring further and developing this idea of drawing movement. My experiment so far has prompted me to look at ways in which I could improve the means by which I carry out these drawings e.g. look into designing and making a "drawing board", experiment with paper types and sizes, look at the type of ink/watercolours to use, and perhaps even look at what might happen if more than one person is involved in the drawing process.
I came across a contemporary artist, Tim Knowles, whose practice centres around drawing and in particular this idea of drawing and recording motion and time.
In his work Windwalks - Seven Walks from Seven Dials (2009), the artist goes on seven walks departing from Seven Dials, Covent Garden wearing a specialised helmet adapted with a pivoting wind vane and a bullet camera recording the walks. With each walk lasting an hour, Knowles is guided by the wind and how it moves through the structure of the city's architecture. The presentation of this work takes the form of a seven channel video projection, each showing footage of his walk, an ink jet print of the drawing mapping his walks and the helmet with wind vane attached, suspended at head height.
I find the random meandering lines of the drawing fascinating as they allude to the structure of the city, but I also like the idea of how doing something that seems so random and pointless can yield interesting and beautiful results!
Of all the the different ideas I have been exploring so far for this project, I think the idea of drawing motion appeals to me the greatest as it is part performance, part drawing and part
sculpture and in many ways a development from my interest in the pavement drawings I made last term.
All images from Tim Knowles' website.
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