Print (MA)
Alexandra Mineham
Born in the North East of England, I graduated from the Northern School of Art in 2017 with First Class Honours in Textiles & Surface Design. Working in the fields of printmaking, photography and more recently, moving image, I am interested in our relationship to the landscape and the collaborative process between myself and the natural world around me.
My work draws on the philosophical theory of New Materialism, the idea that material (i.e. non-human objects) has agency or can be a vibrant actant in the creative process. We are currently in the Anthropocene, in which human activity is the dominant influence on climate and the environment. I use the world’s waterways, particularly the sea, to question the notion of human dominance over all things natural and propose that it is not just humans who are capable of creating an artwork.
Through my work, I question notions of materiality, collaboration and control. I draw upon the parallels between the movement of the ocean and printmaking, with its elements of repetition and re-iteration. I am particularly interested in exploring how these repetitive
processes relate to the human condition.
postcards grid
Medium:
watercolour paper, pigment, seawater, sandSize:
106cm x 45cm
15/12, 16/12
17/12, 18/12
19/12, 20/12
21/12, 22/12
23/12, 24/12
25/12, 26/12
27/12, 28/12
‘…she flew, and, beating the soft air on new-found wings, a sorrowing bird, she skimmed the surface of the waves.’ Â
Today the term 'Halcyon Days' refers to a period of respite amidst chaos, a moment in time when tranquility descends upon the afflicted and peace prevails.