artist object project
micheal cousins. catherine bertola.deirdre nelson+matt hulse

artists responses to ceramics from national museum of Wales
5th September - 31st October 2009

brecknock museum and art gallery
captains walk
brecon
powys, wales








coal being vibrated by sound









as he shut the kiln he said 'its in the lap of the gods'









glazing plates with the expert help of Matt Thompson



plate by Jule Jenckel


plate designed for arguing couples who want to throw pieces of crockery at each other. already broken so it means you dont have to use your best dinnerware ..


ceramics and superwoofers


I am very lucky to be collaborating with two very talented Matts on the artist object project



In addition to creating 9 plates ....

we will be creating a work with the ......
'intention to animate fragments of ceramic and coal dust through the invisible force of sound... discreet hidden speakers will be fixed beneath fragments.... these will transmit a variety of barely audible tones and sound waves, causing them to jiggle, dance and shift ' words of matt hulse

....so i am stepping from textiles to a whole new world of ceramics and superwoofers which is very exciting but equally daunting in the lead up to the exhibition.

i have been thinking alot about collaboration and found this relating to architecture...

'collaboration is the making of a relationship not an object.. although it sounds obvious to say it, collaboration is about difference, otherwise why bother?. ..acknowledging difference opens up a space to recognise what you didnt know, what you do know and what you didnt know you knew: this is the substance of collaboration far more so than the material outcome that may or may not result'

Build the relationship first, then identify the differences, then create the space