Clay Conversations

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Description

Artist Statement
Clay conversations arose out of collaborative conversations I had with British ceramicist Joanna Still. After several meetings and exchanges, Joanna created some ceramics which evoked various forms of communication, for example a clay book, a calendar, and an abacus, but which also had an abstracted connection with the objects to which they refer. I wrote several short poems in response to Joanna's ceramics, conversations we had, and textual material she sent me (such as a newspaper cutting about Haitians eating clay plates because they could not afford food). My poetry also drew on experiences I had independently, which seemed to connect with the project, such as a visit I made to the Asian Art Museum in San Francisco.
Source of Artist Statement

Creator

Smith, Hazel
Still, Joanna
Dean, Roger

Date

2010

Rights

Copyright Hazel Smith, Joanna Still and Roger Dean. The copyright of images posted on the ADELTA Website belongs to third parties and is included on this website by permission from copyright holders. Apart from any use permitted by the Copyright Act 1968 (including fair dealing) the images may not be downloaded, adapted, remixed, printed, emailed, stored in a cache or otherwise reproduced without the written permission from the copyright holder.

Genre

Video with audio performance

Platform

QuickTime

Citation

Smith, Hazel, Still, Joanna, and Dean, Roger, “Clay Conversations,” ADELTA, accessed November 21, 2024, https://adelta.westernsydney.edu.au/items/show/215.