Arteles Catalogue 2023-2020

New Course program / APRL 2022
Julia Higgs
Australia
juliashiggs.wixsite.com/artbyjuliahiggs
About
I like drawing, performance art, performative drawing and
creating body extensions that explore how my body relates
and connects to spaces around me. My performative
drawing practice responds to specific environments and
uses the body and movement to generate a drawing that is
focused on process. It uses action to create a final result
through a temporal live event. I aim to keep exploring new
dynamics through drawing, while also using both traditional
and contemporary drawing methodologies. My work has
elements of play and more reflective responsive elements
that draw on different techniques and ways of expressing the
self, governed through an inter-disciplinary practice.
Drawing & performance
I worked with the body and the environment to generate a
series of experimental drawing pieces. I made a support
structure that was placed on the grass between the house
and the forest. A piece of charcoal from the fire was hung
with string from its centre point and a bench placed beneath.
Artists at the residency were invited to place paper on their
body and lay on the bench beneath the structure. As they
lay there, the charcoal moved in the wind and generated a
drawing on the paper laying on the body.