Arteles Catalogue 2023-2020
Arteles Creative Center's residency artists and their projects 2023-2020
Arteles Creative Center's residency artists and their projects 2023-2020
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Silence Awareness Existence program / MARCH <strong>2020</strong><br />
Joshua Legallienne<br />
UK<br />
About<br />
I am an artist exploring the sonic qualities of everyday<br />
materials. For many years I have been working on Action<br />
Without Action, a collection of sculptural works and<br />
performances that produce acoustic sound without the<br />
use of loudspeakers, electronics, or conventional sources<br />
of energy. My works are constructed from materials not<br />
usually associated with sonic creation, instead relying on<br />
the interaction of natural phenomena and kinetic actions to<br />
produce sound. I believe committing to the act of listening<br />
and giving one’s full attention is a political act, awareness<br />
gives us agency. In line with this, my work exists only when it<br />
is experienced live – it is predominantly undocumented and I<br />
have no website or accessible online presence.<br />
Action Without Action<br />
During my time in Hämeenkyrö I worked on a collection of<br />
text-based sound works. I conducted experiments in the<br />
environment and the studio, producing a number of new<br />
texts. The residency offered the space – both physically<br />
and mentally – to consider and critically examine my artistic<br />
processes on a fundamental level. I spent a lot of time outside<br />
in the snowy landscape, listening and observing changes<br />
in the natural environment. I experienced visceral groans<br />
from the frozen lake, cedar trees squeaking in the wind,<br />
finches singing outside my window, and many variations of<br />
snow under foot. I miss the daily group meditations, shared<br />
silences, conversations in 110º heat, stargazing in the snow,<br />
but most of all, my fellow residents whom I found much<br />
inspiration in. It was very sad to leave the residency earlier<br />
than expected due to the development of the pandemic but<br />
I will look back fondly on this time as one that was peaceful<br />
and productive.