{"id":12037,"date":"2021-03-14T01:44:54","date_gmt":"2021-03-14T01:44:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/daynacollinsblog.com\/curele\/?p=12037"},"modified":"2021-03-14T01:44:54","modified_gmt":"2021-03-14T01:44:54","slug":"the-collaborative-body","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/daynacollinsblog.com\/curele\/?p=12037","title":{"rendered":"The Collaborative Body"},"content":{"rendered":"

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I was invited to participate in The Collaborative Body<\/em>\u00a0in October of 2020, a really cool, socially distanced group project at the Salem Art Association Art Annex<\/span><\/a>. Kathy Dinges, the Community Arts Education Director at Salem Art Association, describes the project:<\/p>\n

The Collaborative Body\u00a0is a dynamic group project in which 17 artists collaborated to transform the Salem Art Association\u2019s Annex!\u00a0The\u00a0project is loosely based on various ideas in the surrealist game Exquisite Corpse, in which players would take turns drawing a portion of a body (head, torso, legs) on paper. The previous artist\u2019s contribution was folded over and hidden until the end, when the paper was unfolded to reveal the \u201cexquisite corpse\u201d – the unusual, unplanned, and eclectic interpretation of the body. The ever-changing nature of this project is unlike the corpse\u00ad\u00ad– more like a series of interactions. It creates an interwoven, living piece of art, infused with the creative minds and practices of a variety of artists.\u00a0Participating artists are Eilish Gormley, Rich McCloud, Corrine Loomis Dietz, Bonnie Hull, Erik Brambila, Grace Lundblade, Heidi Preuss Grew, Jessica Amos, Jo Hockenhull, Jim Hockenhull, Jodie Garrison, Katy Vigeland, Leo Cuanas, Cassandra Deatherage, Dayna Collins, Nicole Servin, and Tim Knight.<\/em><\/p>\n

This project came together during covid19 in response to artists wanting to interact with other artists in a safe way, and encouraged playfulness, experimentation and collaboration.<\/em><\/p>\n

Over the past six months, I made five appearances. I focused on doing photo transfers directly on the wall, which I embellished on subsequent visits (and other artists also added their own changes to the portraits). It was great fun and I recorded my experience through a series of photos.<\/p>\n

On my first visit in early November, work on the walls had already started.<\/p>\n

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My plan for this first visit was to glue black and white portraits of Australian convicts onto the walls.<\/p>\n

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On my second visit in mid November, I went around to the portraits and using a wet sponge, began the process of removing the paper backing from the photocopies, leaving the inked image on the wall.<\/p>\n

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By the time I returned in early December, several of the portraits had been modified, embellished, and given new identities.<\/p>\n

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In January, I did some embellishing myself, adding bits of gold, crowns, and quotes.<\/p>\n

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I also pulled out paint and created some stripes of color on a blank portion of wall.<\/p>\n

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On my final visit the first of February, lots had happened.<\/p>\n

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And in no particular order, some photos from the many walls over the past few months.<\/p>\n

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What a great project, and it was a treat to be included.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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