TAWEL/ UCHEL . QUIET/LOUD.
PERFORMANCE 1
TEMMAH I am a Multi Disciplined Visual Artist. my practise has focused on body sculpture/apparatus, mark making becoming consequential. creating a developing interplay with control between the sculpture/apparatus and myself. current practices stem to embrace my own body’s current position. Position in regards to social, political and autobiographical aspects.
Victoria Space, Llandudno
Unspoken past, the Victorian era gave rise to many advances towards helping the voices of children to be heard. However before the positive movements there were many travesties, due at this time to religious ideals. For example the exile of illegitimate children resulting in baby farming. Furthermore, many establishments, including the adoption societies used a method at the time called ‘the quietness’ a product that had opium in it would be administered to starving babies, which would silence them.
When the chemicals in your brain are altered by external forces of pressure , you have to take anti depressants to activate a balance. From a personal standpoint due to a journey of mental health issues, in the process of getting the medication right I find it impossible to cry and become detached from my emotions and through the depression itself I have lost pleasure in food.
Description
I use only woodcarving tools/ hand-body sculptures as hands so I am unable to touch directly with my hands. My access to the world has changed, I will spend my time cutting and consuming onions. Onions have an unpleasant biological response, they make your eye ducts leak, when an onion is cut this chemical is released into the air. It irritates the lachrymal glands, causing them to excrete tears, a forced emotional response. I also find the taste of onions very unpleasant. I won’t be able to prevent or wipe away the tears as I will not be able to have access to my face due to the obstruction of my hands. In the end only the marks on the chopping board, body sculpture and onion shells will remain.
Performance 2.
YMBARÉL TERMAU. UMBRELLA TERMS.
TEMMAH is a Multi Disciplined Visual Artist. Her practise has focused on body sculpture/apparatus, mark making becoming consequential. creating a developing interplay with control between the sculpture/apparatus and herself. current practices stem to embrace her own body’s current position. Position in regards to social, political and autobiographical aspects.
Stephen Hammett father to TEMMAH worked with many mediums specialising in painting, Sculptureand paper cutting. His work mainly focused On autobiographical And Philosophical elements Moving in to the Shamanic and spiritual.
Description
The main shelter of the urban environment the umbrella, has also been used as a shield in an attempt to repel rubber bullets during the protests in Hong Kong of late. The umbrella became a symbol of the protests. In this instance the umbrella becomes a note pad to share the curiosities and the worries of individuals at night. We often wear a different face at night to the day time, but as we walk alone what do we think of the fact that we originate from different backgrounds and different age groups. Temmah and Stephen Hammett, both are dyslexic, a good example of an umbrella term and an attempt to categorise different ways of thinking. Sharing their stories on a walk of U V illumination, connected by blood they will walk to meet each other in the middle.
