NOTACHOREGRAM

April 14, 2010

Féicia Atkinson : Installation Notation

The work of Felicia Atkinson is inspired by two ways of thinking: the Japanese wabi-sabi philosophy of the unfinished, and the lo-fi folk in music. Imperfections, raw materials, rock culture are the materials of her body of work which includes performance, writing, music, drawing, photograph….
The main theme that follows her is the perspective of the poetry of small things in which are hided the deep questions of existance: the missing, the death, the desire, the unspeakable. How to play with important thoughts through game, rhymes and songs. She plays in a sound project called Roman Anglais with Sylvain Chauveau and have released an album “Roman Anglais” on O Rosa Records in 2008. Felicia is also involved in two other bands, Stretchandrelax with her best friend Elise (doing a sexy reductionism with catch helmets and bird noises) and Louisville, a rock band inspired by trees and strange places. She had played and showed her work in many places such as La Foundation Cartier Pour l’art Contemporain (Paris), The Empty Bottle (Chicago), The Knitting Factory (New York) …

Visit her website

September 8, 2009

ARE THESE CAN THESE BE NOTATION BEING

Do these images offer possible notational structures?

Could you compose a piece of music with these images? A dance?

Might these images be utilized in the creation of a sound? A movement? A building?

YES

YES

YES

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PAPER MOBIUS STRIP

MOSS BALL

MOSS BALL

BROKEN HAND OF SETH CHILDS

BROKEN HAND OF SETH CHILDS

MOLLUSCS OF THE PACIFIC

MOLLUSCS OF THE PACIFIC

BARRIER FROM LAND TO SEA

BARRIER FROM LAND TO SEA

ECHINODERMS EMBRACING

ECHINODERMS EMBRACING

MEAL WORMS

MEAL WORMS

LICHEN ASSEMBLAGE

LICHEN ASSEMBLAGE

HAMMER LICHEN CIRCLE MOSS RELATIONS

HAMMER LICHEN CIRCLE MOSS RELATIONS

FLOWERED LAWN IN PORTLAND

FLOWERED LAWN IN PORTLAND

MOSSES IN JAPANESE GARDEN

MOSSES IN JAPANESE GARDEN

HAYBALE VORTEX

HAYBALE VORTEX

TWINE ECLIPSE

TWINE ECLIPSE

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