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) …
April 14, 2010
Féicia Atkinson : Installation Notation
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

PAPER MOBIUS STRIP

MOSS BALL

BROKEN HAND OF SETH CHILDS

MOLLUSCS OF THE PACIFIC

BARRIER FROM LAND TO SEA

ECHINODERMS EMBRACING

MEAL WORMS

LICHEN ASSEMBLAGE

HAMMER LICHEN CIRCLE MOSS RELATIONS

FLOWERED LAWN IN PORTLAND

MOSSES IN JAPANESE GARDEN

HAYBALE VORTEX

TWINE ECLIPSE



