The physicality of touch

THE PHYSICALITY OF TOUCH

Jill Trappler, artist, teacher

Monday 18–Friday 22 January < 9.30 am–12.30 pm < COURSE FEES R3 35; Staff and students R1 75

Maximum number of participants 20

During these five sessions we will investigate the way we touch and respond to different materials (probably four or five different experiences). Through this, we will explore the following questions:

Do mark and texture guide the way light and shadow move on a surface?

Do our eyes and hands, while in action, change the rhythms of our thinking?

Physical encounters with various materials may raise new questions about how our imaginations are charged and assist in informing what we want to make and the way we look.

The course is not intended to produce completed work but rather to add skills and ideas to your existing (or non-existent) practice.

Recommended viewing

Berger, J. Ways of seeing. A series of four video lectures on YouTube.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P-4LwAuTw7k

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Jill Trappler has worked as an artist and craft person in various projects over the past forty years. These include, Thupelo, Greatmore Street (she is a founder member of both) and Bag Factory studios. Jill served on the Board of the AVA gallery and the NAC. She established the Philani weaving project and the Intle cooperative project in Site B and Philippi. The art studio initiative at Valkenberg grew out of workshops coordinated at the hospital. The Orange art project is currently Jill’s preoccupation. She has worked as an unqualified OT at Baragwaneth (1976/77) and at Groot Schuur OT department as a part time lecturer. Jill lectures at UCT summer school and teaches open, drop in session and weekend workshops. She exhibits regularly in group shows nationally and abroad. Her solo exhibitions are numerous and continue to be a priority in her practice. The combinations of project work, teaching and personal practice has a significant impact. Interactive, exchanging skills and ideas with people from various backgrounds