Katrina Palmer - Black Slit
Katrina Palmer - Black Slit
| Author | Katrina Palmer |
|---|---|
| Publisher | Book Works |
| ISBN | 9781912570294 |
| Idea Code | 23043 |
'Black Slit' documents a process whereby Katrina Palmer learned to throw a knife, using vibrantly painted clay objects as her targets. The setting is a studio/office/classroom/bedsit at night – a multi-purpose space which must be prepared for the action. We see a sofa-bed being made in low light, a knife laid on a table before it flies through the air, and then the focus shifts to the targets themselves. The clay was still wet and unstable when struck by the blade, resulting in unpredictable radical disruptions to the colour and shape of these hand-crafted forms. Alongside filming and editing footage of the knife throwing, Palmer practised drawing lines, to make a series of works on paper which are also reproduced in this book.
| 96 p, ills colour & bw, 12 x 18 cm, pb, English |
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