Carolyn Black
VIDEO STILL AS ABOVE SO BELOW - 29cm x 16cm image photogravure etching hand-pulled edition of 50
SEVERN FLOODING 2030 – A5 reductive lino cut – edition 6
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VIDEO STILL WHEN YOU CALL I SHALL COME - 29cm x 16cm image photogravure etching hand-pulled edition of 50
PLANTS FROM THE FLOOD BANK – one of a series of monoprints, created to draw attention to marginal plants next to the River Severn, which will also be affected by future flooding. Humans and other-than-humans rely on the landscape and will need to adapt to the changes caused by climate change.
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2022 Studio Update
In 2020 I returned to making artist video after a long break. “When You Call, I Shall Come” was selected for Wells Contemporary at the Cathedral, after being selected for Earthphoto2020 and the RWA Open 2021. Having had a longing to deliver a public art event at the river involving a Swedish kulning song, making the film sparked off the possibility of using such a song as the soundtrack. After all, with no surfers, few bankside viewers, this was my first, and likely only ever, opportunity to film the high Severn Bore without human presence – no surfers, no watchers, no hang-gliders. Swedish singer Eva Rune and others gave me permission to use their beautiful voices, providing a haunting soundtrack to a very special moment in time.
“As Above, So Below”, with a soundtrack by composer Andrew Heath, was selected for Trinity Buoy Wharf Drawing Prize 2020. Since then, I have had films selected for Film Festivals – most recently, Cinesisters in Plymouth and the Stroud Film Festival.
You will find more films on Vimeo.
And images and films on Instagram #SevernSideArtist
Current exhibition listings are on my website - www.carolynblackart.com
In 2022 drawing and print-making are currently my priority in my work. As well as film. I use them all as a tool to understand and sense the landscape. Much of my new work relates to future flooding, as sea levels rise, we need to raise awareness and prepare. “Severn Flooding 2030” is one such work – a lino print made using the reduction method, as I carved the block, I imagined the river carving its way through the landscape. I’m exploring other ways of making work to speak about the prospective landscape - how it will look - in the not too distant future.
In 2020 I returned to making artist video after a long break. “When You Call, I Shall Come” was selected for Wells Contemporary at the Cathedral, after being selected for Earthphoto2020 and the RWA Open 2021. Having had a longing to deliver a public art event at the river involving a Swedish kulning song, making the film sparked off the possibility of using such a song as the soundtrack. After all, with no surfers, few bankside viewers, this was my first, and likely only ever, opportunity to film the high Severn Bore without human presence – no surfers, no watchers, no hang-gliders. Swedish singer Eva Rune and others gave me permission to use their beautiful voices, providing a haunting soundtrack to a very special moment in time.
“As Above, So Below”, with a soundtrack by composer Andrew Heath, was selected for Trinity Buoy Wharf Drawing Prize 2020. Since then, I have had films selected for Film Festivals – most recently, Cinesisters in Plymouth and the Stroud Film Festival.
You will find more films on Vimeo.
And images and films on Instagram #SevernSideArtist
Current exhibition listings are on my website - www.carolynblackart.com
In 2022 drawing and print-making are currently my priority in my work. As well as film. I use them all as a tool to understand and sense the landscape. Much of my new work relates to future flooding, as sea levels rise, we need to raise awareness and prepare. “Severn Flooding 2030” is one such work – a lino print made using the reduction method, as I carved the block, I imagined the river carving its way through the landscape. I’m exploring other ways of making work to speak about the prospective landscape - how it will look - in the not too distant future.
Publication
SEVERNSIDE – AN ARTIST’S VIEW OF THE RIVER SEVERN
Carolyn Black
Word count: 11,500
Edition of 100, all signed and numbered
Images: panoramic drawings by the artist
Format: half A4 panoramic, hardcover
SEVERNSIDE – AN ARTIST’S VIEW OF THE RIVER SEVERN
Carolyn Black
Word count: 11,500
Edition of 100, all signed and numbered
Images: panoramic drawings by the artist
Format: half A4 panoramic, hardcover
Contact Details
Part of the farOpen Studios Art Trail 2-10 July 2022
Carolyn is sharing Studio 56, see the Open Studios 2022 Trail Map + Brochure
tel: 07775938500
email: Carolyndevos@gmail.com
Part of the farOpen Studios Art Trail 2-10 July 2022
Carolyn is sharing Studio 56, see the Open Studios 2022 Trail Map + Brochure
tel: 07775938500
email: Carolyndevos@gmail.com
