Visualising the land: Ways of seeing surface and depth
- Authors: Peters, Laraine
- Date: 2015
- Type: Text , Thesis , Masters
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- Description: Cyanobacteria and their stromatolites act as interesting foci, providing an effective lens through which to visualise land surface and spatial, temporal and sacred depth in landscape. Stromatolites date back some 3.5 billion years and form a thread through history, from deep time to the present. Believed to be the progenitors of all life forms on earth, the close connection of cyanobacteria to soil, water, air and sunlight mirrors similar relationships which exist between other descendant life forms and the land. The intimacy of these aerobes with the natural world can be conceived of as being a metaphor depicting a deep desire in the psyche of modern, technologically inclined humans to revisit a similar intimacy with the land. Some would recognise this as a Jungian, archetypal need to be connected with the earth. Cyanobacteria are a rich source of visual material. Deterministic fractal patterns are inherent in their diurnal microbial rhythm and stromatolite layer formation. The stromatolites provide interesting sculpted forms and mellifluous lines and patterns, to be visually explored in drawings. The interfaces between the macroscopic and the microscopic elements involved in this unique relationship with the land are fraught with artistic tension and visual drama, sufficient to inveigle any artist. Cyanobacteria, their aerobic cousin, A xylinum, and the stromatolites themselves act as microcosms which reflect the balance to be found throughout nature.
- Description: Master of Arts (Visual Arts)
- Authors: Peters, Laraine
- Date: 2015
- Type: Text , Thesis , Masters
- Full Text:
- Description: Cyanobacteria and their stromatolites act as interesting foci, providing an effective lens through which to visualise land surface and spatial, temporal and sacred depth in landscape. Stromatolites date back some 3.5 billion years and form a thread through history, from deep time to the present. Believed to be the progenitors of all life forms on earth, the close connection of cyanobacteria to soil, water, air and sunlight mirrors similar relationships which exist between other descendant life forms and the land. The intimacy of these aerobes with the natural world can be conceived of as being a metaphor depicting a deep desire in the psyche of modern, technologically inclined humans to revisit a similar intimacy with the land. Some would recognise this as a Jungian, archetypal need to be connected with the earth. Cyanobacteria are a rich source of visual material. Deterministic fractal patterns are inherent in their diurnal microbial rhythm and stromatolite layer formation. The stromatolites provide interesting sculpted forms and mellifluous lines and patterns, to be visually explored in drawings. The interfaces between the macroscopic and the microscopic elements involved in this unique relationship with the land are fraught with artistic tension and visual drama, sufficient to inveigle any artist. Cyanobacteria, their aerobic cousin, A xylinum, and the stromatolites themselves act as microcosms which reflect the balance to be found throughout nature.
- Description: Master of Arts (Visual Arts)
Through a Glass Darkly
- Authors: Peters, Laraine
- Date: 2015
- Type: Text , Visual art work
- Full Text: false
- Description: Wed 15 – Sat 25 July Post Office Gallery Laraine Peters' recent drawn studies express her interest in the analysis of stromatolites that date back some 3.5 billion years and cyanobacteria, believed to be the progenitors of all life forms on earth. Peters is also interested in the close connection of cyanobacteria to soil, water, air and sunlight and the way in which these forms of bacteria mirror similar relationships between other descendant life forms and the land. She is also concerned with the connections and perceived metaphors that exist between these basic elements through a Jungian, archetypal perspective and need that she considers resides in all of us - to be more intimately connected with the earth. For Peters, the stromatolite sculpted forms, with mellifluous lines and patterns, together with the macroscopic and the microscopic elements, provide a rich source of visual material with an artistic tension that inveigles her to pursue and understand her subject. Laraine Peter's exhibition and recent work constitute the visual outcomes emerging from a practice-led research project for the award of Master of Arts at the Arts Academy, Faculty of Education and Arts, Federation University Australia. Image: Laraine Peters Stromatolite Pattern 2, 2014 graphite & watercolour pencil on Arches aquarelle Courtesy the artist Photo: Ian Hill
- Description: Wed 15 – Sat 25 July Laraine Peters' recent drawn studies express her interest in the analysis of stromatolites that date back some 3.5 billion years and cyanobacteria, believed to be the progenitors of all life forms on earth. Peters is also interested in the close connection of cyanobacteria to soil, water, air and sunlight and the way in which these forms of bacteria mirror similar relationships between other descendant life forms and the land. She is also concerned with the connections and perceived metaphors that exist between these basic elements through a Jungian, archetypal perspective and need that she considers resides in all of us - to be more intimately connected with the earth. For Peters, the stromatolite sculpted forms, with mellifluous lines and patterns, together with the macroscopic and the microscopic elements, provide a rich source of visual material with an artistic tension that inveigles her to pursue and understand her subject. Laraine Peter's exhibition and recent work constitute the visual outcomes emerging from a practice-led research project for the award of Master of Arts at the Arts Academy, Faculty of Education and Arts, Federation University Australia. Image: Laraine Peters Stromatolite Pattern 2, 2014 graphite & watercolour pencil on Arches aquarelle Courtesy the artist Photo: Ian Hill
- Authors: Peters, Laraine
- Date: 2015
- Type: Text , Visual art work
- Full Text: false
- Description: Wed 15 – Sat 25 July Post Office Gallery Laraine Peters' recent drawn studies express her interest in the analysis of stromatolites that date back some 3.5 billion years and cyanobacteria, believed to be the progenitors of all life forms on earth. Peters is also interested in the close connection of cyanobacteria to soil, water, air and sunlight and the way in which these forms of bacteria mirror similar relationships between other descendant life forms and the land. She is also concerned with the connections and perceived metaphors that exist between these basic elements through a Jungian, archetypal perspective and need that she considers resides in all of us - to be more intimately connected with the earth. For Peters, the stromatolite sculpted forms, with mellifluous lines and patterns, together with the macroscopic and the microscopic elements, provide a rich source of visual material with an artistic tension that inveigles her to pursue and understand her subject. Laraine Peter's exhibition and recent work constitute the visual outcomes emerging from a practice-led research project for the award of Master of Arts at the Arts Academy, Faculty of Education and Arts, Federation University Australia. Image: Laraine Peters Stromatolite Pattern 2, 2014 graphite & watercolour pencil on Arches aquarelle Courtesy the artist Photo: Ian Hill
- Description: Wed 15 – Sat 25 July Laraine Peters' recent drawn studies express her interest in the analysis of stromatolites that date back some 3.5 billion years and cyanobacteria, believed to be the progenitors of all life forms on earth. Peters is also interested in the close connection of cyanobacteria to soil, water, air and sunlight and the way in which these forms of bacteria mirror similar relationships between other descendant life forms and the land. She is also concerned with the connections and perceived metaphors that exist between these basic elements through a Jungian, archetypal perspective and need that she considers resides in all of us - to be more intimately connected with the earth. For Peters, the stromatolite sculpted forms, with mellifluous lines and patterns, together with the macroscopic and the microscopic elements, provide a rich source of visual material with an artistic tension that inveigles her to pursue and understand her subject. Laraine Peter's exhibition and recent work constitute the visual outcomes emerging from a practice-led research project for the award of Master of Arts at the Arts Academy, Faculty of Education and Arts, Federation University Australia. Image: Laraine Peters Stromatolite Pattern 2, 2014 graphite & watercolour pencil on Arches aquarelle Courtesy the artist Photo: Ian Hill
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