GMU:Speculative Atmospheres II/Betül: Difference between revisions

+walking +routine +pigment +collecting +archive +human-nature relationships +connection to nature  

Everyone's interaction with nature is unique and individual. The idea of drawing a picture of morning walks arose with the idea of visualising the relationship between nature and human-being moreover creating meaningful data. For this reason, even though we are in the same nature or specifically same place, the feelings we have towards nature are intense and the ones we bring home with us from nature are different.  

It is a picture of a humble memory that I will always look at this archival painting and remember my walks and the pieces I collected when I moved from Weimar.

Collecting pieces from nature is a common activity among people of all ages.  In my collecting experience for the project, I realized that nature and natural pigments were the essences of art and aesthetics.  

As each sample from Ilm Park enters the collection, it is labeled with a corresponding number (according to the order of discovery). In a notebook, I recorded where the leaves and other pieces are coming from.  

I have been going for a walk to Ilm Park in the mornings since I moved to Weimar (April 2021).

During these walks, I realised that I had collected dry branches, leaves and lichen pieces, dry moss etc. that had fallen to the ground from different parts of the Park and brought them home with me. As my collection grows more and more I realised that the way they got together created a completely aesthetic image. I noticed that the combination of these parts creates quite aesthetically and holistically meaningful gatherings. I wanted to create a Digital Color Archive of my walks in the Ilm park with custom shades that belong to leaves and other objects.