Encephalic Cleansing by Needle

 

#1
12 September 2024

#2
15 September 2024

#3
24 September 2024

Encephalic Cleansing is the name I give to my spontaneous works originally produced using gouache paint on watercolour paper. 

This cathartic pursuit has expanded into a form of embroidery using unbleached calico and black thread. 

#4
28 September 2024

#5
3 October 2024

#6
10 October 2024

#7
13 October 2024

At this point, I began alternating between leading with my right and left hand to reduce muscle fatigue in my hand and arm. Hours often pass unnoticed while I’m fully absorbed in sewing. Naturally right-handed, I make an effort to involve my left hand in these activities as much as possible.

#8
31 October 2024

#9
3 November 2024

#10
9 November 2024

#11
10 November 2024

#12
24 November 2024

Each piece is 38 x 38 cm

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My Wish

 

Music written, performed, produced & mixed by Gaynor Perry

Mastered by Cass Irvine

Painting & animation by Gaynor Perry

We can quickly be swallowed up by this digital labyrinth, losing touch with the subtle impulses and rhythms of our being. The noise of the outside world can overwhelm the senses, causing us to feel estranged from ourselves.

In My Wish, we follow Agatha and her shadow self as they skip through a surreal landscape, singing their song.

The song first emerged from the seed of a dream, which was followed by a painting titled A Soothsayer Lately. I researched various animation techniques, but since it can get quite complicated, I decided to settle on the simple method I had used in my previous animation, Agatha’s Secret. This involved creating frames in Photoshop and importing them into iMovie. 

I hardly know myself

What is a name but a ghostly refrain

I live in a conch shell

A giant conch shell

Suspended between the I and the me

We love, we grieve umpteen impermanent desires

Cast away this sorry scheme of things entire

We float, we trawl

enthralled by transient desires

We want, we crave

enslaved by primal powers

We come undone

hard won and instantly devoured

My wish unseen adrift

My wish, my wish adrift

Hello, hello, hello shadow

La, la, la, la

We love, we grieve

We love

My wish, my wish adrift

Hello, hello, hello shadow

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Subliminal Artefact

 

Subliminal Artefact #1
wood, jute twine, unfired clay
w36 x h32 x d8 cm

Labouring under the sun, with red kites gliding and whistling overhead, I’ve been immersed in a kind of medieval recall, compelling me to whittle wood. The shape of the wood demanded natural twine, which I am weaving, winding, and plaiting. These sticks were collected from a nearby woodland.

Instinctively assembled, these artefacts have no practical purpose. They serve as an echo, reminiscent of a time when we were deeply connected to the land, governed by the seasons and feudal lords. Back then, contraptions were crafted to accomplish everyday tasks using readily available materials.

These simple objects stand as a totem—a tactile connection to nature and our long-forgotten tasks.

Subliminal Artefact #2 - The Weary Serf
wood, jute twine, cotton, wax, unfired clay
w50 x h32 x d15 cm

Music: The Safe - GP

Subliminal Artefact #3 
wood, jute twine, wax
w27 x h42 x d14 cm

Nahven, my spider daughter

 

Nahven, my spider daughter
 h80 x w80 x d1cm, oil on board

Gravel Pit Understories

After work I found a quiet spot in an old, overgrown gravel pit. Using leaf litter, and whatever natural debris is strewn about me, I’m meditatively organising these things until a sense of harmony is reached.

24 June 2024

The sound textures accompanying the film clips were created using my voice in a similarly free and spontaneous manner, conjuring up how it felt to compile each ephemeral array. 

 

25 June 2024

Beginning this land art project emerged from a desire to further develop my encephalic cleansing practice while spending meaningful, tactile time immersed in nature.

26 June 2024

28 June 2024

29 June 2024

While piecing together the final assemblage, I repeatedly heard popping sounds in the long grass around me. At first I thought it was twigs falling from the trees, but I soon realised it was seed pods exploding. This became evident when the seed pods I had placed in the gravel pit portal burst right before my eyes, taking me by surprise.

Film, photography & sound by 

Gaynor Perry

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A Soothsayer Lately

A Soothsayer Lately
 h80 x w80 x d1cm, oil on board

This painting forms the foundation of my animation, My Wish.

Lost Empress

 

Lost Empress
h80 x w80 x d1cm, oil on board