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Twenty-nine weeks

7/3/2013

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Nobody in Britain had tried this mode of structure on such a scale before. It enabled a light, see-through effect in which the distinction between the inside and the outside is blurred. britishlistedbuildings.co.uk
I've been invited to take part in a group show in my studio building this April and I'm hoping to produce some new works in time – 2-colour screen- or Riso- prints that will form part of my ongoing 1964 Series and possibly a new video piece as well. I returned to the zoo this week on a day of beautiful sunshine and shot two reels of Super 8 film in the aviary. It was tough going, a heavy camera and tripod to carry as well as my 29 week bump, but it was exciting. I hope I've managed to capture something of the changing light on the aluminium, the fluidity of the birds' movements against the rigid geometry of the frame... The reels are currently on their way to Berlin to be processed.
I've also been working on some more collage tests:
Untitled (three), collage on paper, 2013
Untitled (three), collage on paper, 2013
Untitled (mirrored), collage on paper, 2013
Untitled (mirrored), collage on paper, 2013
Bibliography / Filmography (March)

Owen Hatherley, Keith Coventry: Twentieth Century Estates, 2013
Lynsey Hanley, Estates: An Intimate History, 2012
Andrew Hunt (ed.), Anna Parkina, 2012
David Hall, Vertical, 1969
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    Michaela Nettell is an artist and filmmaker based in London.

    I work across moving image, photography and installation, creating works that explore the potential of projection and collage techniques to affect relations of space, optics and memory.
    Recent and current works explore relationships between man-made and natural forms, particularly in the urban environment. My ongoing 1964 Series documents incidences of non-orthogonal structures in post-war city architectures, making reference to Frank Lloyd Wright's 'organic architecture' and the hexagonal plan. Colours and patterns of beehives and the honeycomb recur in my work and I often limit my palette to black, white, yellow and blue – Austrian ethologist Karl von Frisch's Colours inside an apiary.
    www.michaela-nettell.com

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