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Kate Downie RSA

Cave Painting in Carsaig II
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02:47 mins

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Four artists express their ‘air drawing’ response to encountering a huge basalt cliff on the southern edge of Mull according to their cultural backgrounds and personal style of mark making....
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Four artists express their ‘air drawing’ response to encountering a huge basalt cliff on the southern edge of Mull according to their cultural backgrounds and personal style of mark making. Each artist draws without paper their physical response with the subject in front of them, recorded in simple video footage.

“We communicate with it in different languages: we are not trying to control it, we are trying to talk to it, using each persons language that comes out of their heart. The sky is a huge canvas and each of us is galloping freely.”

Xu Yun, Beijing 2020
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