ERICA VAN ZON | Tylee Cottage Residency, Whanganui
Congratulations ot ERICA VAN ZON who has been confirmed as one of the 2016 Artists in Residence at The Tylee Cottage in Whanganui from January - March.
"Over the past year I have conducted a number of trips to Whanganui. I am drawn to the small observable moments; styles in modernist concrete bricks, fltered light on a Sunday afternoon, the unique Kowhai Park play area, lichen covering the pavements, windblown beaches, Victorian architecture and the murkiness of the Whanganui river. These details combine to create a certain local favour, ambiance and palette that I would like to tap into, and offer a strong place to begin working from.
This project will be Whanganui-centric, pulling inspiration from my interactions with the city. I aim to draw from the Whanganui locality and then fall into a rabbit hole with it. The project will show the workings of my brain; the connections I make when I'm looking. I plan to start with an object or image, then see where associations and connections take me, ultimately creating a new interpretation of it. Rather than literally making objects 1:1 as I have done in the past, I intend to use this residency to progress my practice by making narrative loops and representing objects’ back stories, working more with abstraction, and dealing formally with scale."
To enquire about works by ERICA VAN ZON: info@melanierogergallery.com
