‘After Enlightenment’ Acrylic on Canvas Rob Burton 2012

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Before one studies Zen, mountains are mountains and waters are waters;

after a first glimpse into the truth of Zen, mountains are no longer mountains

and waters are no longer waters; after enlightenment,

mountains are once again mountains and waters once again waters.

Zen saying

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Rob Burton is the Creative director of Embodied.Creative and works at the forefront of creativity in the fields of creative arts and textiles. If you would like to find out more or commission an exhibition or artwork from Rob Burton contact embodied.creative@gmail.com or leave a comment with us here at the Embodied.creative collective blog.

Artworks and Photography © Rob Burton

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Model/ Producer: Sarina Del Fuego

Analogue Photography/ Inspiration: Yassen Rousev

Concept/ Direction: Rob Burton

All Artworks and Photography © Embodied.creative, Sarina Del Fuego, Yassen Rousev

Art Installation by Rob Burton

All Artworks and Photography © Embodied.creative

Model/ Producer: Sarina Del Fuego

Analogue Photography/ Inspiration: Yassen Rousev

Concept/ Direction: Rob Burton

All Artworks and Photography © Embodied.creative, Sarina Del Fuego, Yassen Rousev

Undine 2012 Acrylic on Canvas 75cm x 50 cm by Rob Burton

Rob Burton is the Creative director of Embodied.Creative and works at the forefront of creativity in the fields of creative arts and textiles. If you would like to find out more or commission an exhibition or artwork from Rob Burton contact embodied.creative@gmail.com or leave a comment with us here at the Embodied.creative collective blog.

Artworks and Photography © Rob Burton

Symbolist Drawing #1 2012 Mixed media drawing on paper 85cm x 55cm by Rob Burton

Rob Burton is the Creative director of Embodied.Creative and works at the forefront of creativity in the fields of creative arts and textiles. If you would like to find out more or commission an exhibition or artwork from Rob Burton contact embodied.creative@gmail.com or leave a comment with us here at the Embodied.creative collective blog.

Artworks and Photography © Rob Burton

Semazen 2012 Mixed Media on Paper 85cm x 55cm by Rob Burton

Rob Burton is the Creative director of Embodied.Creative and works at the forefront of creativity in the fields of creative arts and textiles. If you would like to find out more or commission an exhibition or artwork from Rob Burton contact embodied.creative@gmail.com or leave a comment with us here at the Embodied.creative collective blog.

Artworks and Photography © Rob Burton

“The crossing of the threshold is the point of no return as the hero sets out on the journey. Crossing of thresholds is a highly symbolic act, such as in the rites of passage of transition to adulthood or the carrying of a bride by a husband over the threshold of their first house. It indicates commitment and change, leaving behind the old and accepting the new. This is a defining moment in the life of the hero, often the first active decision of responsibility and independence. This is stepping into a bold new world and is often a very scary act, going from the safety of home into an unpredictable and dangerous world, where the rules are different and the cost of failure is high.”

Campbell, J. (1949). The Hero With a Thousand Faces, New York: Bollingen

Creative Director Rob Burton

Producer Kate Burton

Warm, ideas and imagination on a cold day Yiannis Katsaris

Performer/Model Sarina Del Fuego

Artistic Inspiration Michelle Tripp

Sounds/ Music Russ Hart/ Creation Eats Itself

Artistic Inspiration David Allinson

Artwork © Embodied.creative/ Yiannis Katsaris/ Sarina Del Fuego/ Russ Hart

]]> https://embodiedcreative.wordpress.com/2012/07/20/the-rules-of-earthly-wisdom-11-the-first-threshold-video/feed/ 0 580 Sequence 01.Still028 embodiedcreative https://embodiedcreative.wordpress.com/2012/07/17/scythia-9-international-biennial-exhibition-on-contemporary-textile-art-kherson-ukraine-19th-23rd-june-2012/ https://embodiedcreative.wordpress.com/2012/07/17/scythia-9-international-biennial-exhibition-on-contemporary-textile-art-kherson-ukraine-19th-23rd-june-2012/#respond Tue, 17 Jul 2012 15:56:47 +0000 http://embodiedcreative.wordpress.com/?p=551 Continue reading →]]> Centred around what is now the Crimea and the southern region of the Ukraine Scythia was a rich empire that encompassed Eastern Europe and parts of central Asia with an influence as far as the classical antiquity of Western Europe on one side and Persia and central India on the other. The Scythian civilisation was built on a deep sense of craft and their arts can be found in the skilfully made gold artefacts discovered in the ancient burial mounds of Scythian lands many of which remain unexcavated. This sense of craft in making and cultural provenance is clearly still evident and could be witnessed at the Scythia 9 International Biennial Exhibition on Contemporary Textile Art and Symposium held in Kherson, Ukraine from 19^th – 23^rd June 2012.

The exhibition brought together artists from over 17 countries to reveal an exciting breadth and depth of techniques, craft and creative interpretations of textile themes and contemporary narratives being interpreted by artists across the globe. Many of the works explored themes of memories, reflective practice and the sensibilities of fibre within the modern context of making. The works uniquely contrasted themes and symbols that were eastern European in flavour with reflective methodologies and the revisionist character of international practitioners. ‘ The Ties That Bind ( Panel 1)’ by Sonja Andrew mixed new and traditional techniques with digital printing, heat transfer and stitch in a work that responded in mark, symbol and photographic imagery to deep memories, times past connecting us to a collective consciousness of ancestors and our heritage as lineage. Swiss artist Antonia Maria Erni in her manipulation of found objects echoed this theme in a very different way; old lace, gloves and horsehair. The relationship to the past and our ancestors is found in  in the media work ‘A Heart Divided’ by Fiona Kirkwood that follows the journey of her ancestors from the heart of Scotland to South Africa mixing the elements of two cultures together. Many of the selected works integrated process and materiality in sculptural forms such as the evocative works of Japanese artist Nobuko Koizumi and the large scale textured work ‘Skin = No.1’ by Danish artist  Line Kramhoft that reminds us of our own humanity and our relationship with mortality and the body.

Kherson, a small welcoming city on the Dnieper in southern Ukraine becomes a focal point for creative engagement during the week of the biennial with the private view revealing a groundswell of support from practitioners, artists and the cultural community locally, nationally and internationally. Networking opportunities and the potential to discuss shared interests in craft and making were plentiful with artists ranging from lace makers to creative fashion practitioners.

The symposium that ran alongside the exhibition brought together discourse on the contemporary techniques, trends and practices in textile arts with a focus on their relevance and influence within the Ukraine engaging a discussion around the global and the local with contrasts around the traditional and the progressive. Many of the presentations centred on creative approaches to making that utilise traditional practices. The strength of many of the projects presented was in the reflective and analytical nature of practice that questions a sense of self and other through the essential nature of making. This was also reflected in the afternoon ‘Masterclass’ sessions where contemporary approaches to techniques were explored. Selcuk Gurisik, international designer, artist and specialist in material culture inspired with his knowledge and enthusiasm for the traditions and nature of felt making through a ‘Masterclass’ that invited participants to connect with the essential nature of materiality and to play with transformation and translation in the craft of making.

Scythia 9 symposium presentations covered the broad areas of practice from conceptual making to design. This was emphasised in the fashion show on the Saturday evening in which both craft and youthful creativity showed promise for the future of textiles and fashion in the Ukraine alongside a high level of professional design makers from the Ukraine and Turkey.

The Scythia 9 international textile exhibition and symposium was augmented by the textile art show ‘Luminous’; an exchange exhibition between Japanese and Ukrainian artists each exploring the expressive qualities of making and medium in a discourse that unfolded in a creative dialogue between the easts of Eastern Europe and East Asia, ‘the Land of the Rising Sun’. Here Kakuko Ishii’s sensual and delicate paper string sculpture’s became organic growing beings contrasting with Andrew Schneider’s narrative philosophical storytelling of man within the universe that speak of the human body as the most beautiful elements of our material life.

Fashion Designer Juliana Viuga at the ‘Luminous’ Japanese- Ukraine exhibition.

Text and Images © Rob Burton and Kate Burton

‘On the Day They Found Gaia’s Sister’ Mixed media on paper – Rob Burton

‘Riding The 1/4 Line’ Mixed media on paper – Rob Burton

‘Shaman’s Drum and Dancing Moon’ Mixed media on paper – Rob Burton

Artworks © Rob Burton