This project is too expensive for me to make without a grant and physically too large without paying for storage.
However, the theme is relevant as it addresses issues around global warming and climate change as well as our addiction to consumerism an
Karen Hibbard –Union Gallery - ‘Trolling’ (a print media installation)
‘Trolling’ exemplifies our precarious relationship to nature and to ‘lifestyle’. The goal is to explore these patterns of consumption. The project is specific in its references however it still touches upon issues of general concern, which is an addiction to consumption and a failure to adapt to change. For me these patterns are to be studied and understood if change is possible.
Troll (troul) 1. v.t.To sing (a song) in a loud, jolly carefree way// to fish in (a lake, etc.), or to fish for , by drawing a line with a spoon attaché behind a boat// v.i. to fish in this way// to sing away loudly and merrily 2.n. the act of trolling // the spoon or spoon and line used in trolling // (Br.) the reel of a fishing rod ( etym. doubtful).
Troll n. (Scand. Mythol.) one of the supernatural beings, formerly thought of as giants, but later as dwarfs, inhabiting caves, hills, etc. (ON) The New Lexicon Webster’s Dictionary of the English Language, Encyclopaedic Edition, 1988, Lexicon Publications, Inc. New York
‘Trolling’ refers to northern culture of ice fishing, which is currently starting to Suffer from unseasonable climate change. It also touches upon trolls, which refers to Scandinavian culture but even more broadly to northern cultures.
While as an artist in residency (Iceland), I discovered the yuletide lads of Icelandic culture. They are tricksters and children are warned to watch out for them especially at Christmas. In my installation these trolls are re-enacting addictive or anti-social behaviours.
Preliminary sketches, ‘trolling’, Karen Hibbard 2010 My work comments upon and reinterprets society’s views. I have an interest in issues of aging, addiction, gender roles and community. Often imagery contains a sense of the absurd. Looking for discrepancies within the work is a key to understanding its meaning.
‘Trolling’ will engage the viewer through humour and not to recoil from the ugly truth.
NOTES: * I plan to be in attendance.
- I am proposing work that I’m presently working on. This will be the premiere of ‘Trolling’.
*This show will be a print media installation and include sculpture, digital posters and a video.
This project is too expensive for me to make without a grant and physically too large without paying for storage.
However, the theme is relevant as it addresses issues around global warming and climate change as well as our addiction to consumerism an
Karen Hibbard –Union Gallery - ‘Trolling’ (a print media installation)
‘Trolling’ exemplifies our precarious relationship to nature and to ‘lifestyle’. The goal is to explore these patterns of consumption. The project is specific in its references however it still touches upon issues of general concern, which is an addiction to consumption and a failure to adapt to change. For me these patterns are to be studied and understood if change is possible.
Troll (troul) 1. v.t.To sing (a song) in a loud, jolly carefree way// to fish in (a lake, etc.), or to fish for , by drawing a line with a spoon attaché behind a boat// v.i. to fish in this way// to sing away loudly and merrily 2.n. the act of trolling // the spoon or spoon and line used in trolling // (Br.) the reel of a fishing rod ( etym. doubtful).
Troll n. (Scand. Mythol.) one of the supernatural beings, formerly thought of as giants, but later as dwarfs, inhabiting caves, hills, etc. (ON) The New Lexicon Webster’s Dictionary of the English Language, Encyclopaedic Edition, 1988, Lexicon Publications, Inc. New York
‘Trolling’ refers to northern culture of ice fishing, which is currently starting to Suffer from unseasonable climate change. It also touches upon trolls, which refers to Scandinavian culture but even more broadly to northern cultures.
While as an artist in residency (Iceland), I discovered the yuletide lads of Icelandic culture. They are tricksters and children are warned to watch out for them especially at Christmas. In my installation these trolls are re-enacting addictive or anti-social behaviours.
Preliminary sketches, ‘trolling’, Karen Hibbard 2010 My work comments upon and reinterprets society’s views. I have an interest in issues of aging, addiction, gender roles and community. Often imagery contains a sense of the absurd. Looking for discrepancies within the work is a key to understanding its meaning.
‘Trolling’ will engage the viewer through humour and not to recoil from the ugly truth.
NOTES: * I plan to be in attendance.
- I am proposing work that I’m presently working on. This will be the premiere of ‘Trolling’.
*This show will be a print media installation and include sculpture, digital posters and a video.