#ART OF THE TRICKSTER SERIES#

The descending objects are then edited into a triptych of three separate rhythmic pieces, played out alongside one another. Circular props of various sizes, which act as frames for negative space, are dropped in front of a 16mm camera camera lens in a particular order so that it fleetingly captures what they eye cannot see. These phenomena are considered by way of an investigation into the limits of analogue photographic media, utilizing structural filmmaking techniques such as fixed framing, accelerated shutter speed, close up shots, slow motion, and the polyrhythmic use of three conflicting rhythms. The piece addresses the absurd, futile and melancholic human need to make sense, order and pattern out of a vast, often chaotic, universe. Astrological phenomena serve as points of reference celestial orbits and cycles, lunar/solar eclipses, and the periodic alignment of planets in the sky. The Hole In The Donut is a moving image piece that explores the representation and destabilization of linear conceptions of time. The work of Chloe Brenan tends to hinge on minimalist interactions with objects and surfaces, often stepping between the languages of text, moving image, print, installation and analogue photographic media. Her artworks challenge states of reality and physiological phenomena, with particular focus on cultural modes of fragmentation, agency and structures of power. Through the Juxtaposition of object, body and the female voice the artworks depict a playful yet sinister dialogue of the immaterial subject matter embodied within the work. These artworks explore Brunt’s interest in perception, phenomenology and consider the fabrication of participatory experience through sound.

#ART OF THE TRICKSTER SERIES#

The work of both artists explore ideas of rearranging perceptual modes to break down and ultimately reassemble conceptions of self and objective reality respectively.ĭublin based artist Alexandra Brunt presents a series of three recent Sound works. The trickster is a mythological entity or archetype, indicative of absurd or destabilising re-evaluations of perception and its limitations. For Buffalohead, “ represents what it means to actually be a human being and to have all these feelings and emotions and contradiction within yourself.Catalyst Arts is delighted to announce details of it’s recent members open call ‘Trickster’ featuring Dublin based artists Chloe Brenan and Alexandra Brunt. Using white ink on a dark blue ground, Buffalohead depicts her tricksters as ethereal beings set in an indeterminate space, each figure rendered with a naturalistic exactness that reveals her deep understanding of animal anatomy.

In The Trickster Showdown, Julie Buffalohead portrays a lighthearted face-off between two tricksters of perhaps equal powers: a skirted rabbit holding a star-tipped wand and a coyote wearing a pastel-colored tutu. As shape-shifters (beings who morph from human to animal or other forms), they may be both wise and foolish, cultural heroes and mischievous pranksters, mythical creators and reckless destroyers. Tricksters are the tales’ protagonists, possessing supernatural powers but representing paradox-their chief characteristic is ambiguity. In Native American storytelling, tricksters are often portrayed as anthropomorphized rabbits, coyotes, or crows.

Art of the trickster