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Carmela Hodgson

BA (Hons) Fine Art, Yr3
Carmela Hodgson carmelavienna.co.uk carmelavienna@outlook.com
BA (Hons) Fine Art, Yr3
2021
#Sculpture
detail of latex and copper sculpture
Untitled (detail), latex and copper wire, 2021

“My work relies on a symbiotic relationship between mind, pain, materials and process. Whilst my mind compels me toward specific materials, my intuitive processes are influenced by my instinctual response to material properties. Through this process of art-working, my pain is subconsciously manifested in my work.”

“These remains of trauma are anxious and quiet. They are almost always 3D, and often rely on gravity. They are anatomical and precarious, somehow occupying both weight and fragility. This is my material language – the affects of my pain.”

Most recently, Carmela’s work has involved the use of Kinetic motors and throwaway materials, generating a comical and repetitive form of anticipated trauma.

Post-Distance

The annual Degree Show is a highly anticipated event amongst staff, students, external partners and friends of the School of Art – it provides a platform for the work that the students have spent so long conceiving and producing. The 2023 Degree Show has been realised through an ongoing testing of ideas in public arenas in which the discourse around art practice takes place. This process of realising practice which engages with audiences has over […]

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Post-Distance
#Sculpture
detail of latex and copper sculpture
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