Live Mellifera in the Studio
byLive Mellifera presents a collaborative performance by multimedia visual artist Claire Zakiewicz (London/New York) and some of London’s most exciting improvisational musicians: Rachel Musson…
Art
The Best Artworks at Frieze London 2023
byNavigating the booths at Frieze London is like whole universes to explore. For those unable to attend, I am curating a selection of my…
The Spring/Break Wild Card and its prophecies
byby Jana AstanovFeatured art work Sarah Nsikak, She Offered You a Garden, 2023 SPRING/BREAK, this year, has the feel of a utopian community get-together…
Boudicca’s Daughters
byClaire Zakiewicz performing painting, 2023, London (photographer Chris Freeman) From August 30 – September 3, 2023 Zakiewicz will stage a compelling re-imagining of the story…
Summertime Sadness, A Steamy Elegy. Cancer Season Playlist.
byCancer is the season of steamy surrender, the first licks of High Summer in the Northern Hemisphere. The season of hopping fences, stealing kisses and staying out too late. Of salty, sweaty nights, and days that blur together in the sun.
Taiwan Slash. Level 11
byLust is a cunning weaver of fantasies and fables, an evening star, the fairest of all the stars and they were shackled by it.
“If you forget me, think of our gifts to Aphrodite and all the loveliness that we shared, all the violent tiaras, braided rosebuds, dill and crocus twined around your young neck, myrrh poured on your head and on soft skin and hard thighs, girls with all that they most wished for beside them and touching them and in them while no voices chanted choruses without their own, no woodlot bloomed in spring without song’
Full Moon in Jyestha – Expression and its Essence.
byWhere the hand goes, the eyes follow.
Where the eyes go, the mind/heart follows.
Where the mind/heart (awareness) is, expression is created.
Once expression is created, emotion (essence) arises.
Improvisation with Painting, Cello and Live Electronics
byThis evening, I had the pleasure of working with Peter Nagle, his cello and live electronics in my studio for an improvised multimodal jam….