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| Marynes Avila, Working at Gunyah, June 2015 |
The Gunyah artist residency
offered me a precious opportunity to reflect, explore and further expand my
work. The contact with the land, the waters of North Arm Cove and the wonderful
architecture of Gunyah house has been invaluable.
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| Marynes Avila, Gunyah nights, June 2015 |
I used Gunyah’s studio and house
to ponder and to develop new projects. During my residency the weather was
sunny and warm and I spent several hours a day exploring the local region. The
outcome of my investigation was an extensive new body of work including
thousands of digital photographs, digital micro photographs and a series of
site specific temporal installations as a response to the surrounding
landscape, in particular the amazing sand dunes at Dark Point.
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| Marynes Avila, Si02 - Echo III, June 2015 |
The works entitled ‘SiO2’
and ‘SiO2, Echo I’ SiO2, Echo II’ and ‘SiO2,
Echo III’ are tackled in a macro and microcosmic way. They make use of mirrors
(found at Gunyah) and sand to extend on the concept of multiplicity’s
complexities.
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| Marynes Avila, Si02, digital micro photographs (sand grains under the microscope), June 2015 |
‘SiO2’ takes us through a journey of multiplicity not
perceived by the naked eye. Exploring sand grains under the microscope, the
outcome unveils the unperceived beauty that surrounds us all and confirms we
are the sum of a myriad of particles in a complex universe of multiples. Each sand
grain is unique and completely different.
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| Marynes Avila, Si02 - Echo I, June 2015 |
The works ‘SiO2, Echo I’, ‘SiO2, Echo II’ and ‘SiO2, Echo III’
reflect on the concept of multiplicity and the estimate that the total number
of all the sand grains on the planet could be approximately 2000 billion,
billion. Utilizing mirrors, these site-specific installations simultaneously denote
the dunes’ magnificent details and emphasize the importance of each sand grain to
form the Dark Point’s dunes.
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| Marynes Avila, Si02 - Echo II, June 2015 |
The series of digital photographs entitled ‘Gunyah’s Dusk’, ‘Gunyah’s Nights’ and ‘Gunyah’s First Light’ are the result of hours of my contemplation at Gunyah’s waterfront. The effect of the light reflected on the water at different times of the day mesmerized me.
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| Marynes Avila, Gunyah's first light, June 2015 |
The Gunyah Residency has enriched
my current practice and the experiences at Gunyah will certainly informed my
future artistic endeavours.
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| Marynes Avila, Gunyah's dusk, June 2015 |
Thanks to Kath Fries and the
Gunyah Board for their generosity and for providing me
with such a fascinating and unique opportunity.
Marynes Avila
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| Marynes Avila, Gunyah's visitor, June 2015 |
