First time for everything

One of the exciting and challenging aspects of developing an art career is doing new things for the first time. I've got a whole list of first under my belt (blog coming soon) - every experience bring up emotions to navigate, and often logistical, mental, philosophical elements too.

Next on my list is entering an art prize.

The Coraki Art Prize 2022 is back after two years (due to Covid restrictions) and it's entry form got sent my way. On the surface it's a relatively easy process - send it the entry form, with digital images, and pay the entry fee.

And then the questions arise - what will I enter?

And then the thoughts arise - is my work good enough?

And then the emotions arise - fear mostly.

Fear and I have a contentious relationship. It loves to tell me how unsafe it is to take risks of any kind. I'm getting much better at telling it to butt out. Feel the fear and do it anyway, right? At the end of the day, the worst case scenario is my work is not selected.

It also had me thinking about my artist statement ( which I'm yet to write). What I am clear about is that I'm captivated by creating and being witness to moments - through creating impermanent/ephemeral art on the land, and through the lens of a camera in natural and built environments.

This helped me decide on my entries - two are allowed.

The first is "We are of the earth" an impermanent sculpture of a foot, made of pebbles.

The second is "Tears" a moment captured with strong symbolism.

Entry is in - Wish me luck! ~ Susanna

THE ENTRIES -

"We are of the earth" Copyright 2021 - Impermanent sculpture made from pebbles found on site

"Tears" Copyright 2021

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