Walkcycle

Walkcycle (2023) is a moving drawing made of a series of chalk footprints repeated in a never-ending walking meditation. Although it is animated and continually in motion, as an installation this is not intended to be considered as a film, but rather as a kinetic sculpture made of chalk and projected onto stone. Unlike a standard sculpture, it does not memorialize a single moment, nor a snapshot in time, but the whole journey of the body in motion on life’s pathway. It is a counter monument that is made of solid substances, but not solidified or fixed in time.
Using the body as a mark-making tool, the work is a New Materialist exploration of the interconnections between the human body and the vibrant matter of the earth that we depend upon for our survival.
Visuals and edit by Birgitta Hosea; sound recording by Charis Coke. This project was originally commissioned by Hunan Museum, China.

In galleries all around the world, it is clear that animation is the artform of the 21st century. This is not only because it can be used to extend the traditional disciplines of drawing, painting and sculpture into time, but that digital forms of animation enable emerging forms of visual language for artists to experiment with and use to comment on our contemporary world of networked communication. In addition, it is far easier to send a digital file for display in a gallery across the world than it is to pack up and ship an original artwork. Finally, many curators believe that audio-visual work like animation is more engaging for audiences than traditional artworks.
My animation evolves from a ‘straight ahead’ process of experimentation with different materials and techniques that goes on to be refined in the computer.
The role of the sensory, touch and haptic knowledge are important to me, so I always start by using real materials. I have grown to relish imperfection and the contribution of chance to analogue mark making that I can use to extend the visual language of my digital animation.