BREATHING STONE

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.37522/22h7cq92

Keywords:

fresco, deep time, painting, artistic research, lime cycle

Abstract

Artist Sarah Tomasetti takes us into the deep time of the lime cycle used in fresco painting, proposing a practice of corresponding with material processes rather than controlling them tightly. Her proposals for small acts of repair in our interactions with the land include a recipe for a fresco wall that requires some months or years to make.

Author Biography

  • Sarah Tomasetti

    Dr. Sarah Tomasetti is a lecturer in the School of Art at RMIT University and co-lead of the Painting area. Her art practice is grounded in the revival of pre-modern techniques and materials such as fresco and encaustic that require the slow sensing of moisture, temperature, and molecular interaction. Her practice explores how temporal processes of compression and erosion in the studio can echo the cycles of land formation and disintegration in the landscapes from whence the materials come. Her research explores how tracing forms of matter to their origin in the living world can revive cultural imaginaries of land, sea and sky, leading to a re-sensitisation to the more than human. She is interested in how returning material processes to the place of origin can play a part in decolonization. Sarah is interested in developing radical pedagogies that de-centre curriculum, speak to the experience of neurodiversity and make space for the realising of subjugated knowledges in creative and discursive forms. Sarah's work is held in public and private collections in Australia and overseas.

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Published

2025-02-21

Issue

No. 1 (2025): Edge of the Glacier

Section

Articles