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Abstract
Taking inspiration from Pendakis and Wilson’s (2012) call to “sight, cite, and site” oil, in this piece we consider how interventions in artistic material practice can offer up complementary, and at times entirely unique, modes of engaging with the materialities of oil and petro-media. Building on conversations of the past several years, we make particular reference to Oil Topography (2014), a hand-woven jacquard tapestry created and produced by Ruth Beer.
Résumé
S'inspirant de l'appel de Pendakis et Wilson (2012) à "voir, citer et situer" le pétrole, nous examinons dans cette pièce comment les interventions dans la pratique matérielle artistique peuvent offrir des modes complémentaires, et parfois tout à fait uniques, d'engagement avec les matérialités du pétrole et des pétro-médias. En nous appuyant sur les conversations de ces dernières années, nous faisons particulièrement référence à Oil Topography (2014), une tapisserie jacquard tissée à la main et produite par Ruth Beer.
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