by Sandra Schmid | Dec 7, 2019 | Handshake5, Sandra Schmid
On a visit to Auckland I was fortunate to explore the TeUru gallery space. What would the building tell me? Can I hear the voice or the essence? How does it sit in the environment as well as in the community? The very first impression was a tete a tete of old and...
by Sandra Schmid | May 22, 2019 | Handshake5, Sample, Sandra Schmid
Why did I investigate into plastic when the original work by Dorothea Prühl is made from wood and called ‘Tiere’ (animals). What seems to be contradictory is based on me growing up in the controversy time of abundance of plastic toys and my parents’ love and concern...
by Sandra Schmid | May 22, 2019 | Handshake5, Sandra Schmid
The ‘Poly’ Petting Zoo While developing work for the exhibitions at CODA, Appledorn and TeUru, Auckland I got drawn into the multitudinousness world of plastics. A topic as complex as the abundance of different plastics in our daily lives and also one of...
by Sandra Schmid | May 3, 2019 | Handshake5, Sandra Schmid
While developing the work in response to the artist chosen by CODA Museum I got a little sidetracked… or not? The work will be around the contemporary interpretation/ response therefore current political and environmental issues made their way into the...
by Sandra Schmid | Apr 9, 2019 | Handshake5, Sandra Schmid
Dorothea Prühl ‘Tiere’ 1999 What makes this work so appealing to me? Even looking at Dorothea’s work again and again it doesn’t lose its attractiveness. What causes the appeal and therefore the connection? Those were the questions that kept coming up...
by Sandra Schmid | Mar 1, 2019 | Handshake5, Sandra Schmid
When I was faced with the pleasure to choose 3 artists out of the amazing collection of the CODA Museum in Apeldoorn it brought up many questions? Why are those particular artists and their work bring something to life and inspire? What makes an artwork speak to you?...
by Sandra Schmid | Jan 23, 2019 | Handshake4, Sandra Schmid
‘Caught in the Web’ 2018 Evaluation – my personal HS4 program experience and outcome The definition of ‘evaluation’ according to the Online Dictionary: the making of a judgement about the amount, number, or value of something; assessment. This leads...
by Sandra Schmid | May 8, 2018 | Handshake4, Sandra Schmid
A Week of Indulgence “Unpacking the Language of Things” 12/13 April 2018 organised by Sian van Dyk, Curator at The Dowse, Lower Hutt “NO FILTER” 9 – 15 April 2018 organised by Occupational Artists, Wellington On the world scale of events it would be a...
by Sandra Schmid | Feb 13, 2018 | Handshake4, Sandra Schmid
Doubt can motivate you, so don’t be afraid of it. Confidence and doubt are at two ends of the scale, and you need both. They balance each other out. Barbara Streisand Doubt versus Confidence Halfway through the mentorship program it was time to reflect on...
by Sandra Schmid | Oct 7, 2017 | Handshake4, Sandra Schmid
Incomplete – Unfinished – Raw When I was asked by my mentor to select the most expressive pieces from my last body of work, I chose the ones that show the rawness of fabrication, with tool marks still visible. These pieces appear to be more alive. During...
by Sandra Schmid | Oct 7, 2017 | Handshake4, Sandra Schmid
LANGUAGE Working with my mentor Tanel Venre, during the design phase for the exhibition at The National in Christchurch, he asked a question about the language the individual pieces, and the collection as a whole was speaking. Which language has been used and why?...
by Sandra Schmid | Apr 20, 2017 | Handshake4, Sandra Schmid
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