Lesley Murray
River Dance II

ceramic
50 x 50cm

Landscape..is not simply what we see, but a way of seeing. - K.Taylor (2008) ‘River Dance’ captures the movement, rhythms, and ephemeral nature of the landscape, and explores the relationship between the landscape, identity, and memories of time and place. The balanced silhouettes of ‘River Dance’, with their shadows marking time, are suspended in motion, capturing a transient moment, a contemplation, an imprint. The tartan motif is a visual reference to the overlay of time and events, which not only shape the physical landscape but inform our perceptions and memory of place. Viewed through a non-linear lens the landscape becomes an archive of topography, ecology, history, culture, and mythology, a repository of memory. River Dance reflects my pursuit for capturing movement with clay and my interest in deconstructivism, and freedom of form. My compositions assembled with handmade forms, can be rearranged to reflect changing perspectives and narratives.