Above is a picture from my room, my little corkboard on my desk. On the board, as well as the local swimming pool opening times and a Tracey Emin postcard, is a picture I took in 2013 while on holiday with my family in Berlin. It is an image of a statue of an Ancient… Continue reading On Tutankhamun
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On ‘The Uncanny’
There is in fact a path from phantasy back to reality again - and that is art. Sigmund Freud, 'Introductory Lectures', 1922 Freud's essay on 'The Uncanny' is one of those seminal texts that was always brought up throughout my art-life, especially in my undergrad in GSA, and particularly 2nd year in which everything we made… Continue reading On ‘The Uncanny’
On Giglets: Part 3
'The study of these products of folk-psychology [myth, legend, and fairy-tales] is by no means complete; however it is highly likely that myth, for instance, corresponds to the distorted remains of the wishful fantasies of whole nations, the secular dreams of youthful humanity.' Sigmund Freud, 'Creative Writers and Day-dreaming', 1908 Rita's Giglet Hannah's Giglet Previously… Continue reading On Giglets: Part 3
On Giglets: Part 2
Man made of blood and man made of stone, in the mud with little bits of bone. In December 2018 and January 2019 I realised a desire I've had for several years. In the Ceramics studio at Chelsea College of Arts, I made a collection of 50 objects, little hand-formed lumps of clay, that I… Continue reading On Giglets: Part 2
On Giglets: Part 1
Rosie Dahlstrom: 'Giglets', series of 50 ceramic sculptures, 2019 (installation shot of 13th Hour exhibition, February 2019) Below is a text piece I wrote about the thought process of making the Giglets; then I animated the words into a stop motion film. The projection of this film and the Giglets themselves as documented above were exhibited… Continue reading On Giglets: Part 1
On The Belfry
i wanted to make you swoon with a light bulb that i taught to laugh but you took that bulb and you chewed it to a pulp and you spat out fifty full grown fireflies but it was all a lie ... those fireflies were made out of dust and i don't wanna watch them… Continue reading On The Belfry
On Photoshop
Rosie Dahlstrom: Collages from 'Delphyne' series, digital collages, 2018 On Monday 29th October 2018 I, finally, got my head around Photoshop. It was a momentous day. Every day since then, I have been on a computer messing about with Photoshop. Mastering the tech skills has been on my to-do list since art school first time… Continue reading On Photoshop
On Alternative Practices
"As I taught [at California College of the Arts], many students were coming to the end of their studies and were moving toward things that weren't art. But they weren't saying 'fuck the art world'. It was the content of their work that led them into other field, to, say, becoming a doctor, as one… Continue reading On Alternative Practices
On Money
'Money! Money's the curse of man, none greater. That's what wrecks cities, banishes men from home, tempts and deludes the most well-meaning soul, pointing out the way to infamy and shame. Well, they shall pay for their success.' Sophocles, Antigone 441 BC As a young arty type from Glasgow, I'm not used to money. My family… Continue reading On Money
On Changing, Dreaming and Making
'Mrs Pontellier was not a woman given to confidences, a characteristic hitherto contrary to her nature. Even as a child she had lived her own small life all within herself. At a very early period she had apprehended instinctively that dual life- the outward existence that conforms, the inward life which questions.' Kate Chopin, The… Continue reading On Changing, Dreaming and Making
Sertraline Dreams 