I started collaborating with Galleri Knægt in Bogense, North of the island of Fyn, last fall, when I was invited to draw live for Sprogense, a festival about language organised by Det danske Sprognævnet, which is the agency following the evolution of the Danish language, a bit like La Crusca in Italy. During the Sprogense festival, Galleri Knægt held a live event with an actress and a musician and three artists, me included, who were supposed to paint following the inspiration we got from the reading of the actress and the music. It was an interesting experience, which I have presented in this blog just after I have participated. I have also to say that the owners of the gallery are two nice men, who were very supportive of my needs for the performance, they offered me and my husband free coffee and they paid a good honorary for painting for 3 hours, when I paint all the time in cafés for free ;) A part from the jokes, it was an amazing poetic experience, but very intense. I had to concentrate on multiple stimuli floating around me all together at the same time; the music of the guitar, the words of the read text, the voice of the actress, who expressed her sensitivity in making the text alive through dramatic pauses, shifts in rhythm and voice pitch. And the text was in Danish, so I had to concentrate more than usual to follow in depth a literary Danish text read through a dramatic interpretation. But I was determined to create a series of expressive paintings, which could look nice and at the same time relate to emotions, rhythm and content.
I am glad to say that this time I am invited to paint during a live Jazz evening and it feels like it could be another nice experience. In the meanwhile I will listen to Jazz music to prepare myself to react to it, while looking forward for the event ;) The event will be held at Galleri Knægt in Bogense on the 9th of June at 19:30, here you can find the link to the event: https://galleriknaegt.dk/index.php/kunstforening/ Thank you for stopping by Bertie xxx PS I re-share this post as by mistake I drew the old façade of the gallery, here is a watercolor of the new location :)
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