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“Suck it up; (it won’t last long)” 2020

Healing and repair, PSAS

image credit: Annie Harvey

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March/April residency at PICA

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seesaw article about September block at Cool Change 

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Hold.Wobble.Steady 2020

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Wobble. Hold. Steady Cool Change Contemporary September 2020

Ailsa Waddell and Kelsey Diamond

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Wobble.Hold.Steady Cool Change Contemporary September 2020

Ailsa Waddell and Kelsey Diamond

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Wobble. Hold. Steady

Cool Change Contemporary September 2020

Ailsa Waddell and Kelsey Diamond

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On residency at Cool Change Contemporary (Boorloo) September 2020

Hold.Steady.Wobble: Kelsey Diamond and Ailsa Waddell

projections, paper, objects

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Climbing in. A little sticky, sometimes shallow.

Often there’s a breeze. Roll your shoulders,

water often pools, a leak.

Above and beside, a slow turn.

Not here, try to stretch,

follow below, slack off, peel closer.

A pace, a set distance, water often pools.

Kicking, a quick turn, push off

Stretch forward, follow the tiles.

Float backwards, twisting,

find some elbow room, watch out for the corner.

Tipping forward, a sharp roll. Sometimes this is shallow, a tease.

A ladder. Bend, curl, flex, reach.

Climbing out, warming up. Be cautious of blisters.

A large puddle, these are loose.

An edge, a barrier. Try to cool off.

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“Slip, a Wrestle”

 Concrete is a steady, stable and readily available material. It comes in a bag, often from a dusty storage space in a hardware store. The dry powder can shift and move with ease. When you add water to its powdered state, it becomes slippery, but also restricted. It reminds me of how I feel resting in water. Concrete begins to shrink, dry and take on the surface it clings to. Sometimes it can be strong, sometimes it can be brittle.

 A wrestle, this hurts at times.

A wrestle. Take a step back.

A wrestle, a movement. Slipping over, concentrate.

 Slipping beside the surface of the water, you can’t help but to leak over the edges. You work hard to wrestle, to not allow that slippage to take over. It’s physical, learn to let your limbs roll. Shoulders back, flex your toes. Grounding, but slippery. Taking control needs intensity, I need intensity. But it’s painful to not allowing yourself to become slippery.

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“Time to Cool Off”

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“Only 5 Ways to Break a Stone”

Curtin University, mid semester, 2019

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COOLING OFF

Space can hurt

A higher distance can be less intimate

Less time to slow

TIME TO COOL OFF

Fast stones can be full

Slow stones have potential to be filled

A gap

A long gap can be painful

A short gap is sometimes not a gap

Touching

A small pool

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“A Hammer to Fix”

Paper Mountain, 2019

Photo credit: Paul Sutherland