In Ireland, my work, both written and time based, was done mostly in solitude, quietly, over a long period of time. I allowed myself to acted on intuition before my mind could catch up, which created a strange opportunity to work both blindly and with confidence.
The removal of the briar was a casual, voluntary act; it was motivated but unconcerned play. The leisure time photographs that followed were the critical play with my instinct to labour in the context of art. These leisure activities teased the labor of the removal and the self-affirmation I experience from physical struggle.
excerpts from the three hour removal and relocation of a briar bush from an abandoned house from Emily Atchison on Vimeo.
Leisure Time/ Fruits of Labor
