Caroline AreskogJones’ practice is grounded in the contingency of drawing as speculative enquiry with an interest in articulating something unsaid and unearthing something unknown, just beyond words, just beyond the boundaries of categorsation.
A practice considered as a method of archeology, a 'visual listening' , a process of ‘fieldwork’. It connects the personal to the political, the human to the nonhuman and the inner to the outer landscape.
Work emerges through the rhythms of steady and meticulous research, the making of drawings onto a surface , working with the transformative potential of carefully chosen materials. There is a shift back and forth, sifting, folding, unfolding, enfolding :: whilst paying attention and seeking out ‘conversations’ between what emerges.
Print as process and language facilitates outcomes which start at the site of the body : as embodied enquiry : as structural foundation : as state of being. : as relationship.
Works on paper, moving image, sound or sculptural outcomes draw on analogue and digital methodologies as a choreography of practice develops.
With the placement and interaction of site, further relational perspectives and wider aspects of dialogue emerge. The viewer is invited to be open to the potential of a knowing response and connections which hover below the surface of things – a series that evoke a tension of desire to touch and hold beyond reach. A breath. A pause.
After gaining a BA (1st class) Hons Fine Art at Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design and MA (Print) from The Royal College of Art in 2019, opportunities to grow a practice continue, including exhibitions, residencies, artist talks, writing and interdisciplinary collaborations.
Caroline has a knowledge base from both contemporary dance and physical therapy, and this intimate knowledge of the interconnectedness between body and mind influences the decision making within her practice forming a fertile place of enquiry.