imprints, mutations
Sara Arthur-Paratley
Artist Statement: imprints, mutations is a series of studies on the body: how it moves, molds, shapes, stretches, feels, reacts and imagines itself. A collection of iterative investigations on the physical properties of flesh, the anatomical attributes of gestures, the moving topology of the body. A (futile?) attempt to document the tactile and rhythmic particularities of a body whose essential aliveness prohibits any static definition. The investigation asks: what is a body, aside from a sensorial, energetic, spatial agglomeration of information under constant transformation?
imprints, mutations is a glimpse into a practice of performative sculpting, accompanied by an imaginative graphic space revealing how the body-mind intuits itself. It’s an invitation into the intimacies of self-contention and contemplation revealed in corpo-material processes. It calls on us to reimagine our own bodily subjectivity, to begin to question the threshold between internal/external, still/changing, self/other. It bets on the body as the primary source of vital information - our only direct channel into the infiniteness of the present.
Artist Bio: Sara Arthur-Paratley is an interdisciplinary artist and Kentucky native currently based in Valencia, Spain. Working between sculpture, installation, and performance, Sara has exhibited in the US and abroad, most recently in Valencia with her solo exhibition, liquid skins//floating bones. The exhibition was accompanied by a collective performance, ÁNIMA, featuring sculptures from the exhibition, by transdisciplinary performance company Cía. Matteria, for which Sara is co-founder, and performer. The company has been featured in performance festivals such as Intramurs and Cabanyal Íntim, as well as completing a performance residency at Sala Sabil, Asturias, Spain. An alumna of Bryan Station High, Sara graduated with honors from Pomona College, where she earned a BA in Studio Art and Dance. In the fall of 2021, Sara will continue her studies at the Superior Conservatory of Dance in Valencia, with a focus in Contemporary Dance Performance. In the coming months, Sara will complete artist residencies at PADA Studios in Lisbon, Portugal and The Liminal Gallery in Valencia, as well as a choreographic research residency with Cia. Matteria at La Gomera Choreographic Center in Canary Islands. In her work, Sara aims to create a space for questioning how bodies can be perceived, experienced and valued. Her work can be viewed online at www.saraarthurparatley.com and on Instagram @sarawilla_.
imprints, mutations is a glimpse into a practice of performative sculpting, accompanied by an imaginative graphic space revealing how the body-mind intuits itself. It’s an invitation into the intimacies of self-contention and contemplation revealed in corpo-material processes. It calls on us to reimagine our own bodily subjectivity, to begin to question the threshold between internal/external, still/changing, self/other. It bets on the body as the primary source of vital information - our only direct channel into the infiniteness of the present.
Artist Bio: Sara Arthur-Paratley is an interdisciplinary artist and Kentucky native currently based in Valencia, Spain. Working between sculpture, installation, and performance, Sara has exhibited in the US and abroad, most recently in Valencia with her solo exhibition, liquid skins//floating bones. The exhibition was accompanied by a collective performance, ÁNIMA, featuring sculptures from the exhibition, by transdisciplinary performance company Cía. Matteria, for which Sara is co-founder, and performer. The company has been featured in performance festivals such as Intramurs and Cabanyal Íntim, as well as completing a performance residency at Sala Sabil, Asturias, Spain. An alumna of Bryan Station High, Sara graduated with honors from Pomona College, where she earned a BA in Studio Art and Dance. In the fall of 2021, Sara will continue her studies at the Superior Conservatory of Dance in Valencia, with a focus in Contemporary Dance Performance. In the coming months, Sara will complete artist residencies at PADA Studios in Lisbon, Portugal and The Liminal Gallery in Valencia, as well as a choreographic research residency with Cia. Matteria at La Gomera Choreographic Center in Canary Islands. In her work, Sara aims to create a space for questioning how bodies can be perceived, experienced and valued. Her work can be viewed online at www.saraarthurparatley.com and on Instagram @sarawilla_.
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