Description
Why do we lose ourselves in the act of making? Is the urge to create order and permanence the only desire when we fill a void with an object or colour?
In Mosaicism, Bodycomb draws on her experience as a visual artist and her ground-breaking research, to explain the human urge to ‘make special’. This intuitive act of assembling small, like parts, is one where the act of making is as important as the artefact made.
Drawing on the rich Hellenic origins of mosaic, Bodycomb gently takes the reader through an intriguing journey, combining fiction with non-fiction. Using imagery, prose, theoretical commentary, poetry and historical analysis, Mosaicism explores the act of making as a way of thinking, through the embedded memories that all materials contain. Bodycomb elevates mosaic for the reader, revealing it to be a potent contemporary art form.
A rich offering in both English and Italian, Mosaicism will appeal to all who are curious about the ancient practice of mosaic and its ongoing practice today.
FEATURES
English and Italian text
Part One – The Past
Part Two – Thinking in Mosaic
70+ colour images
Glossary
Guidelines for a public art project made with community
List of plates / bibliography
WHO THIS BOOK IS FOR
Mosaicism will engage both English and Italian speakers who are interested in exploring fresh concepts about making, mosaic, and materiality. This rich visual opus is compelling reading for all who are curious about the fluidity of material, and the gratifying act of making.
