I went to Rambert Playground in May 26 to draw a contemporary dance session in collaboration with a choreographer called Attila Andrasi. A musician called Jo Thomas improvised in the session and created the soundtrack to the video below. Watch the video to see the complete drawing captured on a ten metres sheet of paper drawn in inks and coloures pencil. The figures in the drawing should be seen as multiple soft sculptures in a continuous and evolving narrative. 

The drawing is available for sale upon request. Note this is a very large artwork on a roll of lining paper. It could decorate a 10 metre wall space.

One of the dancers interacting with me at the end of the session as I completed the drawing. I get a huge amount of engagement from dancers during this creative activity and they connect with the energy and expression held within the drawings.

Music

Just some words about Soft sculptures, which came from a live improvisation and collaboration with Attila Andrási at Rambert at the end of May.

I was working with tones and soft pulses. When I was working with the dancers, I just remember looking at them and watching them kind of float, and I wanted to create a world which was light and not static but sounded like you were making something, something like an object.

After seeing William Roswells drawings, I thought to myself that I would quite like to put the music together as a series of short, beautiful and interesting sound sculptures.

I wanted the work to breathe, to have intention and physicality, and to be messy and real and graceful.

Thank you for the experience is was really amazing to be involved and I will value it immensely.

Jo Thomas