Arteles Catalogue 2023-2020

Silence Awareness Existence program / JANUARY 2020
Isabel Rumble
Australia
www.isabelrumble.com
About
I am a multidisciplinary artist and yoga teacher from
Melbourne, Australia. I have been fortunate to delve into
the various creative outlets of dance, music, visual art and
yoga, each informing the other in my creative practice and
sculpting the person that I am.
An underlying theme in my work is the investigation of the
breath as a balancing force, and mode of connecting to self
and place. Employing various breath drawing techniques,
repetition as a force in performance, and spontaneity in
image making, I position the intuitive body over the analysing
mind. I encourage bodily awareness whilst drawing parallels
between the body and rhythms in nature.
At the core of my life and work I recognise the urgent need
to remedy humanity’s disconnection from the natural world.
I hope to contribute to this discussion through my creative
outlets.
Temporary bodies
Paper cannot hold breath forever, twigs scratch their
temporary bodies.
How many lines do I draw before I understand this language?
Arteles was a time of growth, self enquiry, and community.
I came away feeling the power of art and nature, and the
urgent need to nurture both. Meditation became even more
integral to my creative process and I will continue to delve
deeper into this space. Whilst silent days were insightful, and
solitary time was plentiful, the connections shared with each
of the other residents has had a huge impact on my approach
to art making. My views around art have evolved, I trust again
in this form of expression.
I approached the month with the intention of furthering my
ongoing investigation into the breath and its ability to map
a space and a time. I drew my breath on paper most days,
a meditative process. In the forest I found a place to hang
them, and the installation grew over time. The place became
important, almost sacred as it held vulnerable records of
intimate moments. Each time I walked the overgrown path,
my relationship to this small patch of forest deepened.
I recorded the installation with photographs at intervals as
the elements and time made their way into the paper, and
created a video of the final piece.