Natasha took part in Continuum, an international residency and exhibition, undertaken in Malaysia and the UK.

Saan1, 5 Kelvin St, Manchester M4 1ET (Northern Quarter)
14th June – Wednesday 19th 2024

Digital Art Gallery, Kedaikl, Mahsa Avenue, Lorong Ilmu, 50603, Kuala Lumpur, Wilayah Persekutuan
21st June – 21st July 2024

The residency with InTransit (Manchester, UK) and Filamin (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia) featured the works of UK and Malaysian artists Natasha Stott, Pey Sien Low, Jade LA Fisher, and Amira Syahirah. The residency was supported by the British Council’s Connections Through Culture Grant.

Throughout the residency, Natasha experimented with various materials such as resin and Perspex, as well as exploring video projection and changing perceptions due to light, placement, and projection. Her work examines the human condition, identity, and what it means to her to be human and moreover female. She draws on her experiences as a mother, artist, and academic. Natasha explores these ideas through a phenomenological lens, investigating how we construct our place in the world and how we are forever changing and in a state of “becoming” (Deleuze & Guattari, 1972:39, 1980:232), caught in what often feels like endless cycles.

Cogitations delves into the intricate state of deep thought and contemplation, where possibilities and potentialities are considered. It is as transformational as it is metaphorical. In certain lights, the resin heads reflect cumulonimbus clouds, associated with extreme weather such as heavy torrential downpours, hailstorms, lightning, and even tornadoes. When mounted away from the wall, they cast shadows and leave imprints of themselves. When the devised video is projected onto the heads, the ‘blue sky’ turns black and white clouds become heads again, awash with colour—a visual representation of what deep thought might look like.

Repetitionem is a tapestry of motion where individual and collective narratives intertwine through ceaseless cycles of action. It reiterates its Latin roots of ‘doing again’—a revolution of reimagining and rehearsing that is both an echo and an evolution. As bodies move, they remember and redo, seeking perfection in repetition, yet find themselves caught in an endless loop of performance. This work questions the nature of our cycles: the relentless repetition and the simultaneous process of transformation.