How do I love thee : slides/video, 2:36 min., dimensions variable
These are thematically related works bringing together a variety of materials while attempting to explore a corner of romantic love. The work is based on seven celebrated love poems. It consists of two slideshows/videos made from material collected over a period of 10 years, two paintings, and three objects/sculptures. The poems that are the inspiration for the work are written by seven celebrated authors:
christina rosetti : I loved you first
e.e.cummings : I carry you in my heart
elisabeth barrett browning : how do I love thee
ella wheeler wilcox : love’s coming
lord byron : she walks in beauty
william carlos williams : the ivy crown
william shakespeare : sonnet 116
I loved you first : found objects, tape, plaster, slate, iron. 33 x 37 cm x 24 cm high
I carry you in my heart : plaster casts of pigs’ hearts, canvas, castor wheels, found tape. 20 x 20 cm
She walks in beauty : found objects, plaster, tape, string, wood, perspex. 74 x 47 cm
She had looked for his coming : acrylics, pencil, tape on canvas, 40 x 40 cm
The business of love : acrylics, pencil and tape on canvas, 60 x 80 cm
Love’s not time’s fool : slides/video, 3:56 min., dimensions variable
© Marianne Casmose