A Linear Language
See Arial Movement for artwork produced on this project.

Photograph by Monika Palova
Part I
Project research consisted of an understanding and analysis of notional systems, largely dance notation such as Labanotation and Feuillet-Beauchamp, with other reading subjects including graphic scores, representing movement and the kinesphere. This then informed thinking for generating drawings and scores for movement.
This project included collaborative work with aerialist and artist Emily Aoibheann (IRE). Through creative exchange ranging from dialogue to shared studio practice, the collaboration explored drawing as instruction in aerial movement, and vice-versa, as the artists moved between instruction and interpretation.
Public sharing included remote workshops with Uillinn audiences, where participants were introduced to the concept of graphic scores and were invited to create their own. In-person sharing at the Arts Centre consisted of improvised aerial movement performed by Emily Aoibheann, and movement captured in ink on paper by Hazel Cardew.


Photographs by Tomasz Madajczak
Part II
Dance House Ireland



Photographs by Monika Palova
Cardew received an Uillinn: West Cork Arts Centre Studio Residency Award and was supported by Arts Council Wales International to continue her research and experimentation at Uillinn alongside the Beyond Drawing Exhibition. This project examined the edges between drawing and movement, approached through exploration of scores and research in dance notation and instructional drawing. What was initially a 3-week residency at the Uillinn in 2020, became an extended remote residency project which began remotely in 2021 with in-person activities at the Uillinn in summer 2022, and further experimentation with artist Emily Aoibheann at Dance House Ireland in Dublin in 2023.

