In Sue Lawley Moving, Whall began with a drawing featuring self portraits in which she is preoccupied and absorbed in her own bodily functions, the mechanics of her fertility and the pleasures of her sexuality. The drawing also includes things that exist beyond and outside of herself, but still relate to fertility, such as natural and imposed cycles, living things, agricultural machinery, harvesters, fertilizers and garden tools. The images of birds, machines, etc. were first either photographed or found in magazines and books. The artist then photographed herself as though she was actually, in some way, coexisting with a particular object or animal and the photographs were then all hand drawn or traced. The drawings were scanned and then digitally organised into group scenarios using Photoshop. Each individual scenario was then arranged to form a pattern and as the patterns developed, new scenarios were compiled and added. Once the drawing was finished, (which also exists as a 250cm x 111cm archival inkjet print), it was made into a movie using Director. Orlando Mathias from Allofus was responsible for transforming the drawing into a moving image.
Sue Lawley Moving is to be viewed as a data projection.
Miranda Whall studied Fine Art, Sculpture at The Royal Academy Schools between 1993 -96. In 1998 she was the Weathley Bequest Fellow at University of Central England, Birmingham and was an Associate Research Student at Goldsmiths College, University of London between 2001-02.
Whall is currently Arts Council England, North East, Artist in Residence in Berlin until June 2005. Forthcoming projects for 2005 include a collaborative publication 'Soft bruises' with artist and writer Alec Finlay, a two person exhibition and publication with artist Danica Maier and London Printworks Trust and 'Weekending,' a publication including six artists involved in Whall and Spencer's co - curated exhibition 'Weekending 1 & 11. Recent exhibitions include: The Jerwood Drawing Prize, London and touring 2003-4, 'Tiergarten' Antwerp, Belgium 2004, Stills Gallery, Edinburgh 2004, BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art, Gateshead 2004, Prospects Pizza Express Contemporary Drawing Prize, London 2004. 'Hulagirl' Waygood Gallery, Newcastle 2004, 'Weekending' Globe (Hub) and Globe (City), Newcastle 2004, 'Inside Out' Stills Gallery, Edinburgh 2004, RMIT Project Space, Melbourne 2005, Hatton Gallery, Newcastle 2005.
