{"id":582,"date":"2020-07-25T09:16:57","date_gmt":"2020-07-25T09:16:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.uj.ac.za\/artsdev\/?p=582"},"modified":"2023-01-18T09:19:39","modified_gmt":"2023-01-18T09:19:39","slug":"the-pandemic-project-heidi-fourie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/web.uj.ac.za\/artsdev\/the-pandemic-project-heidi-fourie\/","title":{"rendered":"The Pandemic Project :: Heidi Fourie"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"vc_row wpb_row vc_row-fluid\"><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-12\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element \" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<p>Today\u2019s featured artist for the UJ Arts &amp; Culture\u2019s \u2018The Pandemic Project\u2019, is visual artist Heidi Fourie. Her artwork, entitled \u00d5htul, looks at how the lockdown has forced many to take better notice of their surroundings, reconnect with nature and find more time to focus on themselves.<\/p>\n<p>\u00d5htul is an oil painting of a swing that Fourie built in her garden during lockdown. Fourie always wanted a swing and with lockdown, forcing everyone to stay at home, for time to move in a far different manner than what we are used to, she was able to build this place where the noise and chaos of the world was filtered out. From feeling like a child again, to recreating the sensation of standing in a dense forest or a playground abandoned after an evacuation, \u00d5htul is indicative of the importance of making time for forgotten things.<\/p>\n<p>Fourie\u2019s safe haven is symbolic of the reflective nature of a lockdown, a time to reconsider what is important in life, to appreciate the little things. \u201cIt became my personal safe haven where I can reconnect with myself between overwhelming news broadcast listening, work sessions and vigorous cleaning,\u201d says Fourie.<\/p>\n<p>The little bird grows silent as the wind blows. The small flower falls asleep caressed by the dew. Twilight blushes as she kisses the night. The forest trees sleep in memory and silence. They are wistful for my song, Now a silent memory, as it paddles far away. In this beautiful work by Estonian composer Uusberg, a poem by Ernst Enno speaks of evening and of the images we associate with dusk.<\/p>\n<p>Take a look at Heidi Fourie\u2019s \u2018\u00d5htul\u2019 and listen to the UJ Choir singing \u00d5htul \u2013 P\u00e4rt Uusberg.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t<div class=\"wpb_video_widget wpb_content_element vc_clearfix   vc_video-aspect-ratio-169 vc_video-el-width-100 vc_video-align-center\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_video_wrapper\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Pandemic Project :: Heidi Fourie\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/WAga1IpsYrY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element \" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<p>About Heidi Fourie<\/p>\n<p>Heidi Fourie is a fulltime artist from Pretoria and occasional guest lecturer at the University of Pretoria, whose work deals with the controllable and uncontrollable tendency of painting as well as subject matter of an organic and chaotic nature. Graduating Cum Laude from the University of Pretoria, Fourie has gone on to be a finalist for many prestigious art awards and has exhibited all over the country. Her most recent solo exhibition took place at Salon 91 in Cape Town in October 2018. Fourie became a fellow of the Ampersand Foundation in 2019 and travelled to New York for a residency. In her work, Fourie aims to create an alternate reality that that feels familiar yet novel, taking inspiration from the warm hues and sensations from her dreams.<\/p>\n<p>#UJPandemic<\/p>\n<p>#CloseToHeART<\/p>\n<p>#UJChoir<\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Today\u2019s featured artist for the UJ Arts &amp; Culture\u2019s \u2018The Pandemic Project\u2019, is visual artist Heidi Fourie. 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