On screen: “Zooming around”: Artistic travels through time. A virtual exhibition of improvisation by artist Amy Rodger and baroque violinist Nina Kümin. Recorded: Frisay 20th November 2020, 2nd COVID-19 lockdown.

On screen: “This virtual exhibition featuring joint improvisations recorded over video call is representative of a collaborative project between artist Amy Rodger and baroque violinist Nina Kümin.

As a response to the second COCID-19 lockdown in 2929, these improvisations seek to experiment with distance and time delay, find new ways to communicate artistically in a virtual environment and explore multimedia interactions in real time.

Using four stimuli: emotion, time, the feminine and nature, each improvisation combines art with music, the physical and the virtual, the baroque (c.1600-1750) and the present.

Drawing on connections between the disciplines, this demonstrates a creative way forward for artists to collaborate in a digital, distanced climate.

On screen: Emotion

We see artist Amy Rodger drawing with charcoal on a piece of paper taped to the wall while we hear violinist Nina Kümin playing the violin.

We see Amy’s drawing finished: a person with short hair with squinting eyes and a soft smile.

On screen: Time

We see artist Amy Rodger drawing with charcoal on a piece of paper taped to the wall while we hear violinist Nina Kümin playing the violin.

We see Amy’s drawing finished: a person with long hair and big open eyes wearing a face mask.

On screen: Feminine

We see artist Amy Rodger painting on a piece of paper taped to the wall while we hear violinist Nina Kümin playing the violin.

We see Amy’s painting finished: a woman with blond hair with her back to us wearing a red mid-19th century style dress.

On screen: Nature

We see artist Amy Rodger painting on a piece of paper taped to the wall while we hear violinist Nina Kümin playing the violin.

We see Amy’s painting finished: a bouquet of colourful flowers in a short vase.