'That Roads May Rise' at CUBEOpen 2011

The Private View last night.  A busy lovely time in a rainy Manchester!  After a few technical hitches the film is now being seen in all it's full audio glory!


Thank you to all at CUBE especially Kim and Kate!


A must go and see...

CUBEOpen 2011

My film 'That Roads May Rise' has it's first showing as part of the CUBEOpen 2011 in Manchester.

The film documents a 3.7 second shot blasting at an aggregate quarry. The stone is Pre-Cambrian, 1,000 million years old, too old for fossils. The stone will be crushed into 10mm scalpings to make roads and runways. The stone is valued for it's lack of shine and it's non-skid properties.


The film was made whilst artist in residence at a working aggregate quarry and was generously supported by ACW, Elbowroom and Tarmac.

Twinkle, Twinkle Christmas Star

A two day installation at Clitheroe's Platform Gallery 10-11th December 2011.

De-fence

This is an installation created as part of a sculpture walk for Powys Arts Month's 'Made in Knucklas' event at Knucklas Castle near Knighton. It is a small circle or stockade of white chestnut palings, which I have recycled from my 2008 installation 'Fence' . The structure alludes to the lost military architecture of Knucklas Castle but is deliberately small and vulnerable, suggesting 'defensiveness' as well as 'defence'.

Flights of Fancy

Clitheroe Library and Ribble Valley Borough Council commissed me to create an art work for Clitheroe Library.  The brief was to use the books taken out of circulation that were due to be pulped. 

I created a flock of origami birds from the pages of the books.  The idea was the journey a book takes you on, the flight of fantasy when you enter another world. 

The commission was great fun and I'd like to say a big thank you to Katherine Rodgers at the Platform Gallery and to Sandra Ellison at Clitheroe Library for all their help and support.