A commission to create a new installation to open at Creswell Crags Visitor Centre on the 18th of July 2015. The installation will comprise a 10 minute film mixing images from three locations together with visual art and performance material filmed at the LEVEL Centre(Derbyshire UK). The Limestone Journeys project has been developed as a part of my role as Artist in Residence at the LEVEL Centre.
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| Karla Henry performing in mud during a R&D session for the project. |
The project intends to explore the relationship between people, history and geology presented through a
multi-media installation. It will use the area’s unique heritage and biodiversity
as a catalyst and inspiration. In addition, we will introduce the notion of
personal exploration and discovery by incorporating an interactive element,
where some of the information will be hidden and only revealed by the audience.
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| Karla Henry performing in mud during a R&D session for the project. |
The video element will feature short sections of a performance by Karla Henry using mud and sand from the three locations chosen for the Limestone Journey. We have just completed our first research and development day creating new material for the project. Karla will develop this material into a solo multi media performance in the near future. For Limestone Journeys I will blend short sections of Karla performing with mud together with images of limestone, buildings and topography from the three locations.
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| Magnesian Limestone from Creswell Crags - the end our the Limestone Journey |
The Derbyshire
Magnesian Limestone occurs in the north east of the county as a narrow belt of
elevated land, approximately 10km wide by 20km in length, which runs between
Barlborough in the north to Hardwick and Pleasley in the south. The topography
of the industrial coalfields in the west contrasts strongly with the low-lying
regions of Nottinghamshire to the east.
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| Pleasley Mill - the start of the Limestone Journey |
Limestone
Journeys as an intallation will comprise a 10-minute film shown on a large screen/screens
together with three plinths each supporting a clear glass vessel containing
soil/rock samples taken from three locations on the ‘Limestone Journey’ from
Pleasley to Creswell Crags. The plinths
will be placed at the front of the installation to create a relationship
between them and the screen/screens.
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| Karla Henry performing in mud during a R&D session for the project. |
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| Karla Henry performing in sand during a R&D session for the project. |
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| Karla Henry performing in sand during a R&D session for the project. |
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| Images above: Karla Henry performing in mud during a R&D session for the project. |
The project also has worked with over 100 people with a learning disabilty at the LEVEL Centre (Derbyshire UK) - creating visual art from mud and stone samples taken from the three locations on the Limestone Journey. See images below.
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| Creating a largesclae visual art work at the LEVEL Centre. |
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| Painting with mud from Creswell Crags - at the LEVEL Centre |
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| Karla Henry performing in sand during a R&D session for the project. |
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| Karla Henry - Mud Performance |
More info will apear as the project develops.
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