I was invited to attend a resdiency at the Level centre in Rowsley, Derbyshire as part of the Re: Place project curated by David Gilbert.
Set in the Peak District, the Level Cente is equipped with a four and two screen projection space. There will be more work from the resiency shortly, but these two experiments attempt to utilise the space as well as reflecting on the environment.Transmission was displayed with four projectors on each wall, Sanctuary used two projectors, one on the floor and one front facing. The final work X marks the Spot combines images from the works to reflect on our relationship to the landscape.
The works reflect on my observations of the area that appeared both beautiful, yet marked by the tourist trail, farming, mining and the other necessities of living in a rural setting. I was also struck by the acts of ritual we perform in communal leisure spaces and tried to find examples of the natural phenomena the tourists were longing for.
