Documentation of THEMSELVES HERE TOGETHER audiovisual installation at The Word, South Shields

Documentation of THEMSELVES HERE TOGETHER, an audiovisual installation by Helen Shaddock exhibited at The Word, South Shields is now available to watch on YouTube.



https://youtu.be/CSQHdq0ool0


THEMSELVES HERE TOGETHER is the culmination of a project funded by the Arts Council England Grants for the Arts. Helen Shaddock worked with artists, researchers, academics, Mental Health organisations and a range of individuals to investigate visual and auditory hallucinations.

Following an intense period of research and reflection, Shaddock gathered a collection of words from which a soundtrack was created through a collaboration with artist/musician Sarah Grundy. Using a loop pedal, Grundy formed a range of rhythmic patterns from the words. Shaddock edited these further to create the soundtrack for the audio-visual installation, integrating field recordings and sounds produced by Drone Ensemble. Drone Ensemble is an experimental sound group in which Shaddock is a member, that uses handmade acoustic instruments to emit vast, deep, sonorous drones.        
For the preview of the exhibition, Sarah Grundy performed a re-working of the installation soundtrack (see separate video documentation available on YouTube).

Video documentation of 'Everything Will Be Alright' video installation is now online on Vimeo and YouTube

Video documentation of 'Everything will be alright' video installation is now online. 

The documentation does not feature the audio installation that also featured in the exhibition.



Documentation of Everything Will Be Alright from Helen Shaddock

on Vimeo:
https://vimeo.com/182109286

on YouTube:
https://youtu.be/-jPGH_x0heQ

TRIGGER audio now available online - vimeo, soundcloud and YouTube

Good news for those who are unable to visit Kielder Water and Forest Park to experience TRIGGER, an audio installation by Pipi Lovell-Smith and me.

The TRIGGER audio is now available to listen to online.

You wouldn't get the full experience because you would miss out on the spectacular scenery that is Kielder Water and Forest Park. But at least you could imagine it!

Even if you are able to get to Kielder, it may be worth downloading the audio incase the weather is bad and there has not been enough solar energy to charge the speaker. If that is the unfortunate situation, at least you could listen to it if you had downloaded it.

It is available on soundcloud, YouTube and Vimeo at the following addresses:

https://soundcloud.com/heleninglasgow/trigger-an-audio-installation-at-kielder-water-and-forest-park

https://youtu.be/oV9bAgwORg8

https://vimeo.com/174118618

We hope you enjoy it. Let us know what you think.

Phyllida Barlow in conversation with Briony Fer and Fiona Bradley

Phyllida Barlow in conversation with Fiona Bradley, Director, The Fruitmarket Gallery, Edinburgh and Briony Fer, Professor of History of Art, UCL. 

In this video Phyllida Barlow talks openly about her practice. Topics discussed include her exhibition in the grand Duveen Galleries at Tate Britain, her working process, her fear of heights, intuition, scale and size, colour, working with her 'team' to make the work, the discipline of sculpture and her experience of education, both as a student and a lecturer.

Culture Matters

The Arts Council have made the following film as a reminder of the breadth of arts and culture emerging from England over the years.




https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OwqRGiA_T5Q

Paper and stop-motion animation

Paper and stop-motion animation are two of my favourite things.

This combination in no way fails to disappoint.