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This group exhibition features video work by artists with an interest in
rural and urban landscapes, who through the medium of the voice explore
their relationship with these land and townscapes. Artists such as Richard
T. Walker address the landscape directly, and yet just as the Romantic hero
is dwarfed by the landscape, the artist feels alienated by the landscape as
his voice goes unheard and unanswered. Others artists opt for more subtle
interventions in the landscape, with Aileen Lambert for example, humanising
and giving a voice to the wind. In other instances, it is the land itself
that speaks to us. Jesse Jones places an opera singer in an urban setting,
creating a tension between the human voice and the sounds of the urban
environment. This exhibition questions the way in which we perceive our
built and natural environments, and urges us to consider how we position
ourselves in relation to these landscapes.
Jesse Jones (IRL), Aileen Lambert (IRL), Graeme Miller (UK), Lemn Sissay
(UK),
Richard T. Walker (UK) Curated by: Nora Hickey
image courtesy of the artist: Richard T Walker,
successive inconceivable events, 2005, single channel DVD projection or
monitor, 6min 18sec, Dimensions Variable.
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