- Venue
- Holton Lee
- Starts
- Friday, March 18, 2011
- Ends
- Friday, April 8, 2011
- Address
- East Holton, Holton Heath, Poole Dorset BH16 6JN
- Location
- South West England
Bruce Davies is the current Arts Council South West Impact Fund resident artist at Holton Lee. His two-month residency is to provide him with the opportunity to develop his potential as a professional. He creates sculptural forms in the landscape at Holton Lee out of natural waste. The material results from the land management processes used in the heathland restoration taking place at the 350-acre charity. In WASTE/LAND/PROCESS Davies presents another way to engage with the landscape by drawing on the historical uses of the flora of the heath and its traditional management techniques to establish a new ephemeral platform for his work. His use of the site for the presentation of this new work connects to his interest in how we use the countryside. He asks that if land is no longer the source of food and fuel production and no longer economically viable for agriculture, then what is it for. The heath is now a place for amenity and nature conservation. What do we expect to happen here now? What is an appropriate way to use the countryside? Is this new order sustainable? Never less than challenging, the work also balances wit with conversation.
