In Sept/Oct 2013 I curated a project at Blickling Hall, a National Trust property near Aylsham in Norfolk. The participating artists, including myself, researched the proper and made new work for the gallery at Blickling in response to it’s history, architecture, grounds and gardens etc. I focused on the lives and routines of the servants, prompted by a photograph of the punishment room, an 8ft square room entered from the roof of the house and used to imprison those who had committed some misdemeanour. Large estates became small worlds apart, responsible for the welfare, often education, moral development and meting out justice to their employees.
I panelled part of the gallery with appropriate wallpaper and installed elastic so that during the exhibition I ‘lived’ within this constraining environment. The first Tea Break film was shown on a min-ipad.
One day was spent with Darren, working on different ideas for Tea Break and filming.
