Changeover 24th April – 1st May 2009
Sarah Farmer My Bedroom Sings in G
Music is "a purposeless play" which is "an affirmation of life – not an attempt to bring order out of chaos nor to suggest improvements in creation, but simply a way of waking up to the very life we're living" – John Cage
Sarah Farmer uses the electrical sounds of everyday objects such as fridges, TVs, computers, lamps etc alongside sounds found within the exhibition space to create sonic performances and installations. The artists interests lie in surrounding sounds – the unnoticed musical potential of our environments and what is revealed when we actually listen closely.
My Bedroom sings in G was originally a performance in which microphones on timer switches were used to rhythmically amplify the sounds of appliances that the artist encountered daily. This is a recording of the event.
Anton Harding Safelight
Anton Harding, b. London 1966, studied printing, printmaking, photography, history of art and architecture, media at London College of Printing (1984-88), film, video and photographic arts at University of Westminster (1989-92) and 16+ Education at University of Huddersfield (1997-98). Now living and practicing in Huddersfield, Anton is a member of Yorkshire Sculptors Group and Riverside Artists Group. He has been exhibiting in individual and group exhibitions since 1991.
Anton's practice has ranged from the documentary and political statement of Abolishing the Currency and Deathwish, the surreal quality of his Dreamscapes Xerograms and assemblages, to the pure play of light and exploration of perception seen in the current installation Safelight and in many of his photographs.
