Lifelines
from February 17 to March 13
Salisbury Arst centre
A few months on and the Limits of my project have proven endless; I am currently working on Lifelines, commissioned by the Kingfisher Writing in Health project, based at Salisbury Hospital ans salisbury Arts Centre, and this has stretched my practice to a bran new dimension; I have used the line to create a journey liaising words and architecture in this 13th century converted church.
Lifelines is an attempt to anchor the spirituality of the poems to the physicality of the place. The project has been running for the past 10 years and the words seemed to be floating in the space. It was a matter of making them visible and alive.
I used the ribbon in Limits , exploring physical, mental and social limits. I wanted to further its life; the collaboration with the Kingfisher writing project was a great opportunity for me to do so, as well as try out the potential of a large scale work.
I have always been aware of the self healing purpose of art. It is the first time that I have been able to express it in such a physical way.
Kingfisher says;
“Lifelines is the second of three visual arts commissioning projects, celebrating and making visible the work of the Kingfisher Project. Laurence Rushby’s response to the brief has created a site-specific installation at Salisbury Arts Centre using a lifeline of red ribbon to link a multitude of personal stories to the architecture of the building. Fragments of poems written by The Kingfisher Project’s community group participants hang in the air in this striking and thought-provoking new commission celebrating the importance of art for health and wellbeing.
