Wolstenholme Creative Space is a beautiful old wreck of a building that does indeed have fally down bits to it.
They sent out a call for submissions earlier on this year for an exhibition called ‘With these walls we are shaped’. The exhibition called for artists to respond to the gallery space itself, the building, it’s history and the way it is now used.
Here is what I came up with, not one but two installations. One directly dealing with the walls (literally) and inviting the viewers to become part of the walls.
The second responding to the musicians who play at Wolstenholme regularly.
Piece 1:
Stereotactic
stereotactic [ˌstɛrɪəˈtæktɪk ˌstɪər-]
adj.
orientation or movement of an organism in response to the stimulus of a solid object.
Using bricks from within Wolstenholme Creative Space, this piece of art invites the viewer to respond to the stimulus of this particular solid object. Become shaped by these walls – become the Organism.
Piece 2:
Stereo-tastic
Stereo-tastic[ˌstɛrɪəˈtæsktɪk ˌstɪər-]
n
(Electronics) the technique of reproducing and transmitting visual surround sound
This work plays music recorded at live gigs within Wolstenholme Creative Space, the piece represents and reacts to this music; a visually explosive resonance and invites the viewer to walk through the installation to hear and be surrounded by the space and sound.
