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Before and After the Event
Before and After the Event By Victoria Lucas The works can be thematized as a series of considered and poetic interactions with objects and places. Focusing on urban public spaces that frame the everyday, works punctuate the ordinary so that […]
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Articulating a point of view
Articulating a point of view by Flis Holland Part of an ongoing series of works, the installation takes us back to a house in England. This eerie domestic setting seems suspended in time, held just beyond our reach, but it […]
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At the thresholds of haunted places
At the thresholds of haunted places – the art of Flis Holland and Victoria Lucas Written By Elaine Speight Within contemporary culture, there is a growing obsession with sites of abandonment and decay. Previously inhabited and everyday places, emptied […]
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Publication
Flis Holland and Victoria Lucas 14 page concertina pamphlet This publication documents Holland and Lucas’ Helsinki based exhibition, which took place in April this year as part of the Helsinki / Sheffield collaboration. It comprises text and images from the […]
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Untitled blog post from "Collaborative Explorations between Sheffield and Helsinki"
Flis Holland and I began to put together a small publication yesterday after her visit to the UK provided us with an opportunity to meet at my studio in Sheffield to continue the collaboration. This published work will document the […]
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Untitled blog post from "Collaborative Explorations between Sheffield and Helsinki"
The identity of a space is revealed through photographs and video works. A domestic passageway, a public underground staircase, an empty market hall. All transient, and all suspended in time. What isn’t communicated is their significance. Why are we presented […]
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Untitled blog post from "Collaborative Explorations between Sheffield and Helsinki"
The first three days at Vapaan Taiteen Tila were spent installing the exhibition that was to form the backdrop for an explorative discussion between two artists. The gallery has recently moved, and so what was initially going to be a […]
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Untitled blog post from "Collaborative Explorations between Sheffield and Helsinki"
Next week, Flis Holland and I will embark upon our collaborative project. Beginning with a week long residency / exhibition that has been secured at Vapaan Taiteen Tila in Helsinki, we hope to use this time to develop an ongoing […]