place

exploring the sepcificity of space and the creation of place across a range of locations and landscapes 

 

glow (2015)

drawn in light (2011)

kimmer and the magpie (2005)

a curious hill (2004)

site specific (2004)

holding on (2002)

sense of place (2001)

exhume (2001)

the crescent (2000-04)

purchase (2000)

byzantium (1997)

a personal touch (1996)

woodcutter (1995)

a place of ghosts (1989)

Crescent Memories (2004)

A ‘Son et Lumiere’ installation for Buxton’s Crescent exploring the building’s past and hopes for the future through the voices of Buxton residents and projected images.

The façade of the building became a screen upon which coloured forms and ghostly images were projected to accompany an audio soundtrack constructed from personal memories giving an evocative insight into the building’s complex history.

The project was funded by the Trevor Osbourne Property Group and was presented twice nightly for the ten days preceding Christmas Eve, 2004.

 

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Beacon (2002)

A light installation for the Crescent, Buxton illuminating the building's chimneystacks with pulses of brightly coloured light to turn the Crescent into a beacon visible for miles.

The self-initiated project was funded by High Peak Borough Council, The Buxton Town Centre Partnership, The Old Hall Hotel and Buxton Opera House.

Thanks to John Wilson for his help.

Inner Light (2001)

A light installation for the Crescent, Buxton in which, for a number of hours each night, rooms within the building are randomly illuminated with intensely coloured light to reveal both the former grandeur and current decay of the Crescent and bring to life this dark corner of the town during the depths of winter.

Inner Light was a self-initiated project funded by the Buxton Festival Fringe, with support from the Old Hall Hotel and Derbyshire County Council.

Thanks to John Wilson for his help.

After Dark (2000)

An interactive audio-visual installation for the Crescent, Buxton. Each night during the Buxton Festival passers-by would trigger the appearance of shadowy figures in the windows of the Crescent accompanied by eerie sounds from within the building.

The figures, sourced from old photographs and illustrations of the Crescent, brought a transitory sense of occupancy and life back to the deserted building.

After Dark was a self-initiated project funded by the Buxton Festival Fringe, with support from the Old Hall Hotel and Derbyshire County Council.

Thanks to John Wilson for his help.