Dunseath, J, Dawson, I, Heath, C, Minkin, L, Thomas, N, Greenwood, J, Colegate, M and Vari, M (2015) Elbow. C&C Gallery, London, 5 September – 4 October 2015.
![[img]](/7340/2.haslightboxThumbnailVersion/elbow_installation_2.72dpi.jpg) C&C Residency, Elbow, 2015. Insta ... | ![[img]](/7340/3.haslightboxThumbnailVersion/01-Elbow%20-%20Curated%20by%20Ian%20Dawson%20-%20Installation%20shots.jpg) C&C Residency, Elbow, 2015. Insta ... | ![[img]](/7340/4.haslightboxThumbnailVersion/elbow_installation_1.72dpi.jpg) C&C Residency, Elbow, 2015. Insta ... |
| Item Type: | Exhibition |
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| Creators: | Dunseath, J, Dawson, I, Heath, C, Minkin, L, Thomas, N, Greenwood, J, Colegate, M and Vari, M |
| Corporate Creators: | C&C Residency |
| Abstract: | The Elbow, the part of the human body that a blind or partially sighted person takes hold of, four fingers on the inside, thumb on the outside; holding with a firm grip to assist them with navigation. It is a common guiding technique linking two people into an unfamiliar choreography. In the summer of 2015 C&C Gallery hosted an innovative residency programme, transforming the gallery space into a dynamic studio environment in order to respond to ideas surrounding the condition of blindness. During this time eight artists variously came and went, engaging with a whole repertoire of processes, from casting to laser scanning, leaving a variety of traces of their activities. Much of the work, arrived at through a collaborative approach has sought to obliquely cast a shadow across the subject, remaining open towards the process of making, and the work remains in a state of uncertainty even at the time of writing. During a workshop in the space hosted by John Dickinson-Lilley, the artists wore blind glasses and stumbled rather pathetically around the gallery and the local high street, feeling unsure, insecure and inept, grounded only by the feeling of the floor beneath ones feet and ones fingers upon a companions elbow. Within the space; chalk lines, floor to ceiling columns and laser scanning targets have created an installation for measurement, where diverse material usage- including borax, expanding foam and cat litter humorously confound expectation. |
| Official URL: | http://candcresidency.blogspot.co.uk/ |
| Date: | 4 October 2015 |
| Funders: | Arts Council England |
| Event Location: | C&C Gallery, London |
| Number of Pieces: | 9 |
| Medium: | installation |
| Exhibition Catalogue Title: | Elbow |
| Note: | Exhibition stemming from a residency at C&C Gallery, London for the duration of August. Ian Dawson was the lead artist and worked collaboratively with a series of five invited artists (John Greenwood, Claude Heath, Nicola Thomas, Louisa Minkin, Jenny Dunseath) and two applicants from the open call, Mhari Vari and Michael Colegate. The exhibition was curated by Ian Dawson. Exhibition talks and events by Ian Dawson, Claude Heath, Louisa Minkin, Nicola Thomas, John Greenwood, Jenny Dunseath, Michael Colegate and Mhairi Vari. Dunseath’s role as artist collaborator specifically sought to ask questions of mediation, re-mediation, authorship and originality. She did this through her production of floor to ceiling columns and laser scanning images, which translated the work of each artist, whilst simultaneously being interrupted by other artists touch. The work, like the experience of being led by an elbow, had to be negotiated and choreographed by senses other than sight to produce a new way of working. |
| Subjects: | N Fine Arts > NX Arts in general |
| Divisions: | Bath School of Art, Film and Media |
| Date Deposited: | 04 Mar 2016 12:19 |
| Last Modified: | 04 May 2022 12:58 |
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