Line of Site
for
FRED 2008, the Annual Art Invasion of Cumbria
26th September - 12th October
in a field near Dent.
View From Dent Church Yard, streamer just visible a close view of the streamer the streamer laid in the field
A
bright yellow knitted streamer laid along a contour line across
a field. This line marks joins points of equal height above sea level.
We
are aware of contour lines on maps , and when we walk across land we are aware
of the rise and fall of the land as we pass over it. This line will make
visible, to the distant viewer, the changes in the land surface.
A
knitted streamer is chosen because of my continuing interest in using knitting
as an art medium. A site near Dent is chosen because this area has a long
relationship with knitting.
The streamer is bright yellow to be visible from the road but also the 'Yellow line' is an essentially urban feature of the land/street scape. There are thus tensions created between the rural/urban nature of the piece.
ARTIST'S STATEMENT
My practice arises from a fascination with unacknowledged , unrecognised spaces and with geometrical forms. This fascination is combined with a use of thread textile techniques, including knitting, to delineate, describe and deform these spaces producing sculptural installations leading the viewer to acknowledge and question the space around them. My work is large and confrontational, demanding a reaction from the viewer.
THANKS TO
Bryan Eccleshall ( Fred Mentor) , Steve Messam ( Co-ordinator FRED and FOLD Gallery) , David Hartley ( for the use of the field) , DENTDALE Parish Council for their support.
30 INCHES WIDE , 95 YARDS LONG, KNITTED IN 8 PIECES, Pegged to the ground at 18inch intervals with greenhouse 'fleece staples'.
Yarn polyester string, usually used for ferret nettting.