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'Maybe in the Sky' Video work with sound for five screens, shown in the Planetarium dome at the World Museum in Liverpool, 2008.

This work was constructed for five screens, with sound, for the Planetarium

dome at the World Museum in Liverpool. The video sequences show a solitary

rower crossing the dome in North/South, East/West orbits, whilst the central

rower circles, apparently lost in his navigations. It relates to both the function

and conceptual resonances of the telescope, or spyglass, developed in

the 17th century by Galileo. The work builds on my PhD research on

temporality and evolved out of discussions with Lisa le Feuvre at the Maritime

Museum. It was exhibited to coincide with the 400 year anniversary of

Galileo’s invention, working with Angus Gunn of the World Museum.

The video works constructed in this research make use of the languages,

techniques and the apparatus of moving image in order to explore perceptions

of temporality as a key factor in the emotional ‘affect’ of art. In this piece,

original video footage and super 8 material has been re-filmed using altered

frame rates, time bases and shutter speeds and animated sequences have

been made by painting on to printed frames.

This work is part of a body of practice-led research seeking to contribute to

our understanding of temporality as a key factor in the emotional ‘affect’ of art.

These works make use of altered frame rates, exposures and time bases in

order to explore questions of embodied spectatorship, affect and the perceived

elasticity of time in encounters with art works, considering how such unsettling

experiences may be liberating or enhancing.

Work supported by Arts Council England and received local press and radio

coverage. One other artist involved in museum show: Lily Markiewicz

This work was later exhibited as a single screen work in ‘Slow’, at CASS Gallery, London Metropolitan University 2009 curated by Ian Robertson.