Art in the Crypt
Art in the Crypt at St. Giles Church Camberwell, London SE5
In 2013, I created a series of events in the Crypt of St. Giles church and worked with artist-photographer Jessy Boon Cowler to host three group exhibitions involving artists and performers from across the country.
Alterations, 9 – 14 September 2013
This first exhibition explored construction, rearrangement, repetition, and layering. Using techniques such as assemblage, collage, projection, and digital manipulation, the participating artists adapt their source materials to create works that hold hidden layers of activity.
Jessy Boon Cowler’s photographic work uses layered projections and overt digital manipulation to create surreal reflections of the commonplace. Lesley Hilling’s work conveys a powerful sense of longing to preserve the fragments of the past, a desire for order, a passionate and mysterious evocation of lost moments. Lucy McCall’s practice is largely concerned with the physical act of making- she accepts mechanical interference and chance happenings, allowing for disruption and a progressive dilution of form. Using found images and materials from commercial sources, Ellie Geary's work uses collage to transform visual perspectives and manipulate systems of living.
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| Jessy Boon Cowler |
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| Lucy McCall |
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Lesley Hilling |
Insights, 18 - 21 November 2013
The collection of artists and performers for Insights seek inspiration from their own stories and personal histories to create work that offers an insight into the lives, minds, and mysteries of the individual. Works by: Showna Kim, Karl Lawson, Pampa Louzao, Geles Tomás, Matthew Maddigan, Mia Pfeifer, Alex Swift and Amandine Limtouch. Live set by Solar Brute
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Showna Kim, installation detail |
Salon, 2013. Documentation version of an installation that was shown across two monitors. This collaborative video piece shows Jessy's photographic work (left) and my collages (right).
Ep=mgh: The Obstruction of Obliteration, 16 - 20 Feb 2014This group exhibition celebrated and mused over the theory of potential energy. Poetic and abstract expressions of this theme saw a mixture of film, performance, poetry, installation and sculpture in the space. Participating artists: Ruth Batham, Showna Kim, Maximus Limbu, Sophie Myers, Frieda Shube, Harriet Waghorn. Music by The Bricks and London Beat Club.
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Sophie Myers |
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| Maximus Limbus, video installation detail |
Event photography by Jessica Bernard:
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Matthew Maddigan, installation view |
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Geles Tomás, live illustration |
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Amandine Limtouch's The Interpreters |
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Alex Swift performs Travesty |
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| London Beat Club |
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| Harriet Waghorn performing work by Jessy Boon Cowler |
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| The Bricks |
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| Freida Shube records Jessy's installation with ink on paper |
All exhibiting artists and performers:
Ruth Batham, The Bricks, Toby Dawe, Lesley Hilling, The Interpreters, Showna Kim, Karl Lawson, Maximus Limbu, Pampa Louzao, Matthew Maddigan, Solar Brute, Lucy McCall, London Beat Club, Sophie Myers, Mia Pfeifer, Frieda Shube, Alex Swift, Geles Tomás, Harriet WaghornThank you to the Church and the team at JazzLive for accommodating us and supporting our work during this time.
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