GRAIN is presented by a collaborative artist-curatorial
group that includes Andrew Dodds, Ben Eastop and Tim Eastop.
GRAIN developed, in part, from a previous project,
Gate, in which artists’ film and video was presented
high on an isolated hill in Dartmoor in October 2002 as
darkness fell. Set on a military firing range, the virtual
moving image projected onto one large and one smaller
screen was set against the real landscape during a ‘performance’
in which the audience became an integral part. This heightened
experience of a particular rural landscape, that subtly
engaged with wider social and global issues, is part of
a longer term inquiry about the nature of landscape of
which GRAIN is a part.
Andrew Dodds is an artist who uses a
wide range of strategies and media in examining the nature/culture
interface. He is critically involved with exhibiting,
curating and writing about contemporary art. Since 1996
he has organised many independent, site-specific projects
that intelligently engage with socially and politically
charged environments. |
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Ben
Eastop is an independent
art consultant specialising in commissioning and curating
contemporary art in varied contexts beyond the gallery,
working collaboratively with artists and other partners.
Whilst often engaging in the processes of architecture,
urban design and other disciplines, he is working on a
long-term enquiry into the social and political significance
of the landscape and place mediated and interpreted through
art.
Tim Eastop is
an experienced visual arts consultant and curator working
nationally and internationally with artists, cultural
organisations, academic institutions and the art market.
He is currently advising the RSA on international arts
and ecology projects. He is co-founder of GATE, installation
events located in socially and environmentally problematic
sites.
Thanks
to Trevor Horsewood for his ongoing advice and support
with funding. |
