In a darkened space entered through a black curtain, Leila presented us with a gripping, intense video piece entitled 'They believed the river did sing'. This piece concentrated on feelings and experiences in sound and vision and as usual with Leila's work it was impossible to leave before it had ended. I personally got the feeling I was in the trenches during a war and the heavy sounds, clattering, bright explosions of light and eery noises all added to this feeling. Glimpses of fluttering birds of prey blended with dark landscape close-ups gave a feeling of excitement and unease which I like in artworks.
Her other photographic images were taken from the 12th floor of the soon to be demolished council building in Leicester and looked at changes in time and location.
Leila Houston.
One of the works that really stood out to me was the sculptural lightworks of Mark Boot. Entering into a darkened space I was greeted by the warm glow of red, green and yellow lights breaking through the surface of large sculpted pieces of polystyrene foam. This room was exciting, comforting and the glowing colours gave off a visual warmth but the work had a technological side to it. Mark's work looks at the way we have developed a coded system throughout the world and our lives and the way it affects our culture.
mark Boot
Various interesting and playful wooden sculptures littered the floor in one of the spaces and on close inspection it was apparent that the pieces were combinations of man made and natural materials working together to hold the sculptural forms in place. Some of the pieces were made to encourage viewers towards moving the components around thus creating new and fresh sculptures throughout the show. The works were both simple and complex in creation and Edward Vernon's ideas of 'natural complementing man made' came across in each piece.
Edward Vernon
Edward Vernon
'According to Henry Mattise, colour, even more than drawing is a means of liberation exists in itself'.
The opening statement from the artist Lydia Manship highlighted the ideas behind her colourful projected installation. blending through endless colours, the squares and circles of her simple compositions kept the room alive with just subtle changes every few seconds. The work was all about colour and what happens to it and to us as the tones appear and disappear before us and reminded me of a scene from an old 60's pop art movie.
Lydia Manship
One thing I noticed about the whole exhibition was how professional it all looked. Each artist had stuck to their guns and only exhibited what they thought were their strongest pieces. Each room was different and the whole thing was a good experience.
Dee Sowden
Dee Sowden
Lulu Zhou
Chiara Enzo
Chiara Enzo
Stefania Laccu
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