Suspended was the first time, in a long time, that I had worked on a project with a subject that wasn’t of my own choosing. It presented some interesting challenges and one that I’ve spent some time thinking about is the effect that working with a particular theme, in this case flooding, had on the audiences’ expectations of my work for the residency. Throughout the coverage of the flooding, and this applies to both the floods that took place in Carlisle, certain types of imagery and words are repeated in the media and become symbolic of our common understanding and shared experiences of flooding. This focus on certain images and words was also reflected in the information that was published by the press throughout the residency. Shown in the image above is a screen shot of an article by the BBC and a few leading lines from some other press articles. The BBC will have been issued with some photographs of the art work to be shown for the Immersion/Emergence residency
I am an artist living in North Cumbria working in predominantly installation-based video and sound, and specialise in the use of alternative spaces for exhibiting. I am currently studying part-time for a PhD by Art Practice at the University of Cumbria.