Seascape [Fr-Agile]
Projection on curved screen
2009 - 2010
silk thread 30 tpi (threads per inch)
300 x 200 x 300 cm
Seascape is a three-dimensional video sculpture that reflects the fragility of a historic coastline subtly recalling centuries of slowly shifting sands. The piece has been produced in co-operation with Jo Millett (video) during an artists' residency at Spurn Point on the Humber Estuary.
'Seascape [Fr-Agile]' features footage of the North Sea shoreline of Spurn, showing the horizon line and the ever rolling movement of the incoming sea. The video is projected onto a curved semi-transparent screen made of unwoven warp threads, stretching between wall and floor. The projection spreads through the warped screen to the wall thus creating both a plane image and a three-dimensional distorted one. The superimposition of these two images reflects the shifting movement of Spurn peninsula over centuries.
The footage projected on the curved screen is taken from the documentation of a performance about Spurn's shifting movements over the past 150 years, Fr-Agile.
Photo credit: Bob Levene