August-
December 2013
Welcome.
This website was created retrospectively, using material I made during my artist's residency at High
Cross House in 2013. For the duration of the residency, I was also studying for a
Research Masters in Performance at Plymouth University. As well as showing, and reworking, some of the archive of work I made at High Cross, this site
is an attempt to express some of the ideas and the critical theory that are
relevant to me in my practice as both walking and studio-based artist.
My research examines my own process, scrutinising how I bring together an assemblage of different media and artistic languages to translate the experience of walking into artworks.
from this threshold you may choose to join me outside, and explore the Dartington Estate, or inside and explore my thinking process in the studio. The inside/outside section is an attempt to examine the relationship between the two, and fragments is, well, bits and pieces.
Each one of these zones will give you more choices, more zones to explore, and carry you deeper into the experience. But don't worry, because if at any point you become disorientated, you can follow the green arrow at the top of the page, and it will lead you back here, where you can refresh yourself (maybe a virtual cream tea?) because on this site, High Cross is always open, and entry is free.
If you are concerned that drifting aimlessly will cause you to miss something, you can take the 'Through the Hedge' tour. This is an ambulatory adventure guided by my insider knowledge of the site. It will take you through hedges, and over gates and walls.
To participate in the 'Through the Hedge' tour, just click on the text underneath the black arrow at the bottom of each page, and it will take you on a circular walk around the estate.
In 'reality', High
Cross House is now closed permanently to the public. I hope here you will be able to get
a flavour of my High Cross experience as it was in 2013.
A modernist house built in
1932, situated in the Dartington Estate.
Welcome.
My research examines my own process, scrutinising how I bring together an assemblage of different media and artistic languages to translate the experience of walking into artworks.
The train to Totnes goes from here:
From Totnes you can walk to High Cross through the
Dartington Estate. There are many routes you can take; you can take the scenic
path along by the River Dart, or a short cut through the woods. You can consider this page to be like the front door of the house:
from this threshold you may choose to join me outside, and explore the Dartington Estate, or inside and explore my thinking process in the studio. The inside/outside section is an attempt to examine the relationship between the two, and fragments is, well, bits and pieces.
Each one of these zones will give you more choices, more zones to explore, and carry you deeper into the experience. But don't worry, because if at any point you become disorientated, you can follow the green arrow at the top of the page, and it will lead you back here, where you can refresh yourself (maybe a virtual cream tea?) because on this site, High Cross is always open, and entry is free.
If you are concerned that drifting aimlessly will cause you to miss something, you can take the 'Through the Hedge' tour. This is an ambulatory adventure guided by my insider knowledge of the site. It will take you through hedges, and over gates and walls.
To participate in the 'Through the Hedge' tour, just click on the text underneath the black arrow at the bottom of each page, and it will take you on a circular walk around the estate.
