Geo Art Cache Bank Holiday Event Event Cache
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Geo Art Cache Bank Holiday Event
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Sunday, May 29, 2011
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CORRECTION: Please note the correct coords for this event are N: 54' 05.443' W: 000' 39.393'
The hidden art works will be part of a trail; beginning in Duggleby and ending in Weaverthorpe, which will transform sites of interest using colour, form, local materials and crafts. The artists have taken inspiration from the Gypsey Race, an intermittant stream that runs through the heart of the Rydale Wolds.
Make your way to the first coordinates and you will be given the next set and so on.
When: Sunday 29th May and Monday 30th May, 11am- 3pm each day
Three unique temporary art interventions are to be created in North Yorkshire Wolds by artists from rednile projects in collaboration with artist Katie May Shipley. The artworks are part of Geo Art Cache, a project that merges art with Geocaching.
Over this bank holiday weekend you are invited to join in the geo art cache hunt and take part in activities along the Gypsey Race set in beautiful countryside. As you discover each artwork you will be asked to create miniature artwork gifts, using skills and techniques linked to the artwork. These gifts will be hidden inside 'geocache boxes' for the next visitors to find and keep so will continue to change hands as new visitors find each artwork and create a new gift along the trail. After the event caches will be left and registered near to where the artworks have been exhibited.
About the Geo Art Cache project:
Geo Art Cache is the first project of its kind where a new series of art based geocaches created by artists, which entice you to explore different locations across North Yorkshire whilst experiencing different artforms along the way. Geo Art Cache is commissioned and supported by Chrysalis Arts in partnership with Ryedale Council. www.geoartcache.com
Art works commissioned for the trail:
Found Object
Found Object plays on the site where it is placed, one of the largest round barrows in Britain. The barrow is believed to have been used for burial and possibly sacrifice (suggested by J.R Mortimer in 1890) but has never been fully excavated or carbon dated, although it is believed to be Neolithic.
Found Object is a playful response to the speculative ‘what ifs’ of the nature of the site and uses a chalk cast ejector seat placed on a packaging crate with a weather balloon attached to it. Where has this object come from? Has it just been unearthed or has it just landed? The work will raise many questions about site and location as well as drawing attention to the unknown and unanswered questions that surround the site and its historical context. Visitors will be invited to make their own unearthed cast to the installation.
The Catch
The intermittent Gyspey Race is in full flow in Duggleby and folklore suggests that local people used to throw valuable possessions into the stream to bring good luck. The Catch installation captures the magical essence of the Gypsey Race by using hundreds of paper water bombs suspended above and landing on the water of the river acting as vessels and glistening jewels to highlight the beauty of water. The process-based work invites visitors to participate to keep the artwork alive over the two days by making a water bomb to fill with the Gypsey Race water and add to the installation.
Racemaker
Racemaker has been made in response to a part of the Gypsey Race River where the water has disappeared. Weaverthorpe village is built around the river and the community continue to live life around the trenches, crossing bridges where the river once ran through. In response to this we wanted to recreate the sound of the Gypsey Race, in an attempt to bring the river back to life.
Racemaker is a large contraption that consists of several rainsticks, as you turn the handle the contraption continuously recreates the sound of rainfall; rainsticks are instruments that were invented in Chile and Peru and were used to try to evoke rainstorms. Inside the rainsticks are hundreds of seeds, the seeds are perennial wax and green-winged orchid, these are special rarities that occur naturally in the area. At the end of the weekend these seeds will be spread in the local area and given to visitors to plant at home.
About rednile Projects:
rednile Projects Ltd is creatively directed by professional artists Suzanne Hutton, Michael Branthwaite and Janine Goldsworthy. rednile work site specifically in a wide range of materials, reacting to a space or making artwork exploring the history or future of a site. Projects are always sensitively linked to an area and often involve research and experimentation to reveal stories, unique features, the fabric of a place and the shapes of the landscape. rednile use a wide range of methodologies to explore a space or site, collaborating with selected artists, designers, architects and specialists. Colour, light and unexpected materials are often used to create pieces that are playful and transform spaces. rednile's projects often contribute to wider regeneration strategies where the creative process develops from creative consultation leading to temporary art works, permanent art works and design features that have been integrated from the very beginning. rednile projects encourages professionalism in the arts and are committed to engaging others in the exploration and enjoyment of art.www.rednile.org
Katie May Shipley
Katie May Shipley is an artist based in the Staffordshire Moorlands and is an active member of the geocaching community. Katie is a studio artist and board member at AirSpace Gallery, Stoke on Trent. Recent public art projects include Forging Links in West Bromwich and Conjunction 10 in Stoke on Trent.
www.katieshipley.com
Chrysalis Arts:
Chrysalis Arts are a North Yorkshire based arts organisation providing innovative commissions, arts training, and residency programmes as well as running events such as North Yorkshire Open Studios and the Slow Art Trail.
www.creativenorthyorkshire.com
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