The Long Road Project: The Long Road Project

Thursday, October 31, 2013

The Long Road Project

The Long Road Project has given me an excellent opportunity to take my practice further. I already work closely with maps and the walking practice, looking into how people move through different spaces. By being involved in this project and the residency has shown me different techniques from the four different course areas involved.

The four different courses taking part in this project gave the residency a completely different aspect to things I've taken part in before, I really enjoyed being able to interact with people from different disciplines, as we wouldn't usually have the opportunity to discuss ideas with each other.

Whilst at Ilam Park I focused a lot on the transition of light and sound of flowing water. I also took a lot of photographs of the changing sky, at the minute I'm unsure as to how these will become a final piece for the exhibition.

I'm looking forward to seeing everyone again soon, and I'm glad this only the beginning of the project.

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About The Long Road Project

The Long Road Project is a partnership between Staffordshire University, The Potteries Museum and Art gallery, and AirSpace Gallery, Stoke-on-Trent.

It involves 15 students from Fine Art, Animation, Music Technology and Photography working on an exciting project responding to a Tate ‘Artist’s Rooms’ Touring exhibition of the work of esteemed artist Richard Long, which is coming to the Potteries Museum and Art Gallery in November 2013.

Staff and students from the 4 subject areas will work together on a project which responds to the work of the important land artist Richard Long. We are also excited to be working with a leading artist, Tim Knowles, whose work often involves the landscape and walking practices.

In Short: Staff and students will embark on a 3 day retreat in the nearby Peak District, where the landscape will be explored and where we will work on making site responsive art works, whilst learning about Long’s methods.

The works created will be carefully and thoroughly documented, and then there will be a chance for students to consider how site-responsive works translate into an exhibition context. The exhibition at The Potteries Museum and Art gallery will form the basis of this, and the students will then work together to put on an exhibition alongside the Richard Long show in the Potteries Museum.

The student's work will be on show from February 1st to March 16th 2014.