Artist Mark Templer

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MARK TEMPLER

Have you ever wanted to climb out of the aeroplane window and touch the clouds? 

Mark Templer makes time-lapse films of the dynamic scenes around us that we often overlook. By capturing them and altering their timebase, the intricacies and development of form are revealed.

In this installation (Soar 1) he uses time-lapse movies of cloud formations as they gather and soar. These are projected through mesh screens in a darkened space to create an environment that gives the viewer a multi-dimensional experience of walking among the clouds. He adds a spiritual element to the piece through the use of 12th century choral music... as the angelic voices soar, the clouds build, creating an atmosphere that transports the viewer to a place where they can feel connected to the natural world.

 Soar 1 (multi-media installation), 2012

marktemple@aol.com

Artist Alice Wilson

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ALICE WILSON

It is the balance between what is real and what is perceived to be real, and also the use of nature as a representation of an ideological reality that are key to my practice. With particular interest directed towards the lens, I am considering how our experience of the landscape is understood and attempting to assess the many differing ways in which technology plays a role. I am interested in whether or not we are more inclined to accept a photograph as a genuine depiction of reality, and the way in which painting and photography has informed what we think of as landscape.

A view  through Alice's work

From the late 18th century, Romanticism reacted against the rational thought of the Enlightenment and tried to negate prescriptive qualities of science. It explored the emotions that could be caused by the contemplation of the world and often that of nature, the philosopher Immanuel Kant drew attention to emotions such as terror and awe as being triggers of the Sublime. Through my work I attempt to asses these histories relevance in a contemporary context, and ask where it is we might find a modern day comparison.

www.alicewilson.org

Artist Sasha Bowles

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SASHA BOWLES

Sasha is exploring the ways that memories can ebb and flow 

from one thing to another. Starting from a found souvenir, an

 anonymous memory, she plays with it until a new form evolves.

 Though subtle and large changes the souviner morphs into new

 memory and meaning. Using the object in the manner of a

Japanese Scholar stone,  contemplating and evoking memories

 real and imagined. Memories can be called up deliberately or

 rise up involuntarily from a trigger. Memory that is 

re-remembered gives us a new memory in a new context. Each

 re-visitation givesemory, a layering of memory and 

interpretation.

Body forms

Darkroom Installation

go to www.southern-row.blogspot.com to see film of installation

www.sashabowles.co.uk

Artist Matt Gee

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MATT GEE

Matt’s work involves covering, melting, placing, arranging of spaces and objects.

There is a concern with the authenticity of materiality, the source of materials, jostling with the modern materialistic demands of human sensory decadent desire, a society that ecpects, and ‘I want it now’ culture.

His main interest is in questioning the source of materials, whether they are man made or naturally occurring. Gee takes this dichotomy of the synthetic versus the authentic and applys it to his art practice through methods of imitation, replication and manipulation and elevates it through methods of display. The result can be repulsive or seductive to the viewer.

An extraordinary scene of intrigue

www.mattgeeartist.com

Artist Matthew Luck Galpin

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MATTHEW LUCK GALPIN

My aim is to find the meaning and value of things in a world often misunderstanding making. It is clear to me that the distance between the back glance of knowledge and the true, ever still, place of becoming is as great as it is invisible . At the start of all traces of the manifest is the problem of immanence. Therefore a true sense of doubt is first and foremost to understanding the possible.

The eerily beautiful singing glasses

www.matthewluckgalpin.wordpress.co.uk

Artist Ralph Anderson

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RALPH ANDERSON

Ralph's work aims to explore the

possibilities of space, light, movement and

perception within the realms of modern

painting. Wanting to delve into the

materiality of the painted surface whilst

keeping the transcendentalnature of the image

true and strong, he hopes to produce artworks

that reflect society’s hopes and fears in a

world that is inspired by, yet, evermore

reliant on science and technology.

Autumnal Wave

Autumnal Wave(alternate view)

www.ralphanderson.co.uk

Artist Katy Lynton

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 KATY LYNTON

Katy is interested in the relationship of forms (and mark making) and questioning whether they are emotional, spiritual or physical; which one is dominant and how something can become manifest when two or three entities are put together. The forms sometimes appear to be almost sparring within the space, which in turn keeps a keen sense of awareness for the viewer, so the works are always active and full of energy.

The LED lights are programmed to gracefully slide across the canvas and subtly change colour

www.katylynton.blogspot.co.uk

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