Mountains like people
Preview 30th July, 7 – 10 pm
Open 31st July – 1st August 2010, 10am – 6pm
Presented in conjunction with the Hackney Wicked Festival 2010
Vittoria Wharf
15 Stour Street
E4 2NT
"The price we pay is the extra effort to put all the pantry food into jars or other mouse-proof containers. Winter bedding goes into mouse-proof chests. Then ground squirrels come right inside for fresh fruit on the table, and the deer step into the shade shelter to nibble a neglected salad. You are called to a hopeful steadiness of nerves as you lift a morsel of chicken to the mouth with four meat bees following it every inch of the way. You must sometimes (in late summer) cook and eat with the yellow jackets watching every move. This can make you peevish, but there is a kind of truce that is usually attained when one quits flailing and slapping at the wasps and bees."
Taken from A Place in Space by Gary Snyder.
Mountains like people presents an opportunity to view a point from different angles, with the three artists each approaching notions of the wild, as an idea and as an object. Recognising the subjectivity of our interpretation, the diverse practices of the contributing artists look to generate a dialogue whereby the plausibility and understanding of our interactions with the wild are explored within the urban space of an East London industrial estate.
Ross Robertson looks to interact with his environment, using play as a sculptural process. His interventions into the urban fabric reflect a deep intrigue and exploration of what it means to understand our notions of place – “When you look at something you know for long enough, you see something else.”
Richard Bracken’s work is deeply rooted in his exploration of the remote Scottish landscape; by employing only the most necessary equipment he seeks to understand what it is to be a human out of doors.
Chris Mackie focuses his attention inwards, exposing the self by examining the systems and interactions that surround it. The tenuous links between architecture, spirituality and a sense of place provide a broad range of sources for his enquiries.
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