LAST STATION/LOCATED: SOUTHPORT arrives at The Atkinson on Saturday 11 November to Sunday 17 December. The exhibition is free and includes two free public events:
LOCATED: SOUTHPORT is a large scale stitched fabric and tracing paper installation supported by a scaffold frame. The installation houses sculpture and multi-media projections and sounds. The placement in the Atkinson Gallery is influenced by the coastal location, the shipping channels of the Mersey Estuary and the treacherous sandbanks off the Lancashire Coastline. The work reflects the artists’ journey to Southport via Bridport, Harwich, Deptford, Leeds, Hull, Scarborough, Bexhill and Eastbourne.
Tour and Talk – Tuesday 14 November, 1pm: A guided tour with the artists Elise&Mary, who have created LOCATED: SOUTHPORT, with a Q & A session.
Workshop – Wednesday 15 November, 11 am – 3pm: Design and make your own flag with Elise & Mary, perfect for all ages with no experience necessary, just bring your imagination and ideas. Elise and Mary will help you make a flag to take home and create a design for a Flag for the Atkinson.
‘LOCATE’ : a chance to try out a free innovative phone app to record how your surroundings affect you on an emotion chart and gallery. Your chart and gallery images can be stored as a personal record or shared with a network of people to create a unique record of how our environments affects us which will be printed as a unique digital artwork available to all.
What is it all about: Last Station, located & dislocated is inspired by the ‘Guiding Lights’ and navigation systems of Trinity House and the importance of marine history and waterways in the UK’s heritage and identity. The central idea behind the work is to think about how we form connection to ‘place’ and sense of identity – physically, culturally, emotionally and spiritually. The installation uses the concept of floating navigational aids moored on shifting sandbanks – Light Vessels and Buoys – as a metaphor to explore the states of location and dislocation for individuals and communities. You are invited to explore this installation of rooms within rooms of sculpture, lights, video and soundscapes, to make you own connections and disconnections. The work has been developed by artists Elise & Mary over 5 years and is funded by the Arts Council of England.
The exhibition at The Atkinson will be the major showcase of its tour between 2016 – 2018 with other destinations including Leeds, Hull and Eastbourne.
For more information about the exhibition please visit theatkinson.co.uk or call 01704 533333