lizcliffordart

Alt-terior

Since completing my Final Major Project, Byway 745 Observatory, for the MA in Fine Art at UCA Farnham, I have had time to reflect on the work and to present another iteration in a gallery context. I’ve also been able to publish a video of the installation for those unable to visit in person. MakingContinue reading “Alt-terior”

Presenting the Outcomes.

I’ve now had a fantastic opportunity to bring the various strands of work from my time on Byway 745 together in an installation. Byway 745 Observatory is the Final Major Project of my MA at UCA Farnham, and I have had access to a large studio space over the past month in which to figureContinue reading “Presenting the Outcomes.”

Working with Video

I have the exciting prospect of an opportunity for screening my video works alongside sculpture, print and drawing in my presentation for the final major project of my MA. I have three pieces to present, two videos and a slideshow, all of which are made from my observations on Byway 745. One of those startedContinue reading “Working with Video”

Non-gallery Space

Having shown work in an empty West End shop last month, another opportunity to work with a non-gallery venue has just come to fruition. Maverick Projects in South London manage a series of buildings as locations for art events, including Safehouse 1 in Peckham. This is a stripped down, late Victorian terraced house, wedged betweenContinue reading “Non-gallery Space”

Terra Nexus

Last month I was lucky to catch this set of immersive installations at Proposition Studios on London’s Southbank, in the old London Studios building, where they have had their base until very recently. The labyrinth of eighteen interconnected ‘worlds’, questioning the role of humans as part of ecology was curated by Gabriella Sonabend, co-founder ofContinue reading “Terra Nexus”

Exhibiting in London.

A rare opportunity to show work in London’s West End cropped up this week, as a result of the Covid pandemic having hit high street retail so hard. An empty shop on South Molton Street, just off Oxford St, was offered to the MA students at Farnham for free for a week. It’s in aContinue reading “Exhibiting in London.”

Among the Beech Roots.

Over the past month I have been completing a large scale drawing project started in Autumn 2020 from studies made in the landscape of the line of beech trees bordering Byway 745 and the litter collected from beneath them. The drawing measures 150 x 700 cm and had to be worked on in sections onContinue reading “Among the Beech Roots.”

Under the Surface.

During March and April this year I was able to witness and record a major human intervention on Byway 745. The rutted chalk track was being ‘repaired’ to allow more even public access to users of this Byway Open to All Traffic. I have hours of video footage and many still photographs that need toContinue reading “Under the Surface.”

Learning new skills.

I have been collecting images of vehicle tyre tracks from Byway 745 for some time, building up a series of mono prints made by lying thin paper directly into muddy ruts. Once the mud is dry the image becomes rather faint and indecipherable, so I’ve been puzzling over how to make something stronger, and alsoContinue reading “Learning new skills.”

The view from below.

Since June last year I have been making video footage of the canopy of trees that overhangs Byway 745 at the point where I have been observing a variety of phenomena. The plan is to assemble a loop that takes the viewer through the year’s changes. Excitingly, spring has sprung and the trees are leafingContinue reading “The view from below.”