11am-5pm Monday-Friday
2-6 February
Peter Scott Gallery
Price: Free
Artists Adam York Gregory and Gillian Jane Lees present BALANCE, a durational performance that results in a sculptural installation.
On Saturday 31 January audiences were invited to witness the performance and creation of the sculpture. The completed sculpture is now on display in the gallery from 2-6 February.
How has work changed your body? How has it changed how you view your body?
During the performance, Gillian stood on one end of a balanced plank opposite a large block of concrete. Over the course of six hours, she walked along the plank to the concrete and chipped away at the concrete with a chisel, occasionally returning to the other side to check their relative weights in the hope that the see-saw would balance perfectly. The concrete would become a sculptural equivalent of Gillian, a likeness in mass.
A self-portrait, baring all the scars of the work that made it.
Gillian Jane Lees is a performance practitioner, undertaking physically demanding and mentally exhausting durational performances.
Adam York Gregory is a visual artist, writer and filmmaker. He's interested in the connections betweenseemingly disparate subjects and how meaning can be found through exploration.
Join Adam and Gillian as part of our Artists in Conversation series Tuesday 3 February, 1pm
in the Jack Hylton Room, Great Hall Complex. Book your free place here.
"potent, unsettling and discomforting, about success and failure, endurance and breakdown."
Lyn Gardner
Image Credit: Adam York Gregory
