Let the experiment begin!

 

PILOT will showcase Plymouth University's AA2A resident artists from 24th -28th March. Come visit Roland Levinsky Building, Project Space 101 between 11am and 5pm, with a private view on Friday 28th, where you shall see works by myself, Lee McDonald, Tabatha Andrews, Sally Hall and Gabrielle Hoad.

 

In the run up to the AA2A show, I have become inspired by the props and playful presentations of Franz Erhard Walther. I wanted to use this opportunity to experiment with how to present my balaclavas and see what happens when I leave my audience to activate my work.

 

Bruce Nauman's use of instructions for Body Pressure has also influenced the way in which I have conducted my experiment.

 

On the right hand side of the suspended balaclava is a set of things to consider; 'Silence. Do not verbally communicate/Focus on where various parts of your body touch this person.' On the left hand side of the balaclava lies another set of things to consider; 'Speak. Discuss your feelings no matter how awkward this may be/Avoid all bodily contact with this person.'

 

Depending on where you are standing, this could get interesting...

 

And don't forget to take home your very-own-handmade-disposable-paper-balaclava to continue the experiment at home! You can even send me the photos at kayleighhillartist@gmail.com

 

Come and be part of the experiment.



I spent most of my lazy Sunday browsing through newspapers.

 

Disposable balaclava anyone?



I have recently returned from an inspiring day trip to London as part of my mentoring scheme at South London Gallery. I came away thinking about the placement of objects and how something can become 'activated' by interaction. I'm really excited to project these ideas at my AA2A show in March with a 'Franz Erhard Walther-esque' style environment...
I also managed to check out SLG's latest Richard Fleischner and Uri Aran: Five Minutes Before exhibitions.

My favourite balaclava interaction of the week has to be the one below; some people find it harder to look into each other's eyes than others.

Happy Valentine's Day



With all of the awkwardness that comes with wearing a conjoined balaclava, staring deeply into somebody's eyes and inhaling their exhalations, it also makes for quite a cute couples' photo. Naww! Just one of the few couples I approached in the lead up to Valentine's Day to become part of the experiment. Look out for more coming soon...

Happy New Year!

I feel that big things are to come of 2014...

...but just for now, I am really looking forward to this weekend's events at KARST. 

This Friday (January 17th) is the screening of Vest & Page's The Movie Trilogy, then live performance 'A Moorphologic Journey (On The Borders of  Our Bodies) Chapter 2' on Saturday 25th January. 

'VestAndPage invite the public to witness their durational performance 'A Morphologic Journey (On The Borders Of Our Bodies) Chapter 2'. This work was first conceived as part of their UK debut show and seminal 2011 exhibition ‘Vessel’, in the derelict building in which KARST has been established. The piece was composed as a 3-hour performance, divided into four episodes which are  to be continued as the pair revisit this old haunt.   

The performance takes James Joyce’s novel Ulysses as an inspiration, and the protagonists journey and encounters with a variety of women. These staged meetings with archetypal characters represent analogies of the behavioural patterns of people on the run; men and women in search to forget, with a longing for union and permanence. VestAndPage's process-led work will allow for moments of improvisation and reflection. The piece questions intimacy and trust in moments of solitude, fragility, exclusion and rejection.'

So there we have it. Can't wait to see a bit of live performance!

The movie trilogy will be screened from 17th-19th at 12pm and 3pm over the weekend.

I have been having recent meetings with a couple of Interactive Design students at University of Plymouth to make my conjoined balaclava more...interactive!

I have wanted to make the filming process from inside the balaclava run more smoothly for both myself and the wearers. Over the past month we have been sharing ideas and it looks like we are almost at the stage to create a live feed from the reaction cams.
This is just one of the little gadgets (raspberry pi) that we will be using.
I am very excited to have a demonstration in the new year...

KARST latest exhibition Noah Angell continues Friday 6th - Sunday 8th December, 11-6pm.

See you there!