I spent a week at Fabrica as part of their residency programme, ‘Making Space ’, to develop a new sound art installation, In The Name Of. It was an opportunity to unfold the sculptural material, the seven voice sculptures, into space, something I could not have done in my home studio. This residency was such a privileged time; the two limited-capacity viewings led to a profound exchange, at times quite passionate and emotional. I am very grateful to Liz Whitehead, the curator and director of Fabrica, for mediating these feedback sessions and for the enriching discussions we had throughout the residency. Thank you to the Arts Council of England (DYCP) for supporting this project. See more here
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Fabrica's Making Space residency for September 2026 awarded to Olivia Louvel. /
The residency was supported by the Arts Council of England (DYCP).
'Doggerland Channels’ at Middlesbrough Art Week /
I have reinstalled the work!
Doggerland Channels is retracing the rivers that used to connect us to the continent. When the river Thames flowed into the Rhine. Read more here.
Until 7th of October at Centre Square, Albert Road, Middlesbrough TS1 2QJ. The programme https://middlesbroughartweek.com/programme
A Sound Art Brighton production
Artist in front of her installation Doggerland Channels, Middlesbrough Art Week, 2023, photography Yuhao Chen.
Doggerland Channels, Middlesbrough Art Week, 2023, photography Yuhao Chen.
‘Doggerland Channels’ at Phoenix Gallery, Sound Art Brighton /
I am pleased to be part of the first festival edition of Sound Art Brighton where I will be premiering my installation 'Doggerland Channels' at Phoenix Gallery.
Wednesday 2- Sunday 6 March 2022, 11am – 5pm
Phoenix 10-14 Waterloo Pl, Brighton BN2 9NB
https://www.phoenixbrighton.org/
https://soundartbrighton.com/
[synopsis]
Doggerland Channels: a generative sound-relief based on the ancient land which once linked Britain to the continent. The cartographic sound art installation for voice and data projection throws a net over the North Sea, revealing the rivers which used to connect us to the continent - when the Thames flowed into the Rhine. Doggerland Channels is a landscape whose borders are fluid, fluvial, in need of being retraced, and revealed for a translated experience of the site. Britain was last connected to Europe through the North Sea about 8000 years ago, and we can expect it to be reconnected during future glacial periods. By responding to the present, and the history of the site, the work questions our connection to the continent, and situates ourselves - as islanders - in this transitionary zone: our political exit from the EU.
What is your relationship to the continent?
This work proceeds from research undertaken in Lincolnshire July 2021.
[credits]
Audio-visual production: Olivia Louvel.
Adobe After Effects: Antoine Kendall.
Support from the Arts Council of England (DYCP).
