Site Sessions: The Landscape Series #2: The Sea and The Sky
Event Information
Description
There was a time when the term ‘landscape art’ meant art about the landscape, not in it or indeed out of it. Artists like Lise Autogena think big – big skies, vast oceans, expansive timelines going back millennia, and particularly, huge human potential. As well as hearing about her work, this event will be an opportunity to explore Lise’s ingenious use of digital, and commitment to working with communities.
Speaker: Lise Autogena
Lise Autogena
Danish artist Lise Autogena creates ambitious works that often incorporate landscapes and their communities. In Black Shoals (2015), Lise and her partner Joshua Portway turned stock market data into an ever-changing starscape, ‘Black Shoals’. The work was installed at the Tate Modern. Foghorn Requiem mobilised a seafaring community and local brass bands to create a heartbreaking one-time-only performance that culminated in the final blast of the horn at Souter Lighthouse. Lise says: “From the outset, I am often not sure whether it will be possible to realise my rather Utopian projects. I nevertheless commit years of research and development. Risk is an important part of my work.”
Location:
Sheffield Institute of Arts (Old Head Post Office) Fitzallen Square, S1 2AY
