Highlights:

Film as Fabric, 2013 - 2026 by Mary Stark

Film as Fabric shows analogue film as fabric and stitching as editing. It is informed by the process of making a garment: 16mm film is cut with dressmaking scissors; stitched; spliced into loops; projected; measured; and worn on the body. Amongst the mechanical noise of a sewing machine and multiple film projectors, fabric and stitch patterns transform into moving images and optical sound[1]. The performance summons absent voices, obsolete industries and Stark's personal history. Film as Fabric took Annabel Nicolson’s Reel Time as a point of departure and aimed to recognise women’s labour, in particular their work in the cutting rooms of early cinema.

[1] Optical sound involves areas of light and dark in the soundtrack area of the filmstrip transforming into sound when film is projected. The soundtrack area runs the length of the filmstrip next to the frames, along the edge that does not have sprocket holes.

20 minutes duration

Limited Desires (background), Res Publica (foreground), 2017 - 2025 by Simona Brinkmann

Limited Desires: stripped car door, sheet steel.

Res Publica: marble, padded leather motorcycle belt.

Hot Dip, 2025 by Ian Jackson

Work made for Sharp Edges at Threshold, Leeds

Modified bolt down ‘W’ profile galvanised steel palisade security fencing panel

Hot dipped galvanised mild steel sheet

London plane tree wood milled from a tree felled in St. James Park

Fallen London plane tree bark collected on walks across cities

Cast London plane tree bark (jesmonite with zinc coating)

Cut digital image print on metal depicting peeling London plane tree bark with spray paint

Pruned in situ buddleia plant

Solid metal paint marker

Custom metal fixings and hardware 

Sentinels II, 2026 by Tracy Hill

Sentinels II is a direct reference to the two veteran oak trees which stand at the top of the drive to the National Trust historic property Allan Bank, estimated to be around 200- 250 years old. The reclaimed oak panels carry charcoal drawings inspired by the tree’s natural contours. The drawings are a carbon echo of the species who silently bear witness to our human activities recording our changing world.