JERWOOD SPACE London SE1 0LN
I can’t take you
straight to the art work. First we need the context:
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| Credit Semiconductor, Jerwood Open Forest. Photography this is Tomorrow. |
Semiconductor (Ruth Jarman and Joe Gerhardt) develop site-specific sculptures using
images taken from rich research data collected from the Forestry Commission’s
forests and woodlands. This is a photo of a 26m high Flux Tower at Alice Holt
Forest and Research Station at Farnham, Surrey, which captures data on the carbon
dioxide uptake by the forest from the canopy of trees below. The artists work
with a climate change scientist to transform the data into sculpture. Their
large‐scale,
colourful works are installed in ways that dynamically interact with their
site. Jerwood Space, which you'll find in Union Street only a few minutes' walk from Tate Modern, has the extra advantage of an excellent light airy cafe.
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| Semiconductor, Jerwood Open Forest. Photography This is Tomorrow. |
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| Semiconductor, Jerwood Open Forest. Photography This is Tomorrow. |
In Jerwood Space itself is Semiconductor’s scaled-down
model of the tower and projected on the walls instead of maps and graphs and
figures you find beautiful visual representations of the data.
The inaugural Jerwood Open Forest exhibition presents new work from 5 short listed projects on display until February 23. It’s an initiative in the Jerwood Visual Arts programme launched by the Jerwood Charitable Foundation and the Forestry Commission England, with support from the Arts Council England. It’s an open call to artists to contribute to a national conversation about how to engage with the environment today.
The inaugural Jerwood Open Forest exhibition presents new work from 5 short listed projects on display until February 23. It’s an initiative in the Jerwood Visual Arts programme launched by the Jerwood Charitable Foundation and the Forestry Commission England, with support from the Arts Council England. It’s an open call to artists to contribute to a national conversation about how to engage with the environment today.
:
www.jerwoodopenforest.org
HOT PRESS
Beautiful Science is opening on February 20th at the British Library www.bl.uk.
It shows how scientists use pictures as much as words and numbers to shape ideas.
Thanks to Anjana Ahuja and Prospect magazine for that,
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