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Jeff has been fascinated by the relationship between sound, place and performance for many years and working with musicians and dancers, has created a number of site specific performances for both urban and rural settings. Most recently Hidden Blossoms, Seven Dials Festival 2002, Suddenly Created World, Covent Garden Flower Festival 2001, Oolitic Fragments Portland Sculpture Trust 2000 |
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Suddenly Created World,
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Oolitic Fragments |
The images depict dancer Kate Pyper creating the stone blossom for the performance in Tout Quarry. The development of the piece was facilitated by the Portland Sculpture Trust. The piece explored the nature of the limestone quarry both through the stone iself and the lives of the quarrymen. Music based on the work chants used by the quarrymen provided a ground against which rock climbing, cairn building and singing sought to evoke a vanished world. |
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Whereas modern quarry techniques leave behind an empty wasteland, the
careful hand building of walls and walkways that were an essential
part of pre-mechanised work created an intricate maze of rich
environments. The piece was later performed at Stag Place in Victoria and at Three-Mill Island as part of the Land Art and Land Use Conference in 2000. It was funded by London Arts as part of |
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