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Unearth Bridgette Ashton Bridgette Ashton's pieces are a response to the spectacle of the excavation, making connections and finding contrasts between passive observation and physical intervention. The works are a collection of ‘artefacts’ combining on-site recordings with imagined histories. ‘Castle’ is a model of Queenboroough castle derived from the image on the local church font, contemporary to the castle itself. The walls of the model are made out of children’s games and images from the summer dig are suspended within. A series of 3d photographs (designed to be viewed using 3d glasses) of the excavation site during the Time Team visit suggest the promise of an explanation of events and discovered facts. A series of postcards portray visitors (from the local community) to the dig on ‘public open day’. The cards are embellished and decorated as if to honour each individual visitor and will be mailed from Queenborough back to the gallery during the exhibition. ‘Queenborough Castle Keyring’ depicts a 3d image of the castle, again derived from the font, drawn on a preserved oyster shell unearthed during the dig. |
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Wendy Lewis Wendy Lewis has been looking closely at features of Time Team’s dig and the town of Queenborough. She has become interested in aspects of the incidental and overlooked in the dig and surrounding area and will be exhibiting both sculptural and image-based work using these as starting points. The works will ask viewers to look closely at what they see. Wendy will also be inviting residents of Sheppey to take part in a large-scale performative work in their own gardens.
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David Edwards David Edwards made portraits of locals who use the castle site.
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Linda Gibson My work concentrates on the passage of time and how we deal with it. By working on this particular project I revisited my birth place and responded to the castle site and the island itself. I worked on the notion of a place ( in this case the invisible castle and the island ) being surrounded by water and made this my focus, presenting "e.scape" - A 10ft diameter steel moat, containing water, in the middle of which is projected a video showing layered images of past, present and future bridges as well as the Time Team excavationalists scratching away at the earth looking for traces of the past. Everything returns to the earth eventually and becomes part of it. Live, distorted and delayed, sounds from the gallery itself are heard to remind us all of our transitory existence and how the present is unfathomable. Pupils from local schools have contributed to this piece by responding to questions such as, "What do you like about Sheppey?", "What don't you like about Sheppey?" and " How will the new bridge change Sheppey?" . I ask," Is it still an island, safe and secure with its drawbridge and moat? |
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Nicole Mollett
Gypsy Tart Castle Gypsy Tart Castle is a response to the history of the castle, the pioneering architecture, and its eventual decline. The ‘gypsy tart’ is a local delicacy made from brown sugar and vaporized milk, a much loved school dinner treat. This artwork will be offered to visitors, in sections, over the course of the show, mirroring the disappearance of the Queenborough Castle itself
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Jeanine Woollard
Real fake ruin |
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