Hardback book 144 pages, 300x240 mm CMYK, Printed on 150gsm Gloss Art and colour blocking. For sale at £10 plus P&P with all proceeds to Teenage Cancer Trust.Jane Pitt
Flutterances is a public participatory arts research project aimed at developing a method of creating a rhythmic vocal response to our public spaces using the phonetic description of bird sounds that are found in field guides (i.e Meadow Pipit = tssit’ssit’ssit). In partnership with the RSPB Jane is inviting the public to experience their local open spaces with fresh ears during "Listening Walks" led by her and a bird expert. Using the phonetic descriptions of the songs of the birds identified at each site as a starting point Jane will co-devise a performance poem, with the participants, exploring the possibility of sound to translate the ephemeral elements of our everyday landscapes & soundscapes.
The Flut-ter-ances blog & updates at: www.janepitt.co.uk/flutterances
The Flut-ter-ances blog & updates at: www.janepitt.co.uk/flutterances
I transformed 3 empty rooms in the Old Registry Office Chatham into Camera Obscura and experimented with long exposures of the interiors. I also made some site specific wall works (called Visible Invisible) using UV reactive paint that is almost invisible in normal light, exploring ideas and issues around visibility. Only the documentation of the residency remain as the building will be refurbished soon, some of them featured in the Beyond Elsewhere exhibition Nucleus Gallery, Chatham. (Residency made possible by Halpern Foundation & New Art Centre)
Jane Pitt - Archive Y'self to Pieces - featuring Medway mud
As part of the DIY5 artist led courses run annually by the Live Art Development Agency (LADA) Richard Layzell (http://www.rescen.net/Richard_Layzell/r_layzell.html) led a course for artists to find ways of documenting their work so that it isn't a chore or for the purposes of funders but becomes a way of focusing on the core ideas in the work and as a tool to help your practice evolve. Richard is a brilliant facilitator and enables people to investigate ideas quite profoundly, in a short space of time and enjoy it! 15 artists participated in this simultaneously individual & collaborative experience over three saturdays in september. Mostly from live art/visual arts backgrounds we supported each other in documenting & presenting the brief work or actions we made (each made in @30mins). Reflecting back to the piece I made for the Made in Medway book I decided to take some Medway mud (sourced at The Strand, Gillingham) and make a quick drawing of a section of the Medway River on an empty shop window in Shoreditch, the mud smelt of the freshness of the sea and i loved carrying the mud from where I live now to near where I had lived before, lots of passersby were curious & some barely noticed. A friend lives nearby and reports that it's still on the window now nearly a month later, untouched. The following weekend we were given access for one day to Cafe Gallery Projects (where Richard has an exhibition - www.cafegalleryprojects.com) and took our documentation a step further making temporary pieces around the gallery, I made another mud drawing, on the gallery window this time representing the journey & sensation of making the first drawing. The initial state of intense immediate exploration during the 3 days has now given way to a more gentle re-visiting of ideas that have been ticking away with no obvious means of expression. DIY5 has given me some tools to explore those ideas.
As part of the DIY5 artist led courses run annually by the Live Art Development Agency (LADA) Richard Layzell (http://www.rescen.net/Richard_Layzell/r_layzell.html) led a course for artists to find ways of documenting their work so that it isn't a chore or for the purposes of funders but becomes a way of focusing on the core ideas in the work and as a tool to help your practice evolve. Richard is a brilliant facilitator and enables people to investigate ideas quite profoundly, in a short space of time and enjoy it! 15 artists participated in this simultaneously individual & collaborative experience over three saturdays in september. Mostly from live art/visual arts backgrounds we supported each other in documenting & presenting the brief work or actions we made (each made in @30mins). Reflecting back to the piece I made for the Made in Medway book I decided to take some Medway mud (sourced at The Strand, Gillingham) and make a quick drawing of a section of the Medway River on an empty shop window in Shoreditch, the mud smelt of the freshness of the sea and i loved carrying the mud from where I live now to near where I had lived before, lots of passersby were curious & some barely noticed. A friend lives nearby and reports that it's still on the window now nearly a month later, untouched. The following weekend we were given access for one day to Cafe Gallery Projects (where Richard has an exhibition - www.cafegalleryprojects.com) and took our documentation a step further making temporary pieces around the gallery, I made another mud drawing, on the gallery window this time representing the journey & sensation of making the first drawing. The initial state of intense immediate exploration during the 3 days has now given way to a more gentle re-visiting of ideas that have been ticking away with no obvious means of expression. DIY5 has given me some tools to explore those ideas.
Wunderkammer
‘Wunderkammer’ – (literally ‘Wonder cabinets’) are a series of magical objects (shadow house on stilts, feathery orb, tiger encased in a sphere, golden bird cage, spinning birdwoman) to delight and amuse, each one encapsulating a different peep show experience on a miniature journey of illusion using shadows, evocative sound tracks, zoetrope, magical mirrors & flick books etc. The format is inspired by the tradition of itinerant peepshows, fairground sideshows and pre-cinema moving image technology. The Wunderkammer are magical distillations of ideas from Jane Pitt’s imagination with inspiration from Angela Carter’s writing (Night’s at the Circus and The infernal Desire Machines of Dr Hoffman). The public (all ages/backgrounds) approach each one to discover the contents, peeping in to spy the magical scene encased within creating an intimacy between viewer and object, engaging their imagination.
Jane Pitt and her Wunderkammer will be installed in Jubilee Park, Canary Wharf as part of the London Festival of Architecture programme 11am - 5pm Fri 27th - Sun 29th June 2008. Come and have a peep. More info at www.mycanarywharf.com where you can download the programme for the whole Canary Wharf Fresh Perspectives event, and find a map of the estate. Or lfa2008.org for the full LFA listings. Transport: Jubilee Line, DLR to Heron Quays or Canary Wharf, 135 Bus (Old Street, Liverpool Street), Kent - train to Greenwich then DLR or London Bridge & Jubilee Line.
‘Wunderkammer’ – (literally ‘Wonder cabinets’) are a series of magical objects (shadow house on stilts, feathery orb, tiger encased in a sphere, golden bird cage, spinning birdwoman) to delight and amuse, each one encapsulating a different peep show experience on a miniature journey of illusion using shadows, evocative sound tracks, zoetrope, magical mirrors & flick books etc. The format is inspired by the tradition of itinerant peepshows, fairground sideshows and pre-cinema moving image technology. The Wunderkammer are magical distillations of ideas from Jane Pitt’s imagination with inspiration from Angela Carter’s writing (Night’s at the Circus and The infernal Desire Machines of Dr Hoffman). The public (all ages/backgrounds) approach each one to discover the contents, peeping in to spy the magical scene encased within creating an intimacy between viewer and object, engaging their imagination.
Jane Pitt and her Wunderkammer will be installed in Jubilee Park, Canary Wharf as part of the London Festival of Architecture programme 11am - 5pm Fri 27th - Sun 29th June 2008. Come and have a peep. More info at www.mycanarywharf.com where you can download the programme for the whole Canary Wharf Fresh Perspectives event, and find a map of the estate. Or lfa2008.org for the full LFA listings. Transport: Jubilee Line, DLR to Heron Quays or Canary Wharf, 135 Bus (Old Street, Liverpool Street), Kent - train to Greenwich then DLR or London Bridge & Jubilee Line.
Essence of Medway
A glass dome coated on the exterior with a thin layer of Medway mud into which is inscribed an outline of the River Medway. The mud provides a thin veil so you can peer through to see the vessel of Medway water contained within. The dome sits on a small plinth housing a sound system that plays a loop of an ambient sound recording of the vibrant flow of people along Chatham High Street.
A glass dome coated on the exterior with a thin layer of Medway mud into which is inscribed an outline of the River Medway. The mud provides a thin veil so you can peer through to see the vessel of Medway water contained within. The dome sits on a small plinth housing a sound system that plays a loop of an ambient sound recording of the vibrant flow of people along Chatham High Street.
