Lizard Point Artist Residency
March 28th -31st 2019
Join us from 28 – 31st March 2018 for a unique residency at YHA Lizard Point, Cornwall, the most southerly point in the UK.
- arrival from Weds afternoon, with the course finishing on Sunday early afternoon
This residency is set up to help like-minded artists from multi-disciplines develop their practice in a relaxed, yet productive environment. Lizard Point, overlooking the Atlantic, benefits from natural darkness, natural beauty and is a great spot for viewing the Moon, stars and meteor showers. Staying on site, next door to the famous Lizard Lighthouse, artists will have the opportunity to create works responding to the variety of astronomical sights found there, as well as be inspired by the incredible communication heritage along this very special part of the SW coastal path. Work inspired by the residency will be showcased in exhibitions in Cornwall, London and Isles of Scilly (tbc).
Acceptance on this part-funded residency is competitive, but is suitable for both amateur and professional artists.
Fee: £250 individual registration - including shared accommodation at YHA Lizard Point (see below for details) & transport from Redruth railway station
First round application deadline: Monday 21st January 2019 at 5pm - see below for how to apply
- arrival from Weds afternoon, with the course finishing on Sunday early afternoon
This residency is set up to help like-minded artists from multi-disciplines develop their practice in a relaxed, yet productive environment. Lizard Point, overlooking the Atlantic, benefits from natural darkness, natural beauty and is a great spot for viewing the Moon, stars and meteor showers. Staying on site, next door to the famous Lizard Lighthouse, artists will have the opportunity to create works responding to the variety of astronomical sights found there, as well as be inspired by the incredible communication heritage along this very special part of the SW coastal path. Work inspired by the residency will be showcased in exhibitions in Cornwall, London and Isles of Scilly (tbc).
Acceptance on this part-funded residency is competitive, but is suitable for both amateur and professional artists.
Fee: £250 individual registration - including shared accommodation at YHA Lizard Point (see below for details) & transport from Redruth railway station
First round application deadline: Monday 21st January 2019 at 5pm - see below for how to apply
About the Residency
This residency is inspired by an incredible communications double anniversary in 2019, for Lizard Lighthouse (400 years) and Goonhilly Earth Station (50 years: transmission of the first lunar landings), considering the importance of life-saving lighthouse beacons and internationally important transmissions across the sea and sky. We will also be visiting wireless and semaphore stations along the Lizard coastal path, considering the Scilly Isles 30 miles out to sea and the important prehistoric menhirs offering ‘beacons’ for travel & procession across the land. This residency will result in a touring group exhibition: Lumen Gallery, St John on Bethnal Green, London, Helston Museum of Cornish Life and possibly Isles of Scilly.
This is an exciting opportunity to work alongside and learn from artists from the Lumen Collective, who are also actively involved in creative research. Artists Joanna Mayes (analogue film/Mayes Creative director) and Justin Wiggan (sound artist) will also be sharing skills and experience. This immersive residency will consist of workshops, outings and creative research opportunities, culminating in an opportunity to have your work shown in our touring exhibition.
The residency will take place at YHA Lizard Point, which will be exclusively booked for our Residency, with shared accommodation and cooking facilities.
We are partnering with the National Trust and there will be an opportunity to learn more from our National Trust heritage expert, Rachel Holder about the special communications heritage along this coastline (Marconi etc). Carolyn Kennett, astroarchaeology/astrophysics expert and Mayes Creative team member, will also be visiting the residency and sharing her local astroarchaeology research and understanding of the night skies with us.
Informal skills workshops/support will also be available during the residency, including:
Lumen team workshops:
- Guided night walks to view the stars (with participants torches and head torches).
- Microscope, Telescope, Binocular photography. We have a lunar/planetary telescope, a solar telescope, and two sets of binoculars, and one microscope.
- Life of plastics workshop, learning about the life cycle of plastic, how to find it on the beach and how to think about reducing plastic waste.
- Marbling to make planetary shapes, using sea water.
- Chemigram workshop.
Additional opportunities:
- Analogue film support & Analogue Film (16mm/standard 8mm) hand processing with Caffenol with Joanna Mayes
- Working with sound; Justin Wiggan specialises in sonic dream interventions and sensing electrical activity in plants and trees
There will also be an opportunity to present your own practice, with a chance to share experience and discuss works in progress/ideas
The residency will be a place to research and begin work, with time allowed before the first exhibition for finishing of work to be exhibited. All work needs to be portable and simple to set up and store.
Detailed schedule to follow. Welcome evening on Weds 26th March 2019, residency finishes at 2pm on Sunday 31st March.
This is an exciting opportunity to work alongside and learn from artists from the Lumen Collective, who are also actively involved in creative research. Artists Joanna Mayes (analogue film/Mayes Creative director) and Justin Wiggan (sound artist) will also be sharing skills and experience. This immersive residency will consist of workshops, outings and creative research opportunities, culminating in an opportunity to have your work shown in our touring exhibition.
The residency will take place at YHA Lizard Point, which will be exclusively booked for our Residency, with shared accommodation and cooking facilities.
We are partnering with the National Trust and there will be an opportunity to learn more from our National Trust heritage expert, Rachel Holder about the special communications heritage along this coastline (Marconi etc). Carolyn Kennett, astroarchaeology/astrophysics expert and Mayes Creative team member, will also be visiting the residency and sharing her local astroarchaeology research and understanding of the night skies with us.
Informal skills workshops/support will also be available during the residency, including:
Lumen team workshops:
- Guided night walks to view the stars (with participants torches and head torches).
- Microscope, Telescope, Binocular photography. We have a lunar/planetary telescope, a solar telescope, and two sets of binoculars, and one microscope.
- Life of plastics workshop, learning about the life cycle of plastic, how to find it on the beach and how to think about reducing plastic waste.
- Marbling to make planetary shapes, using sea water.
- Chemigram workshop.
Additional opportunities:
- Analogue film support & Analogue Film (16mm/standard 8mm) hand processing with Caffenol with Joanna Mayes
- Working with sound; Justin Wiggan specialises in sonic dream interventions and sensing electrical activity in plants and trees
There will also be an opportunity to present your own practice, with a chance to share experience and discuss works in progress/ideas
The residency will be a place to research and begin work, with time allowed before the first exhibition for finishing of work to be exhibited. All work needs to be portable and simple to set up and store.
Detailed schedule to follow. Welcome evening on Weds 26th March 2019, residency finishes at 2pm on Sunday 31st March.
Application and Selection Process
This is a competitive, part-funded residency. Please send an expression of interest, giving some idea of the kind of work you would like to develop for exhibition (can be completed after the residency ends), along with your experience and website link/examples of your practice. All work needs to be portable and simple to set up and store.
Name *
Bio Summary (Max 500 Words) *
Proposal (Max 500 Words)
Website
Please add a link to a website or online examples or your work
http://
Email Address:
Please email your application to bookings(@)mayescreative.com or click here
First Round deadline: Monday 21st January 2019
Decisions informed: Monday 28th January 2019
Payment
Includes shared accommodation at Lizard Point YHA for up to 4 nights Weds-Sat inclusive. Minibus from Redruth railway station is included, but only meeting one specific train from London on Weds 27th (details tbc) or Thurs 28th as a backup. Return to the station on Sunday 31st. Free parking is available at Lizard Point YHA.
£250 individual registration
£300 institution/company registration
50% Deposit (£125) payable immediately on notification of success, to guarantee a place (28th January)
Remaining 50% by Friday 1st March 2019
Name *
Bio Summary (Max 500 Words) *
Proposal (Max 500 Words)
Website
Please add a link to a website or online examples or your work
http://
Email Address:
Please email your application to bookings(@)mayescreative.com or click here
First Round deadline: Monday 21st January 2019
Decisions informed: Monday 28th January 2019
Payment
Includes shared accommodation at Lizard Point YHA for up to 4 nights Weds-Sat inclusive. Minibus from Redruth railway station is included, but only meeting one specific train from London on Weds 27th (details tbc) or Thurs 28th as a backup. Return to the station on Sunday 31st. Free parking is available at Lizard Point YHA.
£250 individual registration
£300 institution/company registration
50% Deposit (£125) payable immediately on notification of success, to guarantee a place (28th January)
Remaining 50% by Friday 1st March 2019
About the Lizard Beacons Project
In 2019 the Lizard is celebrating the 400 year anniversary of Sir John Killigrew’s building of the first lighthouse on Lizard Point in 1619. The subsequent lighthouse also has important links to the search for reliable Longitude measurement, with an assistant to the astronomer royal visiting the lighthouse at the time of the first Transit of Venus to record an accurate location for the Lizard Rocks. This links with the Bishop Rock lighthouse on the Scillies, built to provide a beacon warning of the rocks which caused the Shovell Disaster, sparking the Longitude Race. Interestingly, concern for the safety of shipping along this busy channel also led to Marconi’s first commercial wireless telecoms business, offering ship to shore distress beacons from the Lizard (the first SOS was from a ship near the Scillies to Lizard Wireless Station).
Preparatory research has highlighted the fascinating story of the first response to a wireless SOS call being taken at Lizard Wireless Station from a ship in distress by the Scillies. Stories of WW1 research & development of communications and ‘listening stations’ on the Scillies and the Lizard. Poldhu Care Home staff and respondents to our local feedback survey have also told us of important oral history of communications heritage by local residents, which we are keen to capture and share. There is also a more recent history, where wireless enthusiasts partnered with the National Trust to create the Marconi Centre at Poldhu.
Goonhilly also celebrates the 50 year anniversary of their transmission of the first lunar landings. Goonhilly took part in almost every major satellite communication development, becoming the UK’s main route for international telephone calls via satellite, and it was the largest ground station for the INMARSAT network. GES are now converting the largest antenna to support communications for deep space missions (e.g., to the Moon and Mars) and will be providing tracking and communications links for launches from the recently announced Spaceport Cornwall. Next year they will be celebrating 50 years from Goonhilly's beaming of the Moon landings to millions of viewers in 1969.
About Us
MAYES CREATIVE produce creative engagement opportunities for Cornwall, Devon and Isles of Scilly. In partnership with heritage, science and technology partners, our aim is to bring exciting events, activities and experiences to local communities, whilst continually seeking new ways to share inspiring ideas through creative collaboration.
http://www.mayescreative.com/
Lumen is an art collective, focused on themes of astronomy and light, regularly exhibiting in churches as well as galleries. Through art, exhibitions and seminars we aim to raise a dialogue about how humanity understands existence.
https://www.lumenstudios.co.uk/
Preparatory research has highlighted the fascinating story of the first response to a wireless SOS call being taken at Lizard Wireless Station from a ship in distress by the Scillies. Stories of WW1 research & development of communications and ‘listening stations’ on the Scillies and the Lizard. Poldhu Care Home staff and respondents to our local feedback survey have also told us of important oral history of communications heritage by local residents, which we are keen to capture and share. There is also a more recent history, where wireless enthusiasts partnered with the National Trust to create the Marconi Centre at Poldhu.
Goonhilly also celebrates the 50 year anniversary of their transmission of the first lunar landings. Goonhilly took part in almost every major satellite communication development, becoming the UK’s main route for international telephone calls via satellite, and it was the largest ground station for the INMARSAT network. GES are now converting the largest antenna to support communications for deep space missions (e.g., to the Moon and Mars) and will be providing tracking and communications links for launches from the recently announced Spaceport Cornwall. Next year they will be celebrating 50 years from Goonhilly's beaming of the Moon landings to millions of viewers in 1969.
About Us
MAYES CREATIVE produce creative engagement opportunities for Cornwall, Devon and Isles of Scilly. In partnership with heritage, science and technology partners, our aim is to bring exciting events, activities and experiences to local communities, whilst continually seeking new ways to share inspiring ideas through creative collaboration.
http://www.mayescreative.com/
Lumen is an art collective, focused on themes of astronomy and light, regularly exhibiting in churches as well as galleries. Through art, exhibitions and seminars we aim to raise a dialogue about how humanity understands existence.
https://www.lumenstudios.co.uk/
WORKSHOP LEADERS
Creative analogue filmmaking: Joanna Mayes, co-director of Cinestar artist film organisation, will be offering analogue moving image support; 16mm/8mm and specialises in hand processing with caffenol. Jo will bring some equipment, but please bring anything you have, including film. Email us on bookings@ if you need help with this. Lumen team specialisms/details: https://www.melaniek.co.uk https://www.louisebeer.com https://www.rhuxley.com |