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Susan Stockwell‘s installation Flood was made of six tons of recycled computer components, built into a tower which seemed to fall from the church’s ceiling and tumble into the nave of the church. The components, lent by Secure IT Recycling of Cheshire, resonated with the church’s role as communicator and our contemporary …
In 2009, mosaic artist Emma Biggs and her art critic and artist husband Matthew Collings created Five Sisters, inspired by the famous window of the same name in York Minster. This huge 13th century window is made up of 100,000 pieces of glass and Biggs used 10,000 pieces of broken medieval pottery from York Museums Trust’s collection …
For The Memory of Place, which ran for two seasons in 2007 and 2008, artist Keiko Mukaide created a space in which to reflect on the memory of loved ones. A pool of water filled the nave of the church, with the water flowing towards the transept of the church, where a suspended column of glass rods …
Echo was created by Susie MacMurray, whose previous successes included Flock at Manchester Art Gallery, being shortlisted for the 2005 Jerwood Drawing Prize and international shows in France and Italy. The materials chosen by Susie for this installation were hairnets and the discarded rosin covered horsehair from violin bows. Hairnets were chosen for their delicate nature …
Our breathing space installation was created by Caroline Broadhead, contemporary textile artist and Reader in Jewellery and Textiles at Middlesex University. Her installation altered the dimensions of the interior by creating a suspended textile ceiling made of translucent mattress wadding, which separated the upper and lower levels of the building. Viewed from the ground floor, …
York St Mary’s opened its doors as a contemporary art venue in 2004 with A Light Crescendo. The exhibition on the theme of light featured work by acclaimed contemporary artists including Langlands and Bell, Lawrence Weiner, Gary Webb, Jaume Plensa, Angela Bulloch, David Batchelor and Michelangelo Pistoletto. It set out to establish connections connections between …
