Degree Show 2023

Final degree show work University of Leeds. “Dreamscape Sanctuary: immersive symphony of nature”, 2023. Installation with audio by Scarlett Wilson, Alex Taylor, Honor Wilson and Jordan O’Brien. On display at my final degree show @canyouletusin open now until 18th June 10am-6pm! Through installation I investigate the designing of spaces, creating surreal environments. My study of immersive installations has led me to heavily consider audience interaction, the viewer becoming part of the work in the way they interact with it. I aim to invigorate the bodily senses through viewer experience. My experiments with a fabric tent structure have evolved to human-sized sculpture, where the viewer is invited to sit in the work, in a sensory confinement. For those that don’t wish to enter, the outside view gives scale and complexity, opening out to us to offer a sense of comfort, in a cave-like shell. I aim to totally surround in an intimate space, as some form of escapism. The audience is encouraged to enter a meditative listening practice inside, to extend their looking period and allow full immersion in their surroundings. To fully immerse in the senses, my work extends to sound. My installations feature an ambient soundscape that evolved from my own field recordings of nature’s sounds and further collaborates with musicians to produce electronic sounds, as an individual, melodious response to the sculptures. I aim to communicate how colour translates as sound. I combine this with soft textiles, yarn tendrils, and a crumbling, textural plaster exterior, offering a tactility that invites the audience to a serene comfort space.