Phantasmagoria
Phantasmagoria
An installation by Brass Art
28 April - 26 June
Exhibition created by The Lowry
Specially commissioned to celebrate The Lowry’s 5th birthday, Brass Art (artists Chara Lewis, Anneke Pettican & Kristin Mojsiewicz) are filling the Deck with light and sound, taking Salford landscape as their inspiration.
They have produced a rotating, panoramic video installation of Salford’s skyline. Superimposed against this backdrop is a series of real and illusory figures performing familiar and strange actions.
A newly commissioned sound track, from Matt Wand using the sound of a glass armonica, completes the experience.
The installation is based on the late 19th century fascination with Phantasmagoria: spectacular shows using slides and sound. Another fantastical landscape stretches across the gallery walls, incorporating the view Lowry drew from the top floor of Salford Technical College. Populating this landscape are copper silhouettes, animated by light.
Phantasmagoria is part of the Spotlight Programme supported by The Arts Council England, North West
Posted on Sunday, 13 March 2005 under Press Galleries Press