Field Exchange

Field Exchange will begin on Friday 1st April at 6pm, and run for the two consecutive weekends at the beginning of April. Come to Bootham School Cricket Pavillion, York, to witness and take part in the exchange. Contact me: suzi@suzitibbetts.com for more information.

Work in Progress...

Sprag Drawing

Come and see a Sprag drawing in the YOS taster exhibition at Greys Court, York, until the 15th April...

Other Blogs to visit

Hermione Spriggs and I have established blogs to document the progress of our collaborations...

To view the progress of Decalcomania, our collection for the National Railway Museum in York, visit: www.decalcomania.blogspot.com

To witness our ponderings in the lead up to our Field Exchange project, visit:
www.fieldexchange.blogspot.com

Field Exchange - A Collaboration Between Hermione Spriggs and Suzi Tibbetts

‘a gift increases in vitality the more it is given’

Field Exchange is a collaborative project instigated by Hermione Spriggs and Suzi Tibbetts. Throughout YOS 2011 a widening circle of object exchange will interlink the two artists’ studios, incorporating salvaged curios and members of the visiting public.

The ‘works in progress’ will be carried by visitors across the field between the two sites to continue their creation as the event unfolds.

An exhibition of the hoard of resultant artefacts from 'Field Exchange' will take place from 14th to 16th April 2011 at Bar Lane Studios.

http://www.yorkopenstudios.co.uk/news.html

Decalcomania at the National Railway Museum

Decalcomania

“Queen posts”
“Sprag”
“Diamond Switch”
“Shoe beam”
"Jim Crow"

Glass cases of organized, annotated objects present a veneer of truth. They exude an aura of impenetrable distance: the standard museum display presents a one-way system of knowledge dissemination. Decalcomania is a collaborative project between Suzi Tibbetts and Hermione Spriggs. Beginning with terms taken from the railway dictionary, and obstinately blind to their original definition, new object-subjects will be intuitively fabricated. These artworks (‘faux’-artefacts) will then be inserted into cabinets within the Station Hall.

Decalcomania at the National Railway Museum

I have just begun work on a collection of objects for the National Railway Museum in York, entitled Decalcomania. The installation will take place throughout April 2011 alongside the York Open Studios, and is a collaboration between Hermione Spriggs and myself.....

.... more info to follow in due course.