Video works installed in the Market Place

Blundell’s spectacular Spatial Weaves video will be projected onto a gable end in Wirksworth Market Place, alternating with video work by Lorenzo Madge. Evenings throughout the Festival from dusk to 11pm.

Martyn says of his practice, “My current video work is very much about pure visual sensation and decoration. Any narrative or meaning exists in the context rather than the content of the work.

I'm interested in subverting the conditions in which we normally experience pattern. We associate it with fabric, clothes and interior design, but I want to make it do the things it doesn't normally do, and isn't supposed to do, like putting it outside or putting it on TV or making it move.”

Lorenzo Madge says, “Images more than ever influence our narrative on the world. Often presented as a window this familiar notion, rarely extends beyond an aperture in the vertical plane and therefore, to some extent must limit what passes through it and how much of our world we see. My current work is focused on compositions - static and moving - that when viewed out of context but in familiar surroundings exploit cracks in our consciousness. These interstices, their location and orientation play a significant role in our understanding and awareness of the world we live in challenging our perception of frame and space.”