Westonbirt International Festival of the Garden (2003-2004)

Client: Forest Enterprise

Artists: Patricia MacKinnon-Day, Jane Watt, Leo Fitzmaurice, Andrew Stonyer, Clare Barber, Claire Morgan, Hannah Bennett, John Newling, Clare Brew, Katayoun Dowlatshahi, Susan Flowers, muf

InSite Arts curated a programme of installations, by renowned and emerging artists, as part of the second and third Westonbirt Festival of the Garden, being held at the Forestry Commission's National Arboretum in Gloucestershire.

Collectively the artists all worked with a broad range of media and their backgrounds are diverse. The artists were commissioned to explore the relationship between their practice and the environment of the Arboretum. Responding to the history and heritage, as well as the current natural beauty of the tree collection, the brief was to create original installations that challenge visitors' perceptions of the landscape.

Each artist was selected for their commitment to creative research, originality, imaginative use of materials and wit.

Artists

2003:

Clare Brew - The Tree Pieces
Katherine Clarke - Pleasure Garden of the Utilities
Katayoun Dowlatshahi - Photogenic Tracings
Susan Flowers - Sky Reach
Pip Hall - The Trees
John Newling - Imagine if spring didn't come
Samantha Stork - Over-Time

2004:

Andrew Stonyer - Sounds of Sunlight
Patricia MacKinnon-Day - The Celestial Banquet
Leo Fitzmaurice - thesigntttellyouwheretog
Jane Watt - Reflectagon
Hannah Bennett - Regenerate
Claire Morgan - Leave

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