Ruskin

Angel Field Festival 2023: The Seven Lamps of Cumbria

Friday, 24 March 2023 Time: 5pm
Overview

This exhibition takes place in the Cornerstone Foyer (Liverpool Hope University, Creative Campus, 17 Shaw Street, Liverpool L6 1HP) from 24th March -1st April.

These pieces perform as an interaction of photography and music ultimately forming a seven-part project. An artistic intervention into the life and work of John Ruskin, showcasing a unique and multidisciplinary look at traditional but overlooked RGB Still Life Photography process and Contemporary Classical Organ Music reconnecting the ‘7 Lamps’ of Ruskin’s work. Made accessible for contemporary audiences and families through prints combined with QR codes for engagement with the musical elements.

Ruskin had great interest in the intricacies of structure and the involvement of the human hand; we illustrate this by referencing extracts/quotes from his works, celebrating the human influences in the subject matter we choose. By highlighting elements of the different locations through photography we reveal small defects and by examining the detail we will disclose a balance between decay and original individual input, echoing a theme that runs through Ruskin’s writings and illustrations. Ruskin’s comments on music and its relation to other arts contributed to forming the representations and we reflect on his journey into the then ‘new art’ of photography, delighting in the way it confirmed his accurate drawings of the imperfections in the world. We would like to think he would approve of our utilisation of the photographic medium and its symbiotic relationship with music. The Pipe Organ Music will give a contemporary sound to this relationship between photography and music. 

Ticket Details

Free