19 April – 2 May, 2010 York Art Gallery
Exhibition Square, York YO1 7EW T: +44 (0) 1904 687687
open daily from 10am until 5pm
http://www.yorkartgallery.org.uk/Page/ViewSpecialExhibition.aspx?CollectionId=44
Eleven thousand years ago, at the end of the last Ice Age, our prehistoric ancestors started to settle in Britain again, spending their lives hunting, gathering and fishing.
The period lasting for the next 5,000 years is known as the "Mesolithic" and has inspired four artists to create a new installation at York Art Gallery’s studio.
Their installation uses photography, video, sound and interactive digital technology to explore the era.
The four artists travelled to an area called Star Carr, near Scarborough, which was the site of a human settlement in the Mesolithic period, as part of their work. They also examined objects dating back to the period from the Yorkshire Museum and consulted experts from the University of York.
Mesolithic Interventions is made up of their responses to this research and asks: “What can we learn from the people who lived at Star Carr during the Mesolithic and how can we apply this to our lives today?”
The artists are:
Mark Hildred (interactive digital technology)
Kippa Matthews (photography)
Damian Murphy (sound and music)
John Oxley (video).
Find out more at http://artistsinthearchive.blogspot.com/
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