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During an artists’ residency at Abney Park, Lynn Dennison worked with volunteers to get behind the scenes to explore the idea of life amongst the dead. In particular she explored the natural world and wildlife making their homes amidst this high Gothic Victoriana, and the people involved in the care of these living elements. In Arthur Machen’s book ‘N’, which is set locally to Abney Park, he describes the urban scene dissolving to reveal a beautiful other worldly garden, and ‘A Matter of Life and Death’ is built around this construct of the proximity of other worlds.
Bio:
Lynn Dennison works across several disciplines, including video, installation and collage, to explore our relationship with our surroundings and how we see and experience our environment. Her single and multiple screen videos are often based in the documentary of place, exploring themes of memory, history, nostalgia, and the boundaries between the real and imagined. Her practice is research-based, and frequently made in response to sites of cultural, historic and natural significance. She works with historic buildings, and in response to natural locations, and has produced a body of work which connects with natural and material culture, past and present. Born in Cumbria, England, Lynn Dennison now lives and works in LondonShe studied B.A. Fine Art at the Slade and completed an M.A. in Fine Art at Central Saint Martins in 2013. Her work has been commissioned and supported by grants and awards, and exhibited nationally and internationally. She has participated in workshops, residencies, talks and events.
Duration: 37 mins 39 seconds
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After this screening will be an evening of live poetry and conversation with Iain Sinclair and Chris McCabe, from 7.30pm. The event will explore similar themes to this screening, including the role of memory and place-based literary dreaming. Tickets for that event must be booked separately, and there is a charge for the 7.30pm event. Please see this link.