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Sovay Berriman, Rising Cities Float, Sculptures and drawings, Gallery 2
Installation View, 2011
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Sovay Berriman, Rising Cities Float, Sculptures and drawings, Gallery 2
Installation View, 2011
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Sovay Berriman, Rising Cities Float, Sculptures and drawings, Gallery 2
Installation View, 2011
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Sovay Berriman, Rising Cities Float, Sculptures and drawings, Gallery 2
Detail of Baton, 2011
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Sovay Berriman
Rising Cities Float
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Within Rising Cities Float Berriman presents Batons (2010-ongoing) a series works constructed from copper and steel rods, insulation tape and shards of acrylic sheet. Made in conjunction with the larger scale Entertainment Suite (2010) these particular pieces resonate as singular sculptural objects; whist their function remains ambiguous, their performative qualities are potently apparent. Alongside Batons Berriman will present works on paper, sharing the spatial and formal atmosphere of the sculptural pieces and exploring a sensitivity in their construction.
Berriman's practice is concerned with the dynamics of space in relation to power and imagination, considering heterotopias, stage and prop. Her body of work choreographs an overall experience, layering ideas through the production of objects, drawings, texts and events. The individual pieces, connected and resonant, reinforce and extend the space and ideas of each other, allowing Berriman's propositions to be observed both within a wider perspective and at close proximity . Visually pieces demonstrate an affinity with sophisticated construction and aesthetics in a pared down offering of only the most essential ingredients. An element of the hand-made is also employed, using more democratic materials and methods.
For the close of the exhibition, Berriman will direct an event that activates a thirteenth Baton, continuing the evolution of the work.
Born in 1972, Cornwall, UK, Sovay Berriman graduated from the Royal College of Art in 2003 and her studio is currently based at Spike Island, Bristol. Recent activity includes the group exhibitions The Crystal Palace (Destroyed) , (July-August 2010) Works|Projects, Bristol, Theatre to Address: in excessive structure (October - December 2010), Cartel, London, curated by Bridget Crone and Strange Loops , (March - April 2011), Generator Projects, Dundee, curated by Craig Mulholland.
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