Unwrapping Books

In 2010,  I was part of the show Unwrapping Books : rearranging formulae, curated by Metron.
Science and maths books, ranging from primary to academic texts, and journals were selected and donated by Oxford University Press.
A number was allocated to each book, and these were wrapped and distributed to twenty- seven artists who had been invited to respond in any way they chose.
The exhibition was held in the 03 Gallery in March 2010, and reconfigured in the public space in OUP in October .

This year, Unwrapping Books will be based at The Botanic Gardens, Oxford. This will coincide with  Oxford's World Book Capital bid. The final works by 30 artists (including visual artists, dancers and musicians) will come together at The Botanic Gardens in April 2014.

For more info see:
 http://unwrappingbooks.info/#/oxford-botanic-gardens/4560059824

Articles from The Garden and The Gardening Chronicles are the inspiration for the artists to respond to. Each artist and article was allocated a number, these numbers were drawn from a hat to connect the artist with their piece if text.

The Articles

The articles which have been selected for me are:

Entomology - The Green-rose chafer or cetonia aurata
The Gardener's Chronicle - 1841
Pg. 452

and

Watering in dry weather
The Garden - 1881
Pg. 632

I'm looking forward to researching both of these subjects. Hopefully it will give me the opportunity to develop some techniques.

The Old Fire Station

Last summer myself and artist Rachel Barbaresi, were commission to design and create The opening artwork for The Old Fire Station in Oxford. Read more about The Old Fire Station here:

http://www.oldfirestation.info/

Here is our blog which documents the project from start to finish. We worked with a group of homeless people and based ourselves at The Botanic Gardens, Oxford.

http://artistsofs.blogspot.co.uk/