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NewsReleaseFermynwoodsContemporaryArt
TimSimmons:INTERVENTION8-11July2010FermynWoods,NrKettering
FermynwoodsContemporaryArtispleasedtopresentINTERVENTION,byphotographicartistTimSimmons.FollowingitssuccessatSuffolk’sLatitudeFestivalandTheLondonArtFair,Simmonsbringshislarge-scaleprojectiontotheuniquesettingoftheDanishSheltersdeepwithinFermynWoods,nearKettering.Workingwithlarge-formatcamerasandartificiallightingtoaccentuatedetail,thesestunningimageshaveasurreal,otherworldlyquality-intherealmsoffantasyandbeyondobviousrecognition.Thelarge-scalephotographicprojections,whichruninhalfhourloops,arere-embeddedwithinthenaturalworldthatinspiredthem–thelocationofthewoodsitselfformsanintegralpartofthework.Simmons’workhasaninherentconnectiontotheenvironmentandexaminesthemultilayeredrelationshipwehavewithoursurroundings,andhowsubtlechangestoourexpectationofaplacealterourperceptionofit.Theprojectioneventtakesplaceoverthreenightsfrom8-11July. Bookingisessentialandrefreshmentswillbeserved.Formoreinformationortobookyourplace,pleasecontactPaulDenton,[email protected].
TimSimmons,INTERVENTION,2010.Projection
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Notesforeditors
• INTERVENTION,projectioncomprisesafreestanding20’x15’projectionscreen
• ToseemoreofSimmons’workandrelatedprojectspleasevisit;www.interventionprojects.com
www.timsimmons.co.uk• Foundedin1998,FCAhasgrownanationalandinternationalreputationforitsinnovativeprogrammeof
professionalexhibitionsandeducationalartsprojects.IthasgrownrapidlysinceitsinceptionandlaunchedapartnershipprojectwithTheForestryCommissionatSudboroughGreenLodgewithinFermynWoodswhichhasbecomeahubforinternationalartistresidencies,creativity,educationandcollaboration.
• FCAistheonlyproviderinNorthNorthamptonshireofhighqualitycontemporaryvisualartsprogrammeswithintegratededucationactivitiesandeventsengagingchildren,youngpeopleandadults.
• FCAworkswithnationalandinternationallyrecognisedprofessionalartists,fromthelocalarea,theUKandoverseasourprogrammeattractsaudiencesfromacrosstheUKandabroad.
• FermynwoodsContemporaryArtexiststomakecontemporaryartpartofpeople’slivesthroughpromotion,presentation,interpretationandeducation.ItisdedicatedtoraisingtheartisticbannerfortheEastMidlands.
• FermynwoodsContemporaryArtisprimarilyfundedbyTheArtsCouncilEastMidlands.FermynwoodsContemporaryArtMontagueHouse,ChanceryLane,ThrapstonNorthamptonshireNN144LNT:01832733009E:[email protected]:www.fermynwoods.co.ukRegisterednumber:5434735Charitynumber1122678EndsJune2010