Tim Skinner Installations


	Tim Skinner Multi-media Installation Artist
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		Fallen The Seasonal Sound of Senescence Final Video Pieces Exhibition Fallen - Solo Exhibition May 6th - June 10th (11am-4pm, Mon-Fri) New Visual Approach to Leaf Fall International video artist Tim Skinner has adapted the complex scientific understanding of autumn’s swansong, into a poetic ephemeral visual portrayal, bringing science and art together. The work supported by CADE (Centre for the Arts and Design in the Environment) explores visual and audio dimensions of plant senescence (aging resulting in leaf fall). Over the past six months, he has been collaborating with scientists Ron Fryer and Margaret Sommerville at Writtle College. Tim’s work has engaged both art and science students, and now allows the public a chance to experience his unique brand of video art, in a month long exhibition being held at Writtle College. The exhibition will be split across the campus, the majority of the work will be centred in the hub of the College main building, and another will be featured within the science laboratories. The residency has been funded by Arts Council England with in-kind support from CADE and firstsite. This project comes at a turning point in Tim Skinner’s career, both creatively and professionally. Self-exploratory videos have made way for more collaborative-based informative pieces. Recent works such as ‘Bully’ and ‘Two Måner’ have illustrated Tim’s diversity; the first an Essex County Council commission working with current British national and Olympian field hockey player Chloe Rogers; the second an installation collaborating with Danish contemporary artist Stephanie Donsoe. ArtMonthly Advert More information about the project can be found on: http://www.a-n.co.uk/link/Tims-blog Tim will be hosting a number of talks and workshops over the coming year. Running visual diary December 16th - Fallen pt 1 video of the piece here November 24th- Drum work November 22nd - Time lapse video view November 16th - Drum work November 10th - Drum work November 6th - Thermal Videos view November 4th - Working with the thermal camera/drum work October 21st - Drum work October 12th - Early creation time-lapse video view October 6th - Writtle College ground survey A new media art residency in the grounds of Writtle College. The project is a collaboration between Tim Skinner, new media artist, two scientists Ron Fryer and Margaret Somerville, Senior Lecturers in the School of Sustainable Environments (SSE), the Centre for the Arts and Design in the Environment (CADE) and students from across the science and arts curricula at Writtle. Funding for this project has been provided by the Arts Council England. As a new media artist Tim has exhibited nationally and internationally. To further his professional practice he is undertaking an intensive residency which will help students engage with a more visual approach to a theoretical understanding. Ron and Margaret will act as mentors helping him to understand the necessary areas of the plant kingdom and natural phenomena. This will be a mutually beneficial relationship with the residency engaging students with a visual understanding of nature’s processes, as an aid to their learning. The project will visually explore the sound generated by leaves, berries and fruit falling onto drum like surfaces. Senescence is nature’s way of annually being reborn; Tim plans to mark this important occasion and give it a new aesthetic signature and will use a complex visual understanding of the identity of sound, translated through either large sonic installations or ephemeral video pieces. Aims and objectives: To create a contemporary new media artwork, based on the natural environment. Work alongside scientific staff. Engage science students with contemporary new media art. Exhibit the final work within a public setting, expanding and engaging with new, diverse audiences. Host talks and workshops.