Lisa Wesley &
Andrew Blackwood
The Project: 2040 AD
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From the original Festival website:
Given the opportunity to embellish and develop their NRLA 2006 model further, Blackwood & Wesley will use the 30th year of the Festival to create a landscape set 30 years hence that is even more at odds with the present day one depicted in 2006. Inspired by the architectural illustrations of Hugh Ferriss from the 1920s with their fantastical landscapes of science fiction, predictions of climate change, sustainability, recycled materials and smart building technology, they will mix in their own absurdist imaginings and an obsession with detailed train and matchstick modelling to create a vision of a Futurist ‘new town’. The diorama will synthesise the artists’ backgrounds in visual, live art and architecture to produce, in their Lilliputian city, a darkly comic and poignant mix of storytelling and town planning.
“The exquisite performance-installation The Project was one of my highlights of NRLA 2006 and The Project 2040 AD, promises to be one of the highlights of the 30th anniversary NRLA. A must for all lovers of dystopia and model making…” – Lois Keidan, Live Art Development Agency
“One of my favourite pastimes was to visit Lisa Wesley’s and Andrew Blackwood’s growing maquette creation in a glass house in Tramway’s backyard. The all white modeling of buildings and objects and the artists’ play with perspective, revealed the sheer oddity of growth and decay in the contemporary urban landscape.”– Keith Gallasch, Realtime Arts magazine
Lisa Wesley works across the disciplines of performance, installation and text. She qualified from Valley Comprehensive School in Worksop with one ‘O’ level – Grade C in Religious Education. Since then she has tried a bit harder and become more focused.
Andrew Blackwood trained in Architecture at Glasgow School of Art. He has performed with Lisa Wesley for over a decade. In his spare time he collects 1970s Airfix kits in the hope that one day he’ll accumulate enough of them to recreate the interior of a model shop in his house.
The Project was originally commissioned by New Moves International for The National Review of Live Art in 2006.
For a guide to the ‘new town’ see the Model Key PDF
The Project: 2040 AD
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From the original Festival website:
Given the opportunity to embellish and develop their NRLA 2006 model further, Blackwood & Wesley will use the 30th year of the Festival to create a landscape set 30 years hence that is even more at odds with the present day one depicted in 2006. Inspired by the architectural illustrations of Hugh Ferriss from the 1920s with their fantastical landscapes of science fiction, predictions of climate change, sustainability, recycled materials and smart building technology, they will mix in their own absurdist imaginings and an obsession with detailed train and matchstick modelling to create a vision of a Futurist ‘new town’. The diorama will synthesise the artists’ backgrounds in visual, live art and architecture to produce, in their Lilliputian city, a darkly comic and poignant mix of storytelling and town planning.
“The exquisite performance-installation The Project was one of my highlights of NRLA 2006 and The Project 2040 AD, promises to be one of the highlights of the 30th anniversary NRLA. A must for all lovers of dystopia and model making…” – Lois Keidan, Live Art Development Agency
‘One of my favourite pastimes was to visit Lisa Wesley’s and Andrew Blackwood’s growing maquette creation in a glass house in Tramway’s backyard. The all white modeling of buildings and objects and the artist’s play with perspective, revealed the sheer oddity of growth and decay in the contemporary urban landscape…’ Keith Gallasch, Realtime Arts magazine
Lisa Wesley works across the disciplines of performance, installation and text. She qualified from Valley Comprehensive School in Worksop with one ‘O’ level – Grade C in Religious Education. Since then she has tried a bit harder and become more focused.
Andrew Blackwood trained in Architecture at Glasgow School of Art. He has performed with Lisa Wesley for over a decade. In his spare time, he collects 1970s Airfix kits in the hope that one day he’ll accumulate enough of them to recreate the interior of a model shop in his house.
The Project was originally commissioned by New Moves International for The National Review of Live Art in 2006.
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