oneplace
Client: Tatton Park Artists: Andy Goldsworthy, Helen Brigham, Rob Vale, Christopher Mayo, Samantha Donnelly, Sam Clayton, Mark JacobsResidency application information
The oneplace programme started in November 2005, with internationally acclaimed sculptor Andy Goldsworthy spending a week at Tatton Park making a series of ephemeral works using ice, wood, leaves and earth, which were his Winter works. One of these was included in the New York Times as a ‘Winter’ commission photograph. As part of his time here, Andy also gave a talk to a capacity audience of 300 people in the Tenant’s Hall.
Goldsworthy returned for his second period of work in July 2007 when he made a number of new pieces that are his Summer works. He used leaves, branches, reeds and rain in his sculptures to create ephemeral and semi-permanent works.
As well as Goldsworthy’s work, oneplace is supporting residencies for emerging practitioners. Rob Vale and Helen Brigham were chosen as the first two residency practitioners because their work proposals were complementary Rob used film and dance to explore the variety of Tatton Park’s landscape. Helen used craft based materials to articulate the relationship between the interiors of the Mansion House, its occupants and the Estate.
The next residency practitioner was composer Christopher Mayo.
He created a new piece of music which expressed abstract elements such as weather, trees moving in the wind, light and dark. The piece, Tatton Park was Premiered in July 2007 by the Camberwell Composers Collective using auto-harp, twelve string guitar, toy piano, toy drum set and chord organ.
The next set of three residencies has been funded by the Esmee Fairbairn Foundation. Some of the practitioners have already been selected. These are sculptors Samantha Donnelly and Sam Clayton and Mark Jacobs (working together as a team), with one more residency practitioner to be selected through open submission application.
Samantha Donnelly is based in Manchester. She intends to create a series of architecturally based shapes that relate to the Japanese Gardens. These shapes will then be cast in resin as permanent works but also in ice. The ice shapes will then be brought back to Tatton Park and allowed to melt. These will be photographed and filmed.
Sam Clayton and Mark Jacobs are sculptors who have created a successful team. They intend to create a body of work in response to the historic pleasure grounds of Tatton Park. They have been involved in other landscape projects such as a residency at the Yorkshire Sculpture Park.
An important part of oneplace is the education and access programme that involves talks, workshops and mentoring as well as exhibitions, to allow greater access to the artists’ work processes and to support local people to make their own creative pieces.
Images from Andy Goldsworthy's first week long residency from 20th - 24th November 2005
Ice and Wood, Ice Leaves
Ice and Wood Cone, Hawthorn Ice Leaves, Oak
Ice Leaves
Oak Earth, Oak Wood Circle