Eleanor Clare

Visus Tactus Gustus documentation

Visus Tactus Gustus at Hordaland Kunstsenter

link to Hordaland Kunstsenter

6. february 2021 — 28. march 2021

Visus Tactus Gustus

Dillan Marsh and Eleanor Clare

And thus the firmament is like a human head; the sun, moon and stars are the eyes; the air is our sense of hearing, the winds our sense of smell, the dew our taste; the sides of the cosmos are like our arms and our sense of touch. And the other creatures that are in the world are like our stomach, but the earth is our heart. As the heart holds the body together from top to bottom, so the earth is a secure land for the waters on its surface and a firm resistance to the waters beneath the earth to prevent them from wrongly breaking out.

‘The Cosmos: The Music of the Firmament’ Causae et Curae, Hildegard von Bingen

In the Project Space, Hordaland Kunstsenter presents Visus Tactus Gustus by Eleanor Clare and Dillan Marsh. In this installation of new works the artist duo take inspiration from Munkeliv kloster that was established ca.1110 by King Øystein Magnusson. The remains of themonastery are hidden under the car park outside the art centre. Using plainchant, the melodies used to sing the liturgies of the Church, blowing raspberries (lip trills) into clay vessels, writing and drawing, they explore the emotional experience of embarking upon a creative process with the concepts of ‘diving into’ or being ‘swallowed by’ in mind.

Supported by: BEK, Bergen Kommune, Kulturråd, Bildende Kunstneres Hjelpefond

Drømmen om felleskapet: A Dream of Community

KODE Art Museums and Foreningen Trykkeriet mark the centenary of the Association of Norwegian Printmakers, with an exhibition opening on Friday 22 November.

Catalogue text by Eleanor Clare.

The Watchers: PAB Lokal x Bergen Assembly

Processional performance with Bluetooth speaker by Eleanor Clare & Dillan Marsh

Pop up exhibition at The Boathouse, Yorkshire Sculpture Park

Spring Equinox Procession at Yorkshire Sculpture Park

The Poacher's Lament - GPS artwork excerpts Yorkshire Sculpture Park

Link to Yorkshire Sculpture Park

The Poacher's Lament & Other Half Heard Tales, Yorkshire Sculpture Park

2018 visiting artists, Dillan Marsh and Eleanor Clare, return to YSP to showcase a project that explores the connections between real and imaginative spaces, inspired by the history of the Bretton Estate and traditions of folk tales and lullabies. Link to YSP website here

The Poachers Dream, Visningsrommet USF, Bergen

He saw something in the darkness. He searches his memory for its form. It was here, it left its shadow with him; he can feel its presence. It watches him, waits for him. He is caught in its flow now; it draws him in, through the darkness and down the narrow passage.

The Poacher’s work is to trespass; inhabiting the dark and hidden places. He penetrates his prey with a bullet, or untangles its entrails from a trap. He is well acquainted with the insides and outsides of things, with the dead and the living, with creation and destruction. Under the skin, much is fluid. This is where the unconscious is at work, digesting and processing and merging and separating matter.

The exhibition will consist of multiple channels of sound and video - spoken and sung narratives that unfold as one moves through the space. Much of the inspiration for this work came from being in a landscape – of walking in the woods or approaching monuments, connecting these experiences to folk tales or the mysterious practices of early cultures. We have had an extensive research period over the last few years at Yorkshire Sculpture Park, where we have gathered material. All the audio, including music, is either from manipulated field recordings taken on site or vocal recordings.

Supported by BEK, Bergen Kommune and Kunstsentrene i Norge

Work List

Video Installation on Three Projection Screens (room 1 and 2): Field recordings taken at Yorkshire Sculpture Park throughout the seasons; varying length clips.

8 channel Sound Installation (room 1 and 2): audio material entirely produced from field recordings taken on site at Yorkshire Sculpture Park and vocal recordings. List of titles below:

The Poacher’s Dream
Hepworth Hardcore
The First Hole is a Revelation
The Poacher’s Lament
The Watchers
Itchy Balls
Constipation Hypnotation
Recorder Harmony (Derby Tup/Drive Old Winter Away)
Sleepy Head
Shadows Opera
The Shadow Poacher

Objects:
Speaker Effigies (room 2), card, acrylic, wood
Spoon on a Stick: Mr. Jazz Spoon (room 1), plaster, twig, metal spoon, tape, vocals
The Peeper (room 1), framed image, felt pen on paper
The Poacher’s Dream (room 1), publication with texts and images

The Poacher's Dream, 15-25th November, USF Visningsrommet, Bergen

Solo exhibition by Dillan Marsh & Eleanor Clare, more info here
Supported by BEK, Kunstsentrene i Norge and Bergen Kommune.

He saw something in the darkness. He searches his memory for its form. It was here, it left its shadow with him; he can feel its presence. It watches him, waits for him. He is caught in its flow now; it draws him in, through the darkness and down the narrow passage.

Finse Camp PAB x PAO, 24-26th August 2018

Processional performance of The Watchers, by Eleanor Clare and Dillan Marsh, 2018.
One performer in an open landscape with loudspeaker.
More information about PAB: performanceartbergen.no

Sound documentation of performance:

Perchten Tryptich at Maria Øy Lojos Historieboden 19-24th June

Perchten Tryptich, Eleanor Clare 2018, l-r: Perchten #1 (2017), acrylic on paper, Perchten #2 (2017), white oil pastel with acrylic wash, Bleeding Heart Dream #1 (2015), acrylic on paper

Perchten Tryptich, 2018; installation view at Maria Øy Lojos Historieboden, USF Bergen

She’s coming for your guts!
She’ll rip your guts out,
Cackling while she cuts
Your hopes and dreams out.

The Travels of the Toucher at Maria Øy Lojos Historieboden

Images and publications by Eleanor Clare & Dillan Marsh will be shown at Visningsrommet, USF in Bergen from 19th June - 1st July 2018. More info about Maria Øy Lojos Historieboden