New Exhibition at Qube! Macro Micro
8th July to 3rd August 2015
Students from North Shropshire College and a London film maker have turned the spotlight on science and the stars at Qube this summer. Throughout July the gallery will be showcasing 'Macro-Micro', an exhibition of two films by award-nominated, moving image artist, Katie Goodwin.
Katie's first film, Lightness, explores the magical wonders of the night sky and issues of light pollution in Britain. The film was shot on location in Greenwich, home to the Royal Observatory, and in the remote village of Glenelg on the west of Scotland, a community trying to attain Dark Skies status.
The second film, a 3D film called 'Small Wonders' offers a unique and fascinating insight into a secret and alien world of the amoeba, and following a fifty year scientific journey of micro-biologist, Terence Preston.
Students on North Shropshire College's BTEC Diploma Foundation Studies Art & Design course were invited to produce a series of photographic works inspired by both films. Under the watchful eye of Course Coordinator, Faye Edwards, students Annie Rogers, Jassett Cook, Matthew Roberts, Sian Cooper, Thomas Lee, Levi Peirson and Samantha Griffiths have created a series of astronomical constellations of their imagination called 'Constructed Skies'.
'Lightness' was funded by an Arts Council England Grant for the Arts and 'Small Wonders' was supported by a Wellcome Trust Small Arts Award.
'Macro Micro' exhibition is on at Qube Gallery until 3rd August. Open daily, 9 to 5, Saturdays 9.30 to 12.30. Films are playing alternately throughout the day.
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