Moorland Productions
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Earth,Air,Fire,Water - Panoramic photos 10 x 1 m
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Kenneth G. Hay, b.Inverness, Scotland & Seetha A, b.Singapore.
Working collaboratively since 1996,as Moorland Productions, Ken and Seetha have participated in the Centennial Venice Biennale (1995) in the Transculture Pavillion with 'The World Tea Party',in the 50th Venice Biennale as one of five UK artists in the RADAR Project-Connecting Europe, Centro Civico, Giudecca, Venice (2003), Presentation House, Vancouver (1996), the Czech National Centre for Experimetal Theatre (2002), Galeria Pryzmat, Cracow, Poland (2004), London Deptford X (2004) & the Italia Future Telecom Centre (Venice, 2004), & in film festivals and exhibitions in Berlin (the 'Un Fair', Manchester CornerHouse & London (with 'BANK'), Museum Magogo (Glasgow Project Space & Artists Space, Melbourne) & many other shows in the UK, Germany, France & Delhi.
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"Rynek" DVD (15 mins) 2004.
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"The Four Elements" - A series of four 360˚ high resolution, panoramic digital photographs, 10 metres long, representing four aspects of working life in Venice and allegorising the impact of global tourism on the fragile ecostructure of the Venetian Lagoon.
"Rynek", (or Market) is a documentary film comprising interviews with 12 Cracow shopkeepers about Poland's entry into the EU.
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"Transient States", Deptford X, 2004.
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Galeria Pryzmat, Cracow, 2004.
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RADAR Project website
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Moorland Productions are interested in an open and experimental approach to social and historical themes such as European integration in the new Europe, multiculturalism, migration, warfare, ecology, the role of arts in society and working with local populations on specific projects. Our work tends to be multimedia, photography, digital media, film & video, sound and installation and websites, but we also paint, make and design objects. Ken was born in Inverness, Scotland and trained in Leeds University, The Accademia di Belle Arti, Florence and UCW Aberystwyth. He is currently Professor of Contemporary Art at the University of Leeds, School of Design. Previously he was Head of the School of Fine Art, History of Art & Cultural Studies at the University of Leeds. As an academic he writes/teaches on modernism and postmodernism, Italian art & Culture, Cubism, Philosophical aesthetics, and the role of artworks as research, particularly in relation to Ph.Ds in art Practice. Seetha was born in Singapore and trained as an artist and linguist in Leeds College of Art, Goldsmith's College and Delhi Academy of Fine Art.She has traveled widely in India, Africa, China, Asia & Europe, and is a freelance artist and video-maker, based in London. A recent film of the demise of the 'Routemaster Bus', was screened in Brixton.
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"Absences" relates to the missing workers resultant from the 18th-century Highland Clearances in Scotland. Exhibited in the underground cellars of the Czech National Centre for Experimental Theatre, Brno.
The sound track of whispered voices from survivors' accounts,played through multiple speakers echoed round the catacombs, and recalled more recent ethnic cleansing and forced migration in Europe.
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"Absences" Digital CD Audio
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* Installation view, "Air,Water","Deptford X" exhibition (June 2004),(Curated by H.Lilley).The theme dealt with Venice as a 'bridge' between sky & water, & its function as a trade route from Europe.
* Installation view, Galeria Pryzmat, Cracow (showing DVD 'Rynek' plus 4 of 6 Photo portraits of Cracow shopkeepers.
* Moorland Productions' projects for the 'RADAR Project - Connecting Europe'(50th Venice Biennale, Centro Civico, Giudecca, Venice). Each of 25 projects is accessed by clicking on a characteristic Venetian numeral. url: http://www.radarlab.info
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