www.morrison-prowse.com

Dates: Wednesday 10th to Sunday 14th December 2008

Location: Fruitmarket area

Take part in Kerry's questionnaire survey about art and regeneration in Hull. Fill in this word document questionnaire and return it to us by e-mail before the end of the exhibition.

Other documents you may find of interest are:
Fruit Market Develpment Consultation Document
Fruit Market Fact Sheet


For 5 days during 54ºN I will perambulate my portable studio through the streets of the Hull and the Fruit Market area.

The regeneration of Hull appears to be an is an issue of concern for the 54ºN Festival coordinators, with a desire for work to
“… question and challenge some of the aspects of the rampant regeneration process that has been ripping through our city for a few years”

Questioning is exactly what I intend to do when I am out and about pushing my portable studio around the streets.

Whenever anything catches my attention, the cart will be pulled to a halt, and parked up. It's doors and draws will be opened and the necessary paraphernalia for recording what has caught my eye will be removed and used; pens, papers, pencils, magnifying glasses, camera, recording equipment, jars, labels, tags, an eclectic assortment of data collecting tack.

The action of perambulating will be one element of the work in the public realm. Another element will be the pauses, the times when, and places where, I stop, to look, to listen, and to record.
The actions undertaken within the stationary positions create spaces for the public, the curious passer-by, to interact with me. People are most likely to approach me, and ask me what I am up to, when the cart and I are stationary. These are the times when conversations will happen.
I will explain what I am up to, and why I am in Hull. I will explain that my actions are part of 54ºN, and that the festival, through the art works commissioned, aims to challenge, amongst other issues, aspects of regeneration. In will invite my partner in conversation to comment on the regeneration of Hull - and I will listen.
The encounter will be recorded, either as a digital sound recording, or notated text.
As I journey through Hull, I will accumulate data - artifacts - and anecdotes.
These could find there way into other public arenas.


Kerry Morrison is as an environmental artist who works within the public realm, “that space where anyone can be, or can go - usually free of charge”. She creates work in response to environmental issues within a given locale and global context. Since 2000 she has worked in collaboration with ecologists, environmental scientists, landscape architects, and conservationists. Working in collaboration, or independently, her approach is process led, socially engaging, art/ecology practice that investigates human-nature relationships. Collaborating, combined with reading scientific research papers has enabled her to develop a methodology for recording, evidencing, and evaluating her projects. Her aim is to navigate through the complexities of the social, environmental, and economic, via live art and happenings, action installations, temporary and semi-permanent public art, and writing.

As process led practice, her projects often take place over long periods of time. In 2006 Kerry began an investigation into brownfield sites in Liverpool, mapping and evaluating over 100 sites for their value for experiencing nature within an urban environment (www.liverpoolwastelands.blogspot.com). This work is still in progress, and has developed into an art/science team investigation into a contaminated brownfield site in Liverpool.

Earlier this year Kerry competed a commission for Independent Photography in Greenwich, London, as part of their Peninsula programme. The project, “100 cauliflowers - 85 here, 15 elsewhere”, explored the possibility of providing growing spaces for residents in the area. (www.100cauliflowers.com). Through the process of community engagement, and project delivery, the work became has become a discussion point amongst residents and local councilors for the inclusion of allotment provision in housing developments.

Public realm projects in 2008 have included: Gong-ju Nature Art Biennial, Korea, Temporary Gardens, Aachen, Germany, PVAF Forum, Scotland, and the nature of bury which is currently on display at Bury Art Gallery.

Past work includes site specific commissions and exhibitions in the U.K., U.S.A., Korea, Japan, Czech Republic, Finland, France, Macedonia, and Switzerland.