Time Frame
An exhibition by Master of Fine Art students
Date: 13 - 15 May 2011
Venue: The Leper Chapel, Newmarket Road, Cambridge
Private view: Thursday 12 May, 17.00 - 20.00
Time. What do we think of when we hear this word? A clock, a gauge, a period where something happened. Do I have time for this? It is a measured concept broken down into chunks, so we can try and understand its existence. A year, a month, a day, an hour, a minute, units to predict, endure and archive.
Henri Bergson defined time in a different way, favouring a metaphysical structure over the standardized scientific view which he termed "duration". In this continuous infinite flow, with no measure to halt it, things happen in all directions, where each occurrence can never be duplicated or retrieved. For Bergson 'time' is what happens to duration when it is arbitrarily split into fragments. The works, presented at the Leper chapel, were all constructed from moments in a duration and portray these pockets of time, dealing explicitly with this alternative notion and its consequence. Each resulting in some kind of stasis, unable to remove itself from itself.
Date: 13 - 15 May 2011
Venue: The Leper Chapel, Newmarket Road, Cambridge
Private view: Thursday 12 May, 17.00 - 20.00
Time. What do we think of when we hear this word? A clock, a gauge, a period where something happened. Do I have time for this? It is a measured concept broken down into chunks, so we can try and understand its existence. A year, a month, a day, an hour, a minute, units to predict, endure and archive.
Henri Bergson defined time in a different way, favouring a metaphysical structure over the standardized scientific view which he termed "duration". In this continuous infinite flow, with no measure to halt it, things happen in all directions, where each occurrence can never be duplicated or retrieved. For Bergson 'time' is what happens to duration when it is arbitrarily split into fragments. The works, presented at the Leper chapel, were all constructed from moments in a duration and portray these pockets of time, dealing explicitly with this alternative notion and its consequence. Each resulting in some kind of stasis, unable to remove itself from itself.
The Leper Chapel, as a site, explores the idea of collective memory with epochs of time embedded within it. Historically the leper chapel was only used as a retreat for the unfortunate victims of leprosy for a very short period of its past. Having also existed previously as the location for the Stourbridge fair and a storehouse, now it is defined by an arbitrary timeframe as the 'leper chapel'.
Whether made with irresolution or planned to the finest detail the works in Time Frame both emulated and challenged Bergson's notion of duration, and re-defined the chapel's role. Each work framed time in a very different fashion. The ever-continuing work contrasted with the definitive statement. The personal juxtaposed with the political.
Jane Bradley presented a retreat; never ending, a true representation of flow, moving backwards and forwards on a durational highway, with no resolution in sight.
Anji Jackson-Main represented an event; documenting a gesture, the canvas and materials evidence of a movement. A live moment, now immobile.
Josepa Munoz explored a revolution; a collective memory, retrieving thoughts from a specific point in history to make some sort of sense of the now.
Matthew Wilson brought a crisis into the public; suspended, sustained, balanced. Elements brought together representing periods from the past, present and a foreseeable future, unchanging yet unknown.
The artists would like to express their gratitude to local charity, Cambridge Past, Present & Future, for permission to hold their exhibition in the Chapel. For more information please visit the Cambridge Past, Present & Future and Friends of the Leper Chapel websites.
Whether made with irresolution or planned to the finest detail the works in Time Frame both emulated and challenged Bergson's notion of duration, and re-defined the chapel's role. Each work framed time in a very different fashion. The ever-continuing work contrasted with the definitive statement. The personal juxtaposed with the political.
Jane Bradley presented a retreat; never ending, a true representation of flow, moving backwards and forwards on a durational highway, with no resolution in sight.
Anji Jackson-Main represented an event; documenting a gesture, the canvas and materials evidence of a movement. A live moment, now immobile.
Josepa Munoz explored a revolution; a collective memory, retrieving thoughts from a specific point in history to make some sort of sense of the now.
Matthew Wilson brought a crisis into the public; suspended, sustained, balanced. Elements brought together representing periods from the past, present and a foreseeable future, unchanging yet unknown.
The artists would like to express their gratitude to local charity, Cambridge Past, Present & Future, for permission to hold their exhibition in the Chapel. For more information please visit the Cambridge Past, Present & Future and Friends of the Leper Chapel websites.
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