Jilly Morris, ''The Writing On The Wall' 2010', newspaper, thread, graphite, acrylic, spray paint, 2010. Photo: Jilly Morris. ‘I became fascinated by the idea of building something that held a strong senses of both chronicle and place, something that was steeped in history, but I wanted to build it from only using local newspapers, I wanted to recreate something essentially old with today’s news. I also wanted to create something that is naturally strong, enduring and solid with something that is fragile and disposable.’ Jilly Morris, July 2010

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Jilly Morris, ''The Writing On The Wall' 2010', newspaper, thread, graphite, acrylic, spray paint, 2010. Photo: Jilly Morris. ‘I became fascinated by the idea of building something that held a strong senses of both chronicle and place, something that was steeped in history, but I wanted to build it from only using local newspapers, I wanted to recreate something essentially old with today’s news. I also wanted to create something that is naturally strong, enduring and solid with something that is fragile and disposable.’ Jilly Morris, July 2010

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Visual Arts in Rural Communities

1,787,850 STEPS

5 - 12 September 2010

A self-imposed daily framework of gathering data of different sorts through long daily walks formed a strategy for Jilly Morris coming to terms with the contrast of a new environment. From urban living to the vast moorland space and skies of the Tarset valley, walking became the constant and the influence for a new body of work.The statistical data gathered (number of steps, calories used, distance covered etc) and the impact of the surrounding landscape has all influenced her creative practice during her residency.    The finished artworks in her exhibition display her strengths as a sensitive and talented mark-maker and a conceptual artist.  Some pieces demonstrate simply and beautifully the duration of the year and the gathering process, for example, a Walking Stick becomes a time line study, large photographic prints document the effects of the seasons on the roadside verges and also the meetings of others whilst walking are recorded by photographing their feet.Free transport provided from Newcastle Central Station to the exhibitionopening; departing 12.30 pm Sat 4th Sept, arriving back at Central Station4.45 pm.Exhibition Opening Party: 1.30pm - 3.30pm, Saturday 4th September 2010Guided tour by Jilly Morris, 2.30pm

Visual Arts in Rural Communities The Dovecote Office Highgreen Tarset Hexham Northumberland NE48 1RP

11:00 - 16:00

www.varc.org.uk/

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