Gemma Riggs, Alison Neighbour
We Face Each Other
Prostorna video instalacija
17. – 24.7.2025.
@ JAB Video Room
Video instalacija “We Face Each Other” nastala je kroz kolaborativni proces hodanja i dijaloga između Alison Neighbour i Gemme Riggs.
Instalacija se sastoji se od dva vertikalna ekrana koji prikazuju litice i krajolik na dvije lokacije: Abbotscliff u Velikoj Britaniji i Cap Blanc Nez u Francuskoj, oba s pogledom jedno na drugo preko Kanala. Abbotscliff se vidi na lijevom ekranu, a Cap Blanc Nez na desnom. Litice Folkestone Warrena i Cap Blanc Neza su isti kamen, ista zemlja, nedavno (u geološkom smislu) podijeljene istim morem, stoga ovo djelo postoji s obje strane Kanala, ponovno ujedinjujući stijenu i pričajući priču koja daleko prethodi našim kulturnim razlikama.
Biografija:
Gemma Riggs
Gemma je umjetnica i filmašica koja radi na području videa, fotografije, instalacije i zvuka. Istražuje intenzitet iskustva i kako se nematerijalno manifestira; kroz tijelo, kroz izričaj i kroz šire društvene događaje. Participativni i pedagoški procesi ključni su za njezin rad, a surađivala je sa zajednicama u Velikoj Britaniji i inozemstvu. Gemmini radovi prikazani su na izložbama i festivalima diljem Europe. Dobila je brojne nagrade Arts Council England i British Councila te je odabrana za interdisciplinarne rezidencije u Latviji, Rumunjskoj, Hrvatskoj i Velikoj Britaniji. Magistrirala je likovnu umjetnost s odličnim uspjehom na Sveučilištu za kreativne umjetnosti 2014. godine.
Alison Neighbour
Alison je vizualna umjetnica i scenografkinja koja radi na području instalacija, performansa i putovanja kroz krajolik. Njezina praksa temelji se na dubokoj suradnji, a nedavni radovi nastaju uz upravitelje zemljišta, znanstvenike, svijet izvan ljudskog svijeta i samu publiku. Sudjelovanje i utjelovljeni odnos publike u središtu su njezina rada. Utjecaj na nju imaju priče o materijalu, mjestu i vremenu pronađenom na kopnu, u moru i na nebu; a njezin rad teži obnovi našeg odnosa prema živom svijetu kojeg smo dio.
Gemma Riggs, Alison Neighbour
We Face Each Other
Spatial video installation
17. – 24.7.2025.
@ JAB Video Room
The film installation We Face Each Other has been made through a collaborative process of walking and dialogue between Alison Neighbour and Gemma Riggs.
The film installation consists of two vertical screens that show the cliffs and landscape at two sites: Abbotscliff in the UK and Cap Blanc Nez in France, both looking over at each other across the Channel. Abbotscliff is seen on the left hand screen and Cap Blanc Nez on the right as you face the screens. The cliffs of Folkestone Warren and Cap Blanc Nez are the same stone, the same land, split recently (in geological terms) by the same sea, and so this work exists on both sides of the Channel, reuniting the rock and telling a story that far pre-dates our cultural differences.
Biography:
Gemma Riggs
Gemma is an artist and filmmaker who works across video, photography, installation and sound. She explores intensities of experience and how the intangible manifests itself; through the body, through utterance and through wider societal events. Participatory and pedagogic processes are central to her work and she has co-created works with communities in the UK and internationally. Gemma’s work has been shown in exhibitions and festivals across Europe. She has received numerous awards from Arts Council England and the British Council and has been selected to undertake interdisciplinary residencies in Latvia, Romania, Croatia and the UK. She completed her MA in Fine Art with distinction at the University for the Creative Arts in 2014.
Alison Neighbour
Alison is a visual artist and scenographer working across installation, performance, and journeys through landscape. Her practice is deeply collaborative, with recent works being created alongside land managers, scientists, the more than human world, and the audience themselves. Participation and the embodied relationship of the audience are at the heart of her work. She is influenced by stories of material, place, and time found within the land, sea, and sky; and her work aspires to rebuild our relationship to the living world we are a part of.
