A series of site specific interventions in Somerset 2011 – 2013
Scaping the Land is an ongoing project I began in 2011, exploring Somerset’s landscapes through site-specific performance and film. Each work responds to a chosen location, with performances filmed and later projected in new settings—where the same performers interact with both the original footage and the new site in real time. (See blog for updates and films.)
In September 2012, I created a piece for the Rural Life Museum in Glastonbury, working in the museum’s medieval barn. Drawing on archival material about early 20th-century rural life, I commissioned composer Huw Webb to create a soundscape from 50 years of recorded Somerset voices. I also collaborated with two performers over a month-long residency to develop a live movement piece.
The final installation included three projected films (Scaping the Land 2 & 3) and ran for two days, followed by five live performances on the third day.
In May 2013, I was invited to a festival in Sardinia, where I developed a solo work titled I Am Island, exploring themes of isolation and belonging. Scaping the Land 3 formed part of the performance.
All photographs by Paul Roylance.
