Lizard Exit Plan: Goonhilly Sector
Paul Chaney
Goonhilly Village Green, 2019
Goonhilly Village Green was an experimental project led by artists Sara Bowler and Elizabeth Masterton and produced by Field Notes. In 2019, 5 artists were commissioned to produce new art works and a programme of talks and workshops took place in locations on the Lizard and in nearby towns. The project culminated in The Gathering, a village fête style event on Goonhilly Downs, where artworks and information were shared and a range of activities invited people to engage in their own multi-layered exploration of this special place.
Lizard Exit Plan: Goonhilly Sector, Paul Chaney, 2019
Graphic artworks installed in the Goonhilly landscape
Paul was one of the five artists commissioned to work with a partner organisation as part of Goonhilly Village Green. He collaborated with Natural England to create a series of graphical artworks looking in closer detail at the metrics of survival within the specific environment of the Downs.
The series of graphical works, which could be found within the Goonhilly landscape and on the roof of the Happidrome, explored the possibilities for human colonisation of the Downs. Using the traumatic history of the several ancient crofts on the Downs as a starting point, Paul imagined a hypothetical post-collapse scenario where future populations of the urban centres spill out into countryside looking for places to settle.
The work extends his research project Lizard Exit Plan, based at Kestle Barton Gallery (2014-16).
Graphic artworks installed in the Goonhilly landscape
Paul was one of the five artists commissioned to work with a partner organisation as part of Goonhilly Village Green. He collaborated with Natural England to create a series of graphical artworks looking in closer detail at the metrics of survival within the specific environment of the Downs.
The series of graphical works, which could be found within the Goonhilly landscape and on the roof of the Happidrome, explored the possibilities for human colonisation of the Downs. Using the traumatic history of the several ancient crofts on the Downs as a starting point, Paul imagined a hypothetical post-collapse scenario where future populations of the urban centres spill out into countryside looking for places to settle.
The work extends his research project Lizard Exit Plan, based at Kestle Barton Gallery (2014-16).
FUNDERS AND PARTNERS
Goonhilly Village Green was an artist led project initiated by Sara Bowler and Elizabeth Masterton, it was supported by funds from Arts Council England, Heritage Lottery Fund, FEAST, Ernest Cook Trust Enviroment & Sustainability Institute at the University of Exeter and the Elmgrant Trust, and in partnership with Natural England, GES Ltd., The Museum of Cornish Life, Trelowarren Estate, Lizard Outreach Trust and Goonhilly Heritage Society.
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