We are a satellite

James Hankey

We are a satellite is a short video work created by James Hankey for Goonhilly Village Green 2019, an artist-led project investigating the site of Goonhilly Downs on the Lizard Peninsula, Cornwall.

James was one of five artists commissioned to work with partner organisations to assist the development of their work, he was introduced to Goonhilly Earth Station (GES) and Goonhilly Heritage Society (GHS) to explore the history and future of the technologies used on site. With the visual and historic presence of the large parabolic satellite antennas dominating any investigation into Goonhilly, one of James' responses to the site involved performing a solitary, 22 hour orbit of GHY-1 with a mechanical 16mm cine camera. GHY-1, also known as Arthur, was the first satellite antenna installed at the site, it was responsible for receiving and transmitting the first images of the Apollo 11 moon landing in 1969 and is now a listed monument. You can find out more about the commission here.

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Goonhilly Village Green was an experimental project led by artists Sara Bowler and Elizabeth Masterton and produced by Field Notes. In 2019, 8 artists were commissioned to work with partner organisations and a programme of talks and workshops took place in locations on the Lizard and in nearby towns, ahead of The Gathering, a village fete style event, on Goonhilly Village Green on 18th May.

Goonhilly Village Green 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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We are a satellite

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