December 2008
6 posts
Watch
Watch
One Minute Week
Artist Neville Gabie will be spending the next 4 months in Antarctica with the British Antarctic Survey as their artist in residence at Halley Research Station. Situated on the Brunt Ice Shelf this is the first time and artist has been allowed to spend the whole summer season at the base. To get there Neville will travel on the ice-breaker, The Ernest Shakleton from Cape Town leaving in mid...
Neville Gabie - Antarctic residency project
‘My proposed project is based around the idea of making the journey to the Antarctic to fly kites. Perhaps of all recreational activities flying kites is the most playful, even frivolous. It conjures images of warm days, a gentle breeze and colourful shapes dancing above our heads. So flying kites in the Antarctic, even in the summer months, is the antithesis of our expectations. Not only...
British Antarctic Survey Artists and Writers...
The British Antarctic Survey have an established Artists and Writers programme which is jointly funded by the Arts Council England that has been running for about five years. Neville Gabie is working with Picture This, based in Bristol, as a partner organization supporting the outcome of the project.
Neville Gabie
With a background in sculpture, Neville Gabie’s practice has always been driven by working in response to specific, usually urban, contexts beyond the studio. Motivated by a personal need to understand his own sense of place, Gabie’s interest is in establishing a working relationship within a particular environment as a means of considering its physical, cultural or emotional significance. His...