fields

I have really begun to think about the fields and forces on the space today. The aim of the project has always been to use the site as a focus for a piece of work about energy fields and movement on the land and how we intercept and conduct them.
The breaking and reforming of energy flow.
I have been looking at documentation of nearby round barrows and cairns and have am going to start plotting the site according to the nearby leylines. I am also hoping to find a way to explore the ways in which the ground draws the water from the moor (joseph Foord collection in the archive) and conducts heat away from the body - a downward energy pull.

walk the bounds

Today I spent some time in the archives with one of the Archivists, Helen. She helped me find some photographs of the Manor of Spaunton Moor Perimeter Walk.
We continued to experiment with dividing the 10 x 4 space. Mark, the museum & gallery apprentice, and I marked out the 1m x 2.5m (same ratio as the gallery and site) in the gallery. This will be the central the platform during the exhibition.

cross section

We measured out the gallery space perimeter with black cord and took it up to the site to mark out the boundary of the site and check that it is exactly the same size as the gallery. I also ran a cord diagonally across the rectangle and marked out a rectangle a quarter of the size using a tarpaulin. Also left jars to collect rain and took some soil samples.

There is a glass plate of an aerial view of Spaunton Moor in the collection which I am going to scan in and compare with google earth imagery. the google earth reference for the site is:
54 18'24 97"N
0 55'06.83"W
elev 137

this is google maps

October Half Term

We are holding a range of free art activities over the October half term.

Sat 23rd and Sunday 24th -
Flora Parrott Dipole
Exploring the North York Moors with our resident artist. Drop in workshop. Gallery

The Big Draw 25th-31st. 
Giant drawing workshops in the Manor House. Drop in family activity.
11am-3pm.
Monday 25th - Serena Partridge
Tuesday 26th - Sally Taylor
Wednesday 27th - Lyn Wait
Thursday 28th - Sue Gough
Friday 29th - Catherine Scriven
Sunday 31st - Sue Slann
For more information contact 01751 417 367.
gallery@ryedalefolkmuseum.co.uk

dipole: day 2

We went down to the site as a group and collected any broken off samples of heather, mosses feathers. The space is set up as a base-camp  / studio of sorts and already a picture of the space on the Moor is beginning to form.

pegging out the site

Today I have been up to peg out the 10 x 4m site at Spaunton Moor. George Thompson, the game keeper of the Spaunton Estate helped me to find a place that suits the project and only ten minutes from the gallery.