Case Studies, The John Rylands Library
July 6, 2015
I’m very pleased to be showing work alongside Nina Chua, Dennis Whiteside and Richard Shields in the display cases of the Historic Reading Room at John Rylands.
Case Studies, curated by John Lynch is part of Manifest Arts Festival – 10.7-12.7.
Each artist has made work using the display cases as their starting point. Case Studies continues until 27.9
SIGHT OBSERVATION ATTENTION READING PATTERN
LEARNING BUILDING KNOWLEDGE STORAGE SHELVED
TEXT IMPRINTS REPEATED READINGS LINES OF DATA
LINES OF MEMORY CRACKS IN STONE STAINS CAST
SHADOW NOTE TAKING DOCUMENTATION REFLECTION
GLARE OBFUSCATION CARE CONTAINMENT CONSERVATION
some sense of how my work evolved; sketchy photos of work in progress
gemma lacey 
I’ll try and visit this weekend. So much going on in Manchester at the moment its hard to keep up, but great.
[…] I’ll also be bringing a new booklet – Accumulated Data – concertina folded wood cut prints, in an edition of 10 – detail in image below. This work is made in response to the John Rylands Library, Manchester. The original wood block was cut in 2015 and references the incidental and intentional marks that craftsmen, readers and other visitors have left on the library and it’s furniture. You can read more about the project in the blog post from the time here. […]