'This Is [Live…?] Two Hundred V/m.' N.Gear © 2014.

A new year a new project called 'Slowpost'. I'm creating 'Evidence Bags' from completed walks talking of place, and how we are linked to and affect the environment.
Each bag when completed is send out via Royal Mail to a recipient who is invited to display the piece at home as a work of art for a few days / weeks / months before passing it onto a friend. 
As part the project the recipients can join in the conversation via Facebook to upload photos of the bag in situ as well as any other comments & reactions.
If you'd like to join in then email nick@artofgear.co.uk with your address to post a bag to.

'Caution' N.Gear Jan 2014

A section from a recent photographic work combining the image from a walk with the text 'caution' found amongst the grass in the photo. 

Whilst walking we 'read' the landscape often without realising it and this piece makes a play on this, and the notion of what  'caution' may mean to us in our individual environments.

 

'Drawing the Line' Nov 2013 © N Gear

A new project developing is 'Drawing the Line' influenced by the work of Carey Young and her work called 'Body Techniques 2007 - (after A Line in Ireland, Richard Long, 1974)' thinking about the 'haves' and 'have nots' and how this affects our treatment of the environment.

Remember,remember Nov 2013 © N Gear

During my latest walks round Coxmoor woods I took this photo on my 1452 step and started thinking about the links between our today and with past conflicts along with events that resonate from the year 1452. The work shown here is one of a series titled 'Remember, remember'.

'Lost, Found [lost...?]' in Silver Street Cambridge

My installation work is complete and in situ at Cambridge to go and visit.
The video work and evidence bags are made in a way that the objects, text and images create a visual conversation between each element. 
It's an opportunity to engage in a fresh way with the urban landscape and not just pass straight through it.

'Lost, Found [lost...?]' comprising of 10 evidence bags and a rolling 3.5 minute video, is ready to go to Cambridge on Thursday 17th October, for A:L:L

The work is being displayed in an office window in Silver St to be viewed from the outside looking in. 
The location gives the work context to consider the value(s) of the objects and text that have been thrown away and that have subsequently been 'discovered again'.

4 out of the 10 Evidence Bags for A:L:L

13 Evidence Bags have been completed for the A:L:L exhibition; I've just got to edit these down to the best 10, and finish off the video that will accompany the work.
My installation will be on show in the window of the Department of Land Economy, 19 Silver Street, Cambridge, CB3 9EP, from the 17th of October until Friday the 1st of November.