Susie MacMurray – Blur

Susie MacMurray – Blur

About the project

There are many different kinds and levels of darkness or obscuration of vision.  We sometimes speak about exploring deep space or doing something challenging and completely unfamiliar as ‘reaching into the void’. Susie MacMurray is interested in the idea that darkness, the unknown or being ‘in the dark’ is a nuanced experience.  It is far from empty. Even in the pitch black there is still a lot of information reaching us from within and from outside our bodies, which we try to make sense of – indeed our senses are heightened by it.

MacMurrays’ intention, here in the context of a former school for the blind, is to construct a sculptural environment from extruded black butterfly netting. She was drawn to the material as it “implies fragile ephemeral things trapped within its folds and edges”.

A site specific installation, commissioned by Meadow Arts. In partnership with Hereford College of Arts.