The Inner Quarry (1), Kate Paxman

The Inner Quarry (2), Kate Paxman

The Inner Quarry (3), Kate Paxman

Walk & Talk, Anna Keleher, Berry Head NNR

'Quadrat 2: Life at x10', work in progress, David Harbott

'Quadrat 1, Life at x 5' (detail), David Harbott

' Quadrat 2: Life at x10', David Harbott

'Mutability', Kate Paxman

'Beaten Earth', Kate Paxman

Smooth Space' current project for April 2017 is called BGS350. David Harbott has been researching the geology of Torbay. It has led him to a very different sense of time and place. Places are mutable over geological time periods, forms of life ebb and flow.
Thinking about the vast expanse of time that life has taken to evolve (3.5 of the 4.5Bn years of earths existence) brings in to sharp focus the fleeting and delicate character of all biological life.
In this project David is gently and poetically addressing catastrophe by painting critically endangered birds on the ground at five meters above sea level.
Pictures will be applied during weekends in April (dates to be posted asap). Located across Torbay and including three main sites:

Torre Abbey, The Kings Drive, Torquay.TQ2 5JE. Outside the Learning Lab.
Abbey Gardens, by junction of Belgrave Road and Torbay Road. TQ25HX.
Parkfield Community and Youth Centre, Colin Road, Paignton. TQ32NR. Outside main entrance.

The weekends are live art events, all welcome, take a look.

Background.
We are an artist-led initiative which develops new projects in innovative places across Torbay and the wider world. We work in partnership with non-arts organizations to take contemporary art right to the audience and to the heart of communities.
Established in 2011, we develop artists' research residencies in diverse locations, focusing on context, habitat and our relationship with and impact on our surroundings. We have produced a wide range of activities across Torbay including new Commissions, Artists' Conversations; Artist & Expert Walks & Talks and vibrant, hands-on workshops.
As a collaborative initiative, we are committed to supporting and developing critically engaged practice through peer learning. We hold regular monthly peer review sessions which are helping to establish a thriving local network for practitioners in our region of the SW and we are developing new opportunities to link with other initiatives both locally and nationally.
Smooth Space producers are David Harbott and Kate Paxman supported by a super-dedicated volunteer committee.

View my website http://www.smoothspace.org/