Gabrielle Connole
 

All the charm, March 2022.

‘Fine Ants’ group exhibition Cookhouse gallery Chelsea Collage of Arts, London.

Mixed media installation

In the air, skates on, curls bouncing off her shoulders, holding tightly, gracefully floating. I never knew my grandmother but I do have a couple of photographs of her. Wherever I travel I take a photograph of her with me. When creating these light patterns I have roller skates on, lights attached to my body, Roy Orbison blasting and it’s a late night in an empty church. While I am dancing in the dark, long exposure photographs capture these delicate light drawings that my body creates. I print these photographs and then from this point I can create a light sculpture to float in the physical space.

To see the light sculpture the viewer must look up on a particular angle.