DOWN

• 2011-08-02

  Visitor Feedback for DOWN at METAL, Edge Hill, Liverpool 2010

  “One of the most thought provoking pieces I’ve seen in a show in a while, it provided a wonderful space for reflection”.

  “Wonderful artistic expression of industrial history in the North West” 

  “Liked the feathers and music together. Very inventive”

  “Very intricate, poetic and beautiful. Loved the feathers.”

  “Exquisite interpretation of journeys, paths and loss”

  “I like the way it slows you down and gives time for you to think”

  “An amazing concept-the feathers that could not fly anymore, maps that were obsolete and haunting music”

  “Really enjoyed DOWN, very thought provoking”

  “A mature piece by young artists which truly deserves the title ‘Best of British’”

  “The haunting strains of the ethereal music and the painstaking and patient efforts of some several million individual cuts made it well worth the effort to attend”. 

• 2011-01-23

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  DOWN composed by Ailis Ni Riain (2010)

• 2010-11-28

  DOWN selected for The Open West 2011

  We are both very pleased indeed to have DOWN selected for The Open West 2011. The exhibition will run from 9th February to 5 March in Cheltenham, UK. 

  

  Supported by Arts Council England

• 2010-09-05

  

  The ‘Score’ of DOWN. 

• 2010-07-12

  
  DOWN Definitions: soft fine feather forming the covering of a young bird; moving towards a lower place or position; unhappy  

  DOWN involves the pain-staking cutting up and crafting of 12,000 individual paper feathers carved from dis-used UK ordinance survey maps from the 1970s enhanced by a new electroacoustic musical score. A striking and highly original installation work. We are grateful to Arts Council England and METALCulture for their support.
  

  DOWN is a new installation commissioned by METAL, Liverpool for the 2010 Liverpool Biennial supported by Arts Council England. It will open on 15th September and run until 23rd October.  DOWN is a new collaboration between English Visual Artist Nicola Dale and Irish Composer Ailis Ni Riain.

  METAL is based at Edge Hill Train Station. Regular trains run from Manchester (45 mins) and Liverpool (6 mins). Free. Open Tues- Fri 2-6pm, Sat 12-4pm

  See the artists in discussion here

  
  

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