Nicola Murray, hosted by Lee & Jenny Kindness @ Esplanade Terrace

Nicola’s interest in biological systems and science continues to have a strong influence on her art practice. The unexpected connections found between apparently random elements and the contrasts frequently discovered between the exterior and interior of things are themes that often crop up in her work. As well as dealing with tangible physical aspects of the world, Nicola is interested in exploring the relationship between our rational understanding of the way the natural world works and the more personal reality of our lives.

Title of work – 99

In 2005 I was artist in residence on a Russian icebreaker in the Arctic Ocean. Since my return I have experimented with time-lapse film, documenting melting ice in various forms. I wanted to zoom in close and look at ice on a domestic scale, exploring the physical and natural laws that govern us all.

99 evolved from this work. How many of us have memories of hurriedly gobbling a melting ice cream on a hot summer's day by the sea? The piece turns something domestic and intimate into a brief tragicomic meditation on human appetite, loss and altering states.

99themovie.info

www.eca.ac.uk/nmurray

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