Kate Paxman Kate Paxman

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Kate's latest work is a 3-screen moving image and audio installation in the Guardhouse Visitor Centre, Berry Head NNR, Brixham. Emerging from her research for the Smooth Space project 'over the horizon' the installation is focused on the Inner Quarry at Berry Head. This is an area kept gated and locked to give protection to the colony of Greater Horseshoe Bats which breed in its caves and also for safety - the quarry walls are unstable and there are frequent rockfalls.
Granted access to the Inner Quarry by Head Ranger Valda Smith she decided to film and record this magical but inaccessible site in order to share her experience of the newly emerging habitat she encountered there.
The Berry Head Visitor Centre has a dedicated 3-screen projection space, and Kate's work makes full use of this. She has pared down her content, allowing for a purely immersive experience of colour and sound from this strange and rich world.
Kate's evolving ideas can be viewed on the 'over the horizon' blog at:
www.artatberryhead.blogspot.co.uk

Kate graduated from Central St Martins College of Art in 1996 and came to live in South Devon in 2004. Her research-led practice explores concepts surrounding the nature of site, archaeology and heritage and the image of the changing landscape in relation to contemporary practice. Working across-disciplines, the outcome of her research often takes the form of socially-engaged, community based participatory projects or moving image and audio installations, re-situated in the places they were made.

With fellow artist David Harbott, Kate recently formed 'Smooth Space', an artists' initiative for Torbay and beyond. Their first project, 'over the horizon' was run in partnership with the Torbay Coast and Countryside Trust and English Riviera Global Geopark. The project was supported using public funding by the National Lottery through Arts Council England.

View my website http://www.katepaxman.com/