Simon Pope’s interest in walking pervades much of his artistic output. Often describing an encounter with a particular landscape, his pieces also invite a dialogue with other people: either in the negotiation of the route itself, or in the exchange of other forms of shared experience. Acts of memory are a pivotal feature of this process, involving either the retracing of a journey or the recollection of an object or image that artist and participant have both seen previously.
This project is the second collaboration between Film and Video Umbrella and Pope, following 2007’s ‘The Memorial Walks’.
Pope (born in Exeter, UK, 1966) has exhibited internationally,including Laboral, Gijon, Asturias; Chapter, Cardiff; New Museum, New York; Museum of Contemporary Art, Istanbul.
He represented Wales at the Venice Biennale in 2003. Recent shows include ‘A Common Third’ at Danielle Arnaud, London and ‘Carved from Memory’ at Spacex, Exeter.
Sat, Feb 6, 2010
The Artist