HUNDREDS of people are being invited to take part in the creation of a major piece of public art on two Cumbrian beaches.
London-based artist Everton Wright will be creating a Walking Drawing on the sands of Morecambe Bay on September 16 and on the shoreline at Silecroft on September 15.
A walking drawing is created using a combination of freehand and mechanical tools on a vast landscape of at least a quarter-of-a-mile in the early hours of the morning.
People of different ages, genders and cultures all dressed in black are then led onto the drawing and invited to walk its lines in various formats and patterns. The entire process will be filmed and photographed for a new art film installation to be shown at venues and festivals around the country.
Queens Guide to the Sands, Cedric Robinson is working with Evewright Studios, of which Mr Wright is the director, on the project to include a Bay Walk across Duddon Sands.
Explaining why he chose Morecambe Bay as a venue for the work, Mr Wright, who pioneered Britain’s first ever online social network for black British culture and has won awards for his artwork including the People Choice Award at Morley Gallery for his sculpture of actress Fiona Shaw, said: “Quite simply because it is an area of outstanding natural beauty, not often recognised as such. It is also one of the few places in the country that has such a large expanse of sand, vast enough to produce a walking drawing.”
“Walking drawings create stunning and significant visual art that local communities can be involved in, which at the same time subtlely raises awareness around pertinent issues in our society, from climate change to human rights. The entire process (creating the drawing, the various walks on the drawing through the day) is filmed, photographed and then shown in venues and art festivals as an art film installation.”
Susannah Bleakley of the Morecambe Bay Partnership said: “I’m delighted that Everton Wright has chosen this area for his next walking drawings. The scale and grandeur of Morecambe Bay make it a fitting stage for a walking drawing performance.”
To register to go on the walk visit: http://www.evewrightstudio.com/walkingdrawings.html
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