To The River

A practice based research output consisting of a 3 screen installation work with 12 channels of sound, 55 works on paper and a text.

To The River takes its inspiration from the Severn Bore - the large tidal wave runs along the River Severn during the moon's equinox. Rickett's installation incorporates video and surround-sound audio, creating an immersive environment that portrays the anticipation of the crowd on the banks of the river at night awaiting the tidal surge.

Premiered as a part of Artsway's New Forest Pavilion at the Venice Biennale, To The River develops Rickett's interest in the role of the camera as a mediator between people and the natural world, and explores how light and darkness define and articulate our relationship to space. Predominantly using lens-based media - photography and video - she considers the abstract possibilities and narrative tendencies of these media formats. Made mainly at night, her works are often minimal in character, playing on the latent narrative possibilities of place.

A publication, also entitled To The River, and featuring texts by Sacha Craddock and Barry Schwabsky is available.

• http://www.arnolfini.org.uk/whatson/soph...
• http://www.labiennale.org/en/art/archive...
• http://www.photomonitor.co.uk/2012/05/th...
• http://www.worldcat.org/title/to-the-riv...