Andrew Burton

Professor of Fine Art, Newcastle University, UK.

Making Sculptures in a place of Bricks and Termites. Working with the resources of a small landscape in India.

My main research interest over the last three years has been in developing a body of sculpture that works with, and through a particular landscape in Northern India. This has been a collaborative project, working with the artisans who populate this area, and with the materials that physically constitute the landscape. It’s an area characterised by many micro-brick factories, and by termite mounds. Many of the crafts people I worked with are facing intense pressure as India transforms itself, and the project explored their current situation.

The presentation will look at the development of the project, identifying and working with collaborations, and the final outcomes: a permanent sculpture and an exhibition in New Delhi. It will look briefly at where the project led afterwards. It will be based around visual material.