S I T U is an exhibition of site-specific artworks taking place at  Holy Trinity Church in Tattershall, Lincolnshire from August 18th to September 3rd. Holy Trinity Church has opened its doors to eleven contemporary Artists in an effort to bring greater attention to the building itself - a still opulent specimen of 15th century medieval architecture and longtime centre of communal life in Tattershall. Being that it is a persisting function of contemporary art to transvalue; to see the underexamined anew, it is fitting that the artists involved engage the materiality of the building and in doing so its rich sociohistoric tissue. In their handling of the space, each artist floats a distinctive conception of the site, responses to its architectural attributes abound- the population of bats inhabiting the church roof, the burial plots under the floors, the sound system and along with it the theatrical role of sound (both oratorical and musical) in the Christian Church, the concepts of light and lightness as they exist in the architecture of the church, and so on. It must also be said that this is not a gallery space (the church has traditionally been a non-commercial space meant to be protected from the forces of the market), nor is it a disused church converted into an exhibition space. This is an art exhibition in a church that is still in use- a grouping of film, installation, light, sound, sculpture, and photography works which will somehow coexist as reverberations of, or reflections upon the ongoing ritual processions of the church, marking birth, death, marriage, and daily contemplation.

FREE ADMISSION :

OPEN DAILY 10am-6pm August 18 - September 3 2009

Contact: arts@httf.org Telephone Enquiries 01526342631