Ways of Seeing
Mareel, Shetland
October 2020
In July 2020, Vivian Ross-Smith commandeered the Shetland Webcam network to make BROADCAST, a performance piece exploring accessibility of the art world, perceptions of place and her identity as an islander. It tackled questions around the presentation of artwork in our current Covid-climate. Vivian aims to challenge our understanding of both the gallery space and the audience for contemporary art.
PERIMETER is a (con)temporary outdoor exhibition space by Shetland Arts and Ways of Seeing was the first exhibition to be shown in the space.
Alongside footage from BROADCAST, Vivian periodically dressed in wearable paintings and occupied the greenhouse, which acted as a window in as well as a barrier and screen, to contemplate the tensions between absence, presence, and physical and digital forms of connection.
MEDIA
New outdoor exhibition space comes to life on Friday night, Shetland News. 3 October 2020
Modified greenhouse in Mareel car park to showcase contemporary art, Shetland News. 1 October 2020
