Internationally-acclaimed photographer Emily Andersen presents Somewhere Else Entirely, a three-screen video installation exploring the life and work of American-born poet Ruth Fainlight (b.1931). Known for her intensely visual writing on memory, domestic life and psychological experience, Fainlight has been a distinctive voice in British and American poetry for over six decades.
Andersen’s poetic film, her first moving-image work, translates Fainlight’s words and lived experiences into still and moving images of the domestic, the natural world, and the written page. Accompanied by a photographic portrait of Fainlight, the installation forms a non-linear essay that pays homage to the poet’s creativity, resilience and independence.
A central theme of the work is Fainlight’s ability to maintain her voice and vision throughout her career, including over 50 years of marriage to novelist Alan Sillitoe. Friends with writers such as Sylvia Plath, Jane Bowles and Margaret Atwood, Fainlight’s poetry has been described by A.S. Byatt as giving “true visions of usual and mysterious events.
Presented in the Tiled Gallery Somewhere Else Entirely offers audiences a contemplative encounter with language, image and sound, an expanded portrait that explores how biography and creativity intertwine.
ACCESS
This exhibition is featured in the Tiled Gallery.- The gallery is Guide and Support dog-friendly (We ask that dogs be kept on leads).
– The room has level access, and allows space for wheelchair/mobility aid/pushchair users or people with Guide dogs to pass comfortably.
-The exhibition includes Audio, Braille, Easier Read and Dyslexia-friendly interpretations.
-Sensory ear defenders are available for use during your visit, and can be picked up at the front desk.
We also offer private exhibition views by appointment.
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