The Bargehouse, Oxo-Tower Wharf, London 2008








0.86
site-specific installation, mixed media

Gallery space altered according to ratio 0.86. Floor and ceiling modified to slope towards vertically aligned midpoints at geometric centre of gallery. Gap between midpoints is 1.73m. Height at perimeter is 2.15m.

SELKIRK BEGG
MFA Degree Show, Edinburgh College of Art 2008







0.81
site-specific installation
wood, plasterboard, fluorescent light, ventilator, paint
2.28 x 2.76 x 6.28m

Visual perspective of the space altered by ratio 0.81. The ratio is derived from the physical dimensions of the artists and the dimensions of the installation space. The work is determined solely by given parameters.

SELKIRK BEGG
Curve, ECA 2008




stills from video projection
Maquettes 2008



threshold



ascend descend



equinox



equinox (detail)
Open, Corn Exchange Gallery, Leith 2007
allocated space x 2

"The artists were invited to produce new work which could be any size within a maximum area of 200cm in height and 30cm in width."



allocated space x 2
inkjet print on paper






allocated space x 2
concrete, air
200 x 60 x 30cm

SELKIRK BEGG
The Lighthouse 2007


sketchbook



equinox box
light, painted wood, 1mm gap inclined at 34 degrees aligned south
Society of Scottish Artists Annual Exhibition
Royal Scottish Academy 2007
Invited Graduate Artist

23.5 degrees

Deloitte & Touche LLP Prize



23.5 degrees
wood, cast polystyrene resin, felt, aluminium foil, fluorescent acrylic paint
circles 1.9m diameter
Solo installation, Edinburgh College of Art 2007
56 degrees north

Tha installation is time-based and consists of 4 interactive elements:
- a curve coated in blue photo-luminous paint
- a window masked to leave a section of sky
- a tapered wooden form painted fluorescent orange
- a lightbox switching on/off every 5 minutes



16.14 (light on)
The work begins at sunset. Form and colour function as metaphor - transition, twilight, a dialogue of opposites. The geometries are also aligned in actual space. The orange transitional form is placed precisely at an angle of 56 degrees and aligned north. It is parallel to Earth's axis (the core mechanism of rotation which generates twilight) and points to the Pole Star (the stillpoint of the sky).



16.30 (light off)
The lightbox activates a synthetic twilight in luminous blue paint.



16.45 (light on)
The installation space gradually darkens. There is a periodic return to the fixed reference point of the light box. The 'dark adjustment' mechanism of the eye is interrupted. Subtle changes in twilight appear to be amplified.


17.00 (light off)
Light and darkness, artificial light and natural light, inner space and outer space, measured time and continuous unfolding time, streetlight and starlight.




17.20 (light on)
Evening
The Albert Street Alignment 2007







found alignment
spring equinox
0.51km x 149,000,000km x 934km/hr x 108,000km/hr

At equinox the sun rises exactly in the east and twelve hours later it sets exactly in the west. Albert Street in Leith is aligned to an east-west axis.
Seallach 1, An Tuireann Arts Centre, Portree, Isle of Skye 13 January - 24 February 2007

23.5 degrees

installation detail
wood, aluminium foil, cast polystyrene resin
circle 1.9m diameter


installation detail
wood, felt
circle 1.9m diameter


installation detail
wood, aluminium foil, cast polystyrene resin, fluorescent acrylic paint
1.9m diameter



installation detail
cast polystyrene resin
30 x 125 x 10cm
BA Degree Show, Edinburgh College of Art 2006
23.5 degrees

"... a series of interlinked works in wood, foil, felt and beautiful blue resin, which at first, look like a series of discrete minimalist forms. In fact the series of circles, curves and poles form a reasoned meditation on the absorption and reflection of light, the dance of the sun and moon and the rather grim experience of SAD, seasonal affective disorder." Moira Jeffrey, The Herald


23.5 degrees (installation detail)
felt, wood, aluminium foil, cast polystyrene resin
circles 1.9m diameter
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