Sandra Johnston

Bluecoat Arts Centre

City Central

Afterwards

Sandra Johnston develops her work in reaction to intensive periods of observation in public spaces, most often experienced through 24 hour cycles, for instance in petrol stations, accident and emergency units, docks and harbours. 'Surveillance' actions are carried out deliberately unobtrusively, as the artist gathers analytical details about these ordinary places and the habitual behaviour of the people who occupy them. Movements, images and words are rapidly processed using sparse resources. Reflecting on the incidents observed, Johnston then creates live actions and installations that seek to fuse together both the factual qualities of the place observed, and the elusive, often inexplicable, residue of the human engagements that have emerged over the period.

For Liverpool, Johnston will interrogate a public space over a 24 hour period. Sandra Johnston is sponsored by the A.H.R.B

Artists represented in Bluecoat Arts Centre:

Andrew Small
Laird Galbraith
Sandra Johnston