Yorkshire Art Space, Sheffield
April - May

The project
Ben set himself the challenge of working on a really large scale within the Public Art Space. He proposed creating three paintings each 2m. x 4m. These would be fitted with wheels at the base, and leant up against the walls. Working to this scale was appropriate to the scale of the space, 14m. x 10m. by 5m. high.

To work on the paintings, he would lie them flat on the floor, and use a wheeled trolley to track up and down. He could also work on the lower portion when they were in a vertical position, leaning against the wall. He installed a pulley system to enable him to manoeuvre the large canvasses, raising and lowering them as required.

The entire process of creating and working on the canvasses was recorded by a camera fixed to the ceiling. Thus one of the outputs was an edited video of the process of creating the paintings.

To view an interview between Ben Cove and Duncan Higgins (artist and senior lecturer at Nottingham Trent School of Art & Design)
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FINAL PIECES