Lattice::Sydney

Alice Angus, co-director of Proboscis, is an artist inspired by rethinking concepts and perceptions of landscape and human relationships to the land. Over the last six years she has been creating a body of art work exploring concepts proximity and remoteness, technology and presence, against the lived experience and local knowledge of a place. With Proboscis her work combines artistic and curatorial and she is currently working on: ‘Lattice’ a project for the British Council’s Creative Cities initiative in East Asia; ‘Anarchaeology’ a new commission with Render at the University of Waterloo Canada, to ‘excavate’ stories and experiences in the Waterloo Region, ‘Snout’, a collaboration with inIVA (Institute for International Visual Arts, London) and researchers from Birkbeck College exploring relationships between the body, community and the environment; Topographies and Tales (2004-2007) a collaboration with Joyce Majiski investigating issues of landscape and identity in the North. Recent projects range from ‘Social Tapestries’ a 5 year research programme exploring the social and cultural benefits of local knowledge sharing enabled by new mobile technologies, ‘Navigating History’ a series of commissions in libraries and ‘Landscapes In Dialogue’ a web based series of video clips and essays inspired by a residency with Parks Canada.