Louise Barrington
Louise is a multidisciplinary artist based in Orkney using film, dance, textiles, and sculpture to focus on the aesthetic and environmental aspects of the landscape experienced over the four seasons. Where she lives overlooks Scapa flow, it’s a continuous moving image and the flow of movement, rhythm and patterns from the changing season informs her artistic practice.
The vast landscapes of Orkney and the in-between moments of dusk, dawn, and twilight, create a restrained colour palette for Louise’s work. The in-between-ness resonates with the Japanese concept of Ma, Orkney is an edge environment that exists in the in-between spaces.
Explore more of Louise’s work on her website, Instagram and X.
Film Still from 'Sylph' 2021, digital 16:9. LUX Scotland, One Work: September 2023. Selected for Screen-Dance – DanceLive: Festival of Dance, 2021.
Film Still from 'Four Seasons' 2023, 16mm digital transfer.
'Summer Recollections' steel and cyanotypes. Exhibited as part of Móti's 'Resonance' exhibition, Oct 2021.
'Summer Recollections' steel and cyanotypes. Exhibited as part of Móti's 'Resonance' exhibition, Oct 2021.
'Weather Shapes' oil on canvas. Exhibited as part of Móti's 'Bounded Islands' exhibition, Nov 2020.
'Scent of a Season' mould used to cast scented wax blocks preserving a memory of the landscape. Exhibited as part of the 'Móti at the Museum' exhibition, March/April 2022.