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Photographs by Carol Ballenger with poetry by John Powls.
The Red Comet, a book of photographs by Carol Ballenger with poems by John Powls (published by Arts Live, 2010) is available from the Shop .
Music accompanies the live performance of The Red Comet.
To hear a brief extract click the play button on the console. The recording lasts about 38 seconds. This Time Around Love Photographs by Carol Ballenger with poetry by John Powls. To see this project visit This Time Around Love. Ashide - A Second Nature An exhibition of photographs by Carol Ballenger with poetry by John Powls inspired by Japanese-style gardens in the UK. This collaborative work represents an English response to the styles and traditions of Japan. Ashide is a playful style of Japanese writing developed during the Heian period (794 – 1185 CE) where calligraphic interpretations of a poem are woven into an ink illustration of the natural world. In a like manner, in the process of making work for the Ashide project, Carol and John respond to each other and the gardens through their photographs and poems. The initial exhibition of this work took place at the Embassy of Japan, London, in early 2006. The picture shows Carol Ballenger at the opening of the exhibition at the Japanese Embasy. Other exhibitions of this work are being planned. Also the Ashide project is being further developed with the addition of music and video projection, leading to possible performance and installation presentation. Ashide at the Embassy of Japan was listed by Tim Teeman in The Knowledge section of the "Times" newspaper as one of the top five national museum exhibitions. (March 25th, 2006) Photographs from the exhibition can be seen in Gallery 1 of Carol's space. Ashide - A Second Nature, a book of photographs by Carol Ballenger with poems by John Powls (published by Halsgrove, 1995) is available from the Shop . Kase (Japanese for Wind) This video installation by Carol Ballenger explores the effects of the wind. It was initially exhibited at the Phoenix Arts Centre in Exeter in 2003 as part of an exhibition to celebrate the 150th Anniversary of the Royal Photographic Society. Dartmoor Dreams A multi-media performance of music, poetry and projected images based on the book by Carol Ballenger and John Powls with music by Alan Danson performed by the Rowan String Quartet and John Powls. To hear a brief extract click the play button on the console. The recording lasts about 11 seconds. Dartmoor Dreams, a book of photographs by Carol Ballenger with poems by John Powls (published by Halsgrove 1995) is available from the Shop. Serenade An evening of poetry and music from Baroque to Folk to Jazz, including new songs by Kathy Downton performed by Kaleidoscope against a backdrop of projected colour images. Also includes some excerpts from Dartmoor Dreams. To hear a brief extract click the play button on the console. The recording lasts about 48 seconds. Stone Universe Since prehistoric times standing stones have been raised in celebration of important occasions. Combining photography, text and music the Stone Universe Project celebrated the Dartmoor landscape, standing stones in particular. Highlighting this important region of the South West, work produced by artists and workshop participants linked the ages from the prehistoric stones to the new millennium menhir at Rundlestone Crest - The Touchstone, engraved with text by poet, John Powls. Spectacular large-scale digitally produced landscape panoramas with accompanying text and sound panoramas celebrated the stones, the new millennium, new technologies, and the artistic visions marrying these elements. It was particularly appropriate our celebrations joined those of the 50th Anniversary of the Dartmoor National Park Authority, our main project partner. Arts Live presented live performances and exhibitions in public spaces including within Dartmoor National Park, at the Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital and panoramas were shown on the sides of buses. This was a Year of the Artist residency supported by The Arts Council of England and The Dartmoor National Park Authority. Project dates: development work from January 2000 with project launch in June 2000 leading to project showcase in May 2001. Stone Universe, a book of photographs by Carol Ballenger with poems by John Powls (published by Halsgrove) is available from the Shop.
To see this project visit This Time Around Love.
An exhibition of photographs by Carol Ballenger with poetry by John Powls inspired by Japanese-style gardens in the UK.
This collaborative work represents an English response to the styles and traditions of Japan. Ashide is a playful style of Japanese writing developed during the Heian period (794 – 1185 CE) where calligraphic interpretations of a poem are woven into an ink illustration of the natural world. In a like manner, in the process of making work for the Ashide project, Carol and John respond to each other and the gardens through their photographs and poems.
The initial exhibition of this work took place at the Embassy of Japan, London, in early 2006. The picture shows Carol Ballenger at the opening of the exhibition at the Japanese Embasy. Other exhibitions of this work are being planned. Also the Ashide project is being further developed with the addition of music and video projection, leading to possible performance and installation presentation.
Ashide at the Embassy of Japan was listed by Tim Teeman in The Knowledge section of the "Times" newspaper as one of the top five national museum exhibitions. (March 25th, 2006)
Photographs from the exhibition can be seen in Gallery 1 of Carol's space.
Ashide - A Second Nature, a book of photographs by Carol Ballenger with poems by John Powls (published by Halsgrove, 1995) is available from the Shop .
This video installation by Carol Ballenger explores the effects of the wind. It was initially exhibited at the Phoenix Arts Centre in Exeter in 2003 as part of an exhibition to celebrate the 150th Anniversary of the Royal Photographic Society.
To hear a brief extract click the play button on the console. The recording lasts about 11 seconds. Dartmoor Dreams, a book of photographs by Carol Ballenger with poems by John Powls (published by Halsgrove 1995) is available from the Shop. Serenade An evening of poetry and music from Baroque to Folk to Jazz, including new songs by Kathy Downton performed by Kaleidoscope against a backdrop of projected colour images. Also includes some excerpts from Dartmoor Dreams. To hear a brief extract click the play button on the console. The recording lasts about 48 seconds. Stone Universe Since prehistoric times standing stones have been raised in celebration of important occasions. Combining photography, text and music the Stone Universe Project celebrated the Dartmoor landscape, standing stones in particular. Highlighting this important region of the South West, work produced by artists and workshop participants linked the ages from the prehistoric stones to the new millennium menhir at Rundlestone Crest - The Touchstone, engraved with text by poet, John Powls. Spectacular large-scale digitally produced landscape panoramas with accompanying text and sound panoramas celebrated the stones, the new millennium, new technologies, and the artistic visions marrying these elements. It was particularly appropriate our celebrations joined those of the 50th Anniversary of the Dartmoor National Park Authority, our main project partner. Arts Live presented live performances and exhibitions in public spaces including within Dartmoor National Park, at the Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital and panoramas were shown on the sides of buses. This was a Year of the Artist residency supported by The Arts Council of England and The Dartmoor National Park Authority. Project dates: development work from January 2000 with project launch in June 2000 leading to project showcase in May 2001. Stone Universe, a book of photographs by Carol Ballenger with poems by John Powls (published by Halsgrove) is available from the Shop.
Dartmoor Dreams, a book of photographs by Carol Ballenger with poems by John Powls (published by Halsgrove 1995) is available from the Shop.
An evening of poetry and music from Baroque to Folk to Jazz, including new songs by Kathy Downton performed by Kaleidoscope against a backdrop of projected colour images.
To hear a brief extract click the play button on the console. The recording lasts about 48 seconds. Stone Universe Since prehistoric times standing stones have been raised in celebration of important occasions. Combining photography, text and music the Stone Universe Project celebrated the Dartmoor landscape, standing stones in particular. Highlighting this important region of the South West, work produced by artists and workshop participants linked the ages from the prehistoric stones to the new millennium menhir at Rundlestone Crest - The Touchstone, engraved with text by poet, John Powls. Spectacular large-scale digitally produced landscape panoramas with accompanying text and sound panoramas celebrated the stones, the new millennium, new technologies, and the artistic visions marrying these elements. It was particularly appropriate our celebrations joined those of the 50th Anniversary of the Dartmoor National Park Authority, our main project partner. Arts Live presented live performances and exhibitions in public spaces including within Dartmoor National Park, at the Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital and panoramas were shown on the sides of buses. This was a Year of the Artist residency supported by The Arts Council of England and The Dartmoor National Park Authority. Project dates: development work from January 2000 with project launch in June 2000 leading to project showcase in May 2001. Stone Universe, a book of photographs by Carol Ballenger with poems by John Powls (published by Halsgrove) is available from the Shop.
Since prehistoric times standing stones have been raised in celebration of important occasions. Combining photography, text and music the Stone Universe Project celebrated the Dartmoor landscape, standing stones in particular. Highlighting this important region of the South West, work produced by artists and workshop participants linked the ages from the prehistoric stones to the new millennium menhir at Rundlestone Crest - The Touchstone, engraved with text by poet, John Powls.
Spectacular large-scale digitally produced landscape panoramas with accompanying text and sound panoramas celebrated the stones, the new millennium, new technologies, and the artistic visions marrying these elements. It was particularly appropriate our celebrations joined those of the 50th Anniversary of the Dartmoor National Park Authority, our main project partner.
Arts Live presented live performances and exhibitions in public spaces including within Dartmoor National Park, at the Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital and panoramas were shown on the sides of buses. This was a Year of the Artist residency supported by The Arts Council of England and The Dartmoor National Park Authority.
Project dates: development work from January 2000 with project launch in June 2000 leading to project showcase in May 2001.
Stone Universe, a book of photographs by Carol Ballenger with poems by John Powls (published by Halsgrove) is available from the Shop.
