Intrastellar by Steve Messam
Dawn Yoxall
6th November 2021
Intrastellar 2020 by Steve Messam
Intrastellar, meaning within the stars, is a new temporary site specific installation by artist Steve Messam commissioned by Forestry England at Grizedale Forest. As part of the inaugural Cumbria Dark Skies Festival, this evocative floating artwork responds to the mirrored surface of the water forming a stunning interaction between the constellations of the night skies and the gently illuminated spheres positioned by the artist on the tarn.
Steve Messam is an environmental artist based in County Durham, UK and working internationally. His ephemeral site-specific installations re-imagine the everyday, interrupting historical landscapes to help us perceive the familiar environment in a new way.
Working on a scale that is typically ‘bigger than a house’, his works explore the colour and scale of place. His inflatable textile works include a suite of pieces that filled historic ruins in a Scottish castle gardens and wrapped a seating shelter in Blackpool.
Other works include ‘PaperBridge’ (2015) - a functioning packhorse bridge made from 22,000 sheets of paper in the Lake District; and ‘Hush’ (2019) - a lead-mining scar in the North Pennines landscape filled with over five kilometres of saffron-yellow fabric. He created the first off-site installation at the 2006 Shanghai Biennial and created a number of site specific installations across the Venetian Lagoon during the 2009 Venice Biennale.
To book on the tour please contact Grizedale Visitor Centre
Adults £10 Concessions £6 Minimum age is 14
1st tour 3.30pm – arrive at the tarn 4.30pm, 30 mins at the tarn, return 5pm arrive back at the VC 6pm
2nd tour 4.10pm – arrive at the tarn 5.10pm, 30 mins at the tarn, return 5.40pm arrive back at the VC 6.40pm
3rd tour 4.50pm – arrive at the tarn 5.50pm, 30 mins at the tarn, return 6.20pm arrive back at the VC 7.20pm