Julia Barton; artist, sculptor, designer, maker. Abstract, conceptual installations in gardens, natural and built environments

Julia Barton
Heavy Plant Crossing

events

2012
may: a three day street theatre performance event entitled - ‘Heavy Plant Crossing’ featuring a hybridizing mechanical plant on wheels pulled along by its keeper. They will progress through the streets and Parks of west London on the 20th, 21st & 22nd May as part of the Chelsea Fringe Festival. They will attempt to enter the RHS Chelsea Flower Show to win ‘Best Plant in Show’
http://heavyplantcrossing2012.blogspot.co.uk
www.chelseafringe.com
ace   Kensington and Chelsea

may-september: a troupe of three phyto-form sculptures in a group exhibition ‘Expressions of Movement’, inspired by the sporting events of 2012, at the The Grove, Hertfordshire, curated by Art Contact.
http://www.artcontact.co.uk/exhibitions/sculpture-at-the-grove-2011.aspx

august: ‘Fabric of Dance’ installation on exhibition at St Stephen’s Centre , Edinburgh as part of Northern Stage at St Stephens, Edinburgh Fringe Festival.

The installation first shown a the Queens Hall Gallery, Hexham in January 2012 celebrates form and dance drawing on the sculptural construction of Elizabethan costume and period choreography, with extending shadows drawing out the memory of movement. The exhibition is produced in collaboration with the November Club. www.novemberclub.org.uk
http://www.edfringe.com/venues/northern-stage-at-st-stephen-s