2023 Commissioned Projects

Artists Richy Carey and Heather Phillipson present work originally commissioned for Art Night Dundee, and was launched in June 2023. We’ve also commissioned four brand new works by Cornwall-based artists Sovay Berriman, Patrick Lowry, Abigail Reynolds and Then Try This responding to our theme of Change.

  • Dear Othermother – Amber Akaunu

    A film telling a deeply personal tale of single motherhood in Toxteth, Liverpool.

  • The Hanging Baskets of Bodmin – Nicola Bealing

    An invasion of ghostly hanging baskets has colonised the platform of Bodmin General Station.

  • Change Here – Georgia Gendall

    Set aboard the Bodmin Railway, Change Here transforms the train’s announcement system into a fictional conversation between two train conductors.

  • Keepers – Rachael Jones

    A film installation revealing carefully chosen items from Bodmin Keep's collection and archives, chosen by Keep staff and volunteers.

  • Touched by the trees in a forest of eyes – Linda Lamignan

    A multi-screen video work exploring how the idea of land as a resource has been perpetuated throughout time.

  • Spout – Alice Mahoney

    An immersive installation involving light, sound, sculpture, and film developed through a series of guided walks exploring Bodmin’s watery past, present, and future.

  • Free as a Bird – Rebecca Proctor

    Sculpture inspired by Rose Wright, a 19th century inmate of Bodmin Jail, who, according to legend, put a curse on both the prison and the town of Bodmin.

  • Once We Were Held – SHARP

    An immersive installation of sound, sculpture and LGBTQIA+ history.

  • Re:Rooted – Small Acts x Kitty Hillier

    A participatory moving sculpture that playfully reroutes audiences as it journeys across Bodmin.

  • Dislocated Dresser – Carlos Zapata

    Everyday objects transform into playful, surprising automata in captivating, hand‑crafted kinetic installation.

  • Gwyrdh Glas – Sovay Berriman

    Explore contemporary Kernewek (Cornish) cultural identity and its relationship with heritage, land, and extraction industries, including tourism and mining.

  • {stereo – type – music} – Richy Carey

    A Surround Sound Work And An Accompanying Newsprint Publication Of Scores, Stories, Letters And Texts, Exploring How Different Publishing Practices Can Inform The Ways We Listen To Each Other.

  • Metro: Red River Line – Patrick Lowry

    Imagining how the future of Redruth might look if it appropriated Rapid Transport systems that exist and are being developed in cities and large urban conurbations.

  • Dream Land – Heather Phillipson

    A new film by Heather Phillipson which incorporates archival BBC wildlife footage, recast as hallucination.

  • Core – Abigail Reynolds

    An invitation to move to the rhythms and sounds of a quarry which has been drilled with hundreds of deep holes.

  • Organised Atoms – Then Try This

    Play with simple electronics to listen to the crystal structures of Cornish minerals.