LILITH & LUKE PIPER presents:
INNER LANDSCAPE
Midsummer Solstice Celebration
Pilton Tithe Barn, Somerset
EXHIBITION RUNS:
Thursday June 18th — Wednesday June 24th
Open 11am to 6pm daily
“Art and music allow us to come to terms with our mortality in those seemingly eternal golden moments when we feel connected, part of something bigger than ourselves, a collective belonging that runs deep in the land and through the air.”
THE VENUE
The Pilton Tithe Barn sits at the heart of the Vale of Avalon. It’s commanding position overlooking King’s Hill and the hallowed ground of Glastonbury Festival with Glastonbury Tor, The Blackdown Hills and Western seaboard in the distance. Once ruined, the barn was built in the 14th century to hold produce for Glastonbury Abbey and brought back to life by Sir Michael Eavis himself. Originally thatched and struck by lightning in 1963 the Glastonbury Festival legend was just 18 when he witnessed it burn down and has been able to raise it from the ashes to its former glory with the help of English Heritage funding officially opening in April 2005.
SPECIAL OPENINGS
Thursday June 18th 4pm - 10pm.
Opennning evening for all
Saturday 20th June 11am - 11pm.
Solstice celebrations for all
Centred on the midsummer solstice The Piper’s paintings celebrate the abundance and energy of nature at the height of the sun’s maximum altitude and day length.
Luke and Lilith create work inspired by the landscape in which they live and work, while also sharing their practice collaboratively through installations and music, which in turn feed back into the artwork itself. Atmosphere and venue are central to their approach, creating exhibitions that are immersive and memorable experiences. Surrounding a monumental Oak tree sculpture which is the centrepiece of one of their stages at Glastonbury Festival, will be an evolving soundscape featuring musicians from the “Tree Sonics” collective performing on the special events taking place throughout the exhibition.
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I work across painting, performance, land art, print, photography and film, each grounded in a reverence for place. Live performance is central to my work; as the creative producer and programmer of the Tree Stage in Glastonbury Festival’s Woodsies area. I explore the ceremonial power of gathering in a specific place and time to share stories, and cultivate more attentive, reciprocal relationships with the natural world.
I work iteratively, building a relationship with the landscape that moves from observation and sensory immersion outdoors to abstraction and improvisation in the studio.