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
FREE SOLSTICE EVENTS
An open invitation to experience the Pipers’ artwork brought to life through Music & Ritual within one of Somerset’s most atmospheric historic spaces in the lead up to the Solstice.
Thursday 18th
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Saturday 20th
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THE VENUE
Situated on the Michael Line, with Glastonbury Tor visible in the distance, the exhibition unfolds inside the historic barn restored by Sir Michael Eavis. Once struck by lightning and left in ruins, the building stands as a site of reawakening.
The Pilton Tithe Barn sits at the heart of the Vale of Avalon overlooking King’s Hill and the sacred grounds of Glastonbury Festival. Originally built in the 14th century to store produce for Glastonbury Abbey, the barn was restored by Sir Michael Eavis and reopened in 2005 following decades of ruin.
Its commanding position within the Somerset landscape makes it a uniquely resonant setting for INNER LANDSCAPE, an exhibition deeply rooted in ideas of memory, land, ancestry and belonging.
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.
At its centre is a monumental oak tree sculpture, first created for one of the Pipers’ Glastonbury Festival stages, surrounded by sound works and live performance from musicians within the TREE SONICS collective.
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PICCALILITH BREAKS INTO HEAVEN
Why the pickle?
This is a story of Lily in the Valley who got herself into a pickle as she asked for more than what she knew. Dreaming in isolation, in 21st century lockdown, she was lured to dance. Naked on Altars, in bars and on beaches. I visualise this in a tapestry of interaction between story and becomes alive through the video ‘Piccalilith breaks into heaven’ Through film you can visualise the movement of weaving in and out of spaces and pickle jars.
Once upon a Time, not in My time, not in Our time, but in Someone’s time… A pigeon falls out of the sky and lands lifeless on the ground; to then be pickled by the witch in containment of a jar. (a true story, if I were a witch)
The utility of pickling is to preserve and encapsulate the goodness within. But the process also represents an introspective journey, feeling the sorrows of the world, shedding tears that are seen to pollute and blur reality. However the pickle truth that these tears are the real. they stand for a psychological realm of great beauty and depth, emotional intelligence.
