David Sherry
Health and Safety Effect
David Sherry was artist in resident in Huntly from January to March 2010.
David Sherry's work explores the routines and thought patterns of every day life, looking at what is beyond the surface. His art works investigate normality, turning accepted experiences into visible rituals, rules and regulations and expose the psychological structures that dominate our lives and pull us towards the laws of convention where he searches for meaningful signals among the simple experience in life. His work is eminently approachable, engaging, masterfully humorous yet profoundly relevant to its place and time. His practice (both visual art and performance) has an unsettling, and frequently darkly humorous way of undermining the expected codes and structures of behaviour and social decorum.
During his time in Huntly David looked at Health and Safety issues and how they affect our lives. He met a myriad of people, janitors, business people, teachers and hoteliers, to find out what the issues were. He also undertook a Risk Assessment Course; and proudly passed the exam and can now take out his own risk assessments.
David's set up the Out of Date Society, and worked on a number of other projects such as an A-Z of Health of Safety.
He brought his own unique style to an exploration of attitudes towards risk that culminated in the Ill Fated Fête: a risk assessed event at the end of March 2010.
David was accompanied by Anthony Schrag who was awarded an RSA residency and was with us in February 2010.
Katie Nicoll joined Deveron Arts as Shadow Producer for the project. Katie has recently produced Martin Boyce's exhibition No Reflections at the 2009 Venice Biennale.
Ill Fated Fête: A Risk Assessed Event
Is risk assessment healthy? A two day event included exhibitions, discussions, lectures and performances led by David Sherry exploring the facts, myths and story telling of our risk conscious society. In collaboration with Anthony Schrag, Neil Mulholland and special guest Phil Kay. Shadow producer Katie Nicoll. For more information please click here.
Friday and Saturday 19-20 March 2010
Click here to check out our photos from Ill fated fete and other events throughout David's residency.
