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Fiona Crisp

@crisp_fiona

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Artist & Prof. Lives in Northumberland. Matt’s Gallery, London.

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Mud Mapping 3-5pm today Ellison Building University of Northumbria
Intro and talks
3pm-4.40pm room 110 - level 1
preview and visit to exhibition
4.30pm-5pm Level 4 next to microbiology labs.

15:00 Introduction to BLACK BOX3, Dr. Louise Mackenzie, Lecturer in Contemporary Art Practice, DJCAD, University of Dundee
15:15 Introduction to Mud Mapping, Dr. Michele Allen, Artist in Residence at Hub for Biotechnology in the Built Environment
15:30 Discussion with Angela Sherry, Associate Professor in Microbial Environments, School of Geography & Natural Sciences
16:00 Audience Q&A
16:30 Virtual Tour of the Exhibition (hybrid) and Private View / Networking Social (Northumbria University) taken in EBA102B, Ellison Building, Northumbria University by @crisp_fiona

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Moot Hall, Hexham NE46 1XF
Saturday 8th August 10am – 5pm
Sunday 9th August 10am – 3pm
(step access)

Join us for the second iteration of the exhibition ‘Aurora Deep Time’, installed in the medieval Moot Hall in Hexham, Northumberland for the Cosmic Frequencies Festival 2006 – for two days only!

FESTIVAL TALK: Saturday 8th 12-1pm. Fiona Crisp @crisp_fiona, Luis Guzmán @radix_lucis and Daniela De Paulis @daniela.depaulis discuss contemporary art’s interactions with space science and technology. Tickets can be booked at: www.cosmicfrequencies.org

EXHIBITION TALK: Sunday 9th August 1.30pm at Moot Hall – no booking required, everyone welcome.

Aurora Deep Time is an experimental research project by Sensing Remoteness, a group of artists and scientists from across Northumbria and Newcastle Universities UK. The group looks at the relationship between technology and the sensing human/more-than-human thinking about how the apparatus of Remote Sensing might be approached from philosophical, creative, critical and ethical perspectives.

As well as being embedded in our cultural imaginaries, the aurora is one of the few ways by which we ‘experience’ space weather. Unlike some other species, we do not sense the geo-magnetic environment but our techno-electronic infrastructures - GPS and telecommunications systems for example - are highly vulnerable to the solar storms that affect it.

The immersive installation uses the extreme aurora event of 10/11 May 2024 as a device to reveal the complex interdependence of the spheres that together form our contemporary relationship with space and space weather.

In the medieval period when the Moot Hall was built, the Northern Lights would not have been understood as science but as scripture — as a sky of blood and battling armies; a portent of divine judgement. Aurora Deep Time reminds us that the majesty of the aurora also signals the vulnerability of our modern technology; a different kind of portent to that experienced by our medieval ancestors.

Contributors:
@crisp_fiona
@jorgeboehringer
@radix_lucis
@slyardle
Daniel Ratliff
Bennett Hogg

@cosmicfrequenciesfestival2026.
#sensing remoteness
#aurora taken in Hexham Moot Hall by @crisp_fiona

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3 months ago

Goodbye to my dear friend and partner in @c_n_o_s_ academic crime @cmborland. This morning at dawn I swam at Waters Meet where the North & South Tyne flow in to one another. It is the last place Christine & I swam together. With a heron watching me, salmon jumping and swallows wheeling, it felt like a fitting farewell to such an extraordinary woman. I will miss your brave quiet wisdom my friend. Swim on.
#christineborland by @crisp_fiona

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3 months ago

We are excited to share that Institutional Fieldworking, an interactive research ‘exposition’ within the Journal of Artistic Research (JAR) is now published (link in bio).

Conceived, developed, and produced by several artist-researchers from the Cultural Negotiation of Science group (CNoS) based at Northumbria University, UK, the exposition takes as its springboard a festival of research events, workshops, and exhibitions, Institutional Fieldworking: CNOS@10, convened in autumn of 2023 to mark the group’s tenth anniversary.

The exposition allows the reader to navigate their own route through and between three ‘scales’ of approach, each of which develop multiple ‘nodes’ of enquiry. ‘Scales of Negotiation’ moves through methods to enact interdisciplinary borne of deep-knowledge and trust including nodes such as Provoking and Holding; Collective Imagination and Knottyness; ‘Scales of Institution’ focuses on how these methods are performed within an institutional field and how public permeability might be approached through, for instance, Civic Agency; Kitchen-Table Thinking; or knowledge Disruption. The nodes within ‘Scales of Time, Space and Velocity’ speak of a dynamic range used to unsettle or disorient across technical and material bodies, from Astro-Ecologies to Intimacy, and from Lag Time to Oikos.

Creating the exposition has been a collective act of processing and re-enacting the experimentality of the Institutional Fieldworking programme to share with international audiences. This form of publishing has proven uniquely appropriate to CNoS as a group — not illustrating or reporting the research but instead surfacing and performing the specificity of artistic practice.

Authors: @cmborland @crisp_fiona @somethinggrace; @jacqueline.donachie; @radix_lucis; @lauraharringtonaw; @louisekmackenzie and @alisoldfield

We are extremely grateful to @iamrobsmth for the exposition design and to all the many people who contributed to this research – you are all credited on JAR.

@_jar_online_ @northumbriauni by @crisp_fiona

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4 months ago

Thank you to @henrymooreinstitute for co-developing and hosting this symposium on Photographic Objecthood last week. And sincere thanks to the fantastic speakers and audience for their insights, generosity & commitment to opening up discussions regarding photographic presence now.

Apologies to all those who couldn’t attend in person or who couldn’t get tickets to attend. All presentations were filmed & will be accessible online in the near future including:

Professor Fiona Crisp @crisp_fiona (@northumbriauni)
Dr Elisaveta Ernst (@humboldt.uni)
Nat Faulkner @nat_faulkner
Professor Hilde Van Gelder @hildevangelder (@kuleuven)
Maria Luigia Gioffrè @marialuigiagioffre
(@accademiasilviodamico)
Xiangyin Gu @kuschonink (@royalcollegeofart)
Julie F. Hill @juliefhill
Dr Sean Ketteringham @sean_d_k (@henrymooreinstitute)
Michael Kurtz @michaelkurtz
Dr Katarína Mašterová
(@ustavdejinumeni.avcr)
Professor Martin Newth @martinnewth (@glasgowschoolart)
Helen Robertson @helen_robertson5555 (@csm_news)
Dr Rachel Wells
(@ruskin_school_art_oxford)
Dr Duncan Wooldridge @anti_foto (@manmetuni)

👀 Look out for future projects & publishing. by @crisp_fiona

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9 months ago

Join us to celebrate the launch of Fiona Crisp’s new publication, Wrongfooting on Tuesday 20 January 2026, 17:30–18:30, free entry, no need to book.

Wrongfooting surveys over thirty years of Fiona Crisp’s practice, tracing her distinctive use of photography and moving image as sculptural, spatial and phenomenological encounters.

Alongside new texts by the artist, the publication includes a conversation between Crisp and leading authors Nicolette Barsdorf-Liebchen and Chris Townsend.

Wrongfooting will be available on the evening for the special launch price of £20 (RRP £25).

Wrongfooting is published by Matt’s Gallery, designed by Sara de Bondt and
supported by Arts Council England, Henry Moore Foundation and Northumbria University.

Find out more via the link in our bio or go straight to https://henry-moore.org/whats-on/fiona-crisp-wrongfooting/ A book on display - an orange background with a photograph of the interior of a car on the front and the words 'Wrong Footing' underneath by @crisp_fiona

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9 months ago

Thanks to everyone who made it along to the launch of ‘Wrongfooting’ at @gallerynorthumbria last week. Special thanks to curator @hearn.matthew.j for his care and commitment to hosting the event and to artist @tom.r.osullivan for being such an insightful, generous and generative conversationalist.

The session was recorded and will be made available in due course on my new website – currently under construction.

There will be another launch January 20th at @henrymooreinstitute, Leeds the evening before the symposium ‘Photographic Objecthood: Construction, Presence, and the Sculptural Encounter’ link in bio.

In the meantime, ‘Wrongfooting’ can be purchased from @mattsgallerylondon. by @crisp_fiona

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10 months ago

Announcing a great line-up of speakers for our one-day symposium: Photographic Objecthood: Construction, Presence, and the Sculptural Encounter on Wednesday 21 January 2026 at Henry Moore Institute, Leeds.

Join us to hear from:
Professor Fiona Crisp (@northumbriauni)
Dr Elisaveta Ernst (@humboldt.uni)
Nat Faulkner
Professor Hilde Van Gelder (@kuleuven)
Maria Luigia Gioffrè (@accademiasilviodamico)
Xiangyin Gu (@royalcollegeofart)
Julie F. Hill
Dr Sean Ketteringham (@henrymooreinstitute)
Michael Kurtz
Dr Katarína Mašterová (@ustavdejinumeni.avcr)
Professor Martin Newth (@glasgowschoolart)
Helen Robertson (@csm_news)
Dr Rachel Wells (@ruskin_school_art_oxford)
Dr Duncan Wooldridge (@manmetuni)

Hear discussions and presentations that explore new approaches to the spatial, sensorial and sculptural potential of photography, and address the histories and futures of photographic objecthood.

Book your free ticket via the link in our bio or go straight to https://henry-moore.org/whats-on/photographic-objecthood-construction-presence-and-the-sculptural-e…

This symposium is organised in collaboration with artist Fiona Crisp (Professor of Contemporary Art, Northumbria University).

Image:
Fiona Crisp, From Negative Capability: The Stourhead Cycle Matt’s Gallery, London 2012. Courtesy the artist and @mattsgallerylondon A person stands in a gallery space looking at a square photograph of trees which is presented on a metal frame running from floor to ceiling by @crisp_fiona

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Fiona Crisp, Publication Launch, Thursday 11 December 4:30-6pm

To celebrate the launch of Fiona Crisp's new monograph Wrongfooting, Gallery North is delighted to host an in conversation between Fiona Crisp and fellow artist and colleague, Tom O’Sullivan. To mark the occasion, we have installed one of Crisp's key works, The Ballroom in Gallery North.

Wrongfooting surveys over thirty years of practice and traces Crisp’s distinctive use of photography and moving image as sculptural, spatial and phenomenological encounters. Along with new texts by the artist, Wrongfooting includes a conversation between Crisp and writers Nicolette Barsdorf-Liebchen and Chris Townsend.

Fiona Crisp, Wrongfooting
published by Matt’s Gallery, London

The publication will be available on the night at a Special launch price £20 (RRP £25) CASH PREFERRED

Wrongfooting has been supported by Arts Council England, the Henry Moore Foundation and Northumbria University taken in The University Gallery by @crisp_fiona

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10 months ago

Book Launch, @gallerynorthumbria
Thursday 11th December 2025 4.30-6.00pm

Please join us at Gallery North for the Newcastle launch of my artist’s monograph, Wrongfooting.

Alongside the installation of one of my key works, I’ll be in conversation with fellow artist and colleague at Northumbria, Tom O’Sullivan.
Together we’ll explore Wrongfooting – a book that surveys over thirty years of practice and traces my use of photography and moving image as sculptural, spatial and phenomenological encounters.

Along with my texts, Wrongfooting includes a conversation between myself and the fantastic writers Nicolette Barsdorf-Liebchen and Chris Townsend.

240 x 290 mm, 136 pages, 400 copies
Published by @mattsgallerylondon
Designed by @saradebondt

Special launch price £20 (RRP £25)

Wrongfooting is supported by Arts Council England, the Henry Moore Foundation & Northumbria University. by @crisp_fiona

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a year ago

Join us for an evening of discussion with Dima Karout and Paul Nataraj at the CHASE 2025 Lecture.

Dima and Paul will present how they respond to rupture as political, societal and temporal constructs within their respective practice. They will share how they develop coalescence through partnerships and with communities, grounded in collaborative acts of reclamation and repair.

What to expect?
✨ Hear from two internationally acclaimed practitioners working at the intersection of art, community and social justice
✨ Discover how partnerships with communities across the UK and beyond can create meaningful change
✨ Gain insights into socially engaged art, cultural heritage and creative health initiatives

📅 Wednesday 26 November
🕰️ 6pm-8pm
📍 Business and Law Building (Lecture Theatre 002), City Campus East, Northumbria University, Newcastle upon Tyne

Free to attend. Register via the link in our bio.

Both @paul_stan_nataraj and Dima have strong connections to D6, and we are delighted to be collaborating with them for this event.

This conversation, chaired by D6’s Andrea Carter, is part of @northumbriauni University's CHASE Lecture Series—bringing together regional, national and international stakeholders, students, academics and communities to discuss key challenges and how we can overcome them to ensure an equitable society. Professor Monique Lhussier, founding Director of CHASE, will welcome guests.

The Centre for Health and Social Equity (CHASE) at Northumbria University is dedicated to helping all people live healthier for longer, supporting the most marginalised in society.

Special thanks to Professor Donna Chambers and Professor Fiona Crisp - @crisp_fiona (Northumbria School of Design, Arts and Creative Industries, Northumbria University).

Image: Paul Nataraj, detail from We sound each other, 2025. Photo: Matt Denham

#SocialEquity #ArtsAndCulture #CommunityEngagement #SocialJustice #CreativePractice #NorthumbriaUniversity #CulturalRights #D6studio Image is a detail from Paul Nataraj's We sound each other - it is a close up of deep red fabric sewn together with gold patterns and text saying Do you want better. by @crisp_fiona

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a year ago

Matt’s Gallery
Triple-Decker Book Launch
Fiona Crisp, Roy Voss, John Walter

Sunday 9 November 2-5pm

Speeches and readings at 3:30pm

Tarot readings by John Walter throughout the afternoon (first come, first served)

Fiona Crisp, Wrongfooting
Wrongfooting surveys over thirty years of Fiona Crisp’s practice, tracing her distinctive use of photography and moving image as sculptural, spatial and phenomenological encounters.
Alongside new texts by the artist, Wrongfooting includes a conversation between Crisp and leading authors Nicolette Barsdorf-Liebchen and Chris Townsend.

240 x 290 mm, 136 pages, 400 copies
Published by Matt’s Gallery
Designed by Sara de Bondt

£20
(Special launch price - RRP £25)

Roy Voss, small acts of kindness along the playing fields of animal behaviour Volume 2
Roy Voss presents a collection of precisely measured, but oddly shaped miniatures.
High jinks, hilarity, love, death and madness are pushed into a pocket-sized paperback book.

150 x 210 mm, 152 pages, 300 copies
Published by Matt’s Gallery & Llapin Press
Typesetting by Sara de Bondt

£8
(Special launch price - RRP £10)

John Walter, Stochastic Tarot
Stochastic Tarot is John Walter’s fourth tarot set, following The Tarot Garden (2011), Alien Sex Club Tarot (2015), and Lockdown Tarot (2020).
The title alludes to the “stochastic parrots” of AI and reflects themes of randomness, probability, emergent patterns, memes, and selective pressure—ideas that have driven Walter’s artistic practice for the past five years.

70x120mm, 78 cards housed in a specially designed tuckbox, limited edition of 200 sets

£32.50

Wrongfooting is supported by Arts Council England, the Henry Moore Foundation and Northumbria University. by @crisp_fiona

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