Groundswell
Exhibitions / 2000

01/05
Press release
GROUNDSWELL
Thursday 23rd March 2000
big jelly fish, the sea, waves, like waiting for a good break, wind rustling leaves, cornfield, mesmerising, puffy clouds, luminous, meditative, undulating, calming, smooth, shagging, swaying, shooshing, swishing, bit of poly.
An enormous amoeba-like luminous blob. Ally Wallace has created a monumental site-specific sculptural installation, for one evening only rising to the full height of the Neo-Gothic architecture and rhythmically falling, Groundswell will fill the entire Main Gallery space with constant mesmerising sound, light and movement. . .
Ally Wallace trained in Site-Specific Sculpture and Painting. His more recent work has focused on kinetic sculpture and installation. During the past 3 years Wallace’s practice has become increasingly involved with use of light. This extraordinary site-sensitive work is lucid and direct, using the coherence and simplicity of the medium of movement, sound and light.
Previously based in London, Edinburgh & Brighton, Wallace now lives and works in rural Northumberland.
7pm - midnight Free entry (bar and music until 2am)