The Edge of What
5 videos • 91 views • by Artangel Lonnie Holley is a singular artist who frequently crosses the boundaries of sculpture, painting, photography, songwriting, and performance in a "practice of improvisational creativity", maintaining a deep connection to place and memory, so clearly made manifest in his music. In early 2022, Holley was finally able to visit Orford Ness, his participation in Artangel’s 2021 presentation Afterness having been postponed by the pandemic. Viewing the Ness as both a found sculptural environment and a ready-made film set, Holley created and recorded a cycle of site-specific songs, performed and filmed across different locations on Suffolk’s decommissioned military testing site, now a nature reserve overlooking the North Sea. The Edge of What is a 25-min Artangel film that captures a portrait of Holley on the Ness amidst his immersion into the surrounding site’s disruptions and tides of weather and warfare. The film was produced by Artangel and is free to stream across our viewing platforms. Find out more: https://www.artangel.org.uk/project/t...