Will Schrimshaw announced as 2010 FLI artist in residence

folly and Lanternhouse are delighted to announce 2010's FLI artist in residence.

Will Schrimshaw is an artist-researcher from Wakefield, currently based in Newcastle upon Tyne. Often working with sound amidst a larger vibrational continuum, his work focuses on environmental interaction and the invisible determinants of space and place. This work is carried out by means of earth, text and code.

folly and Lanternhouse will welcome Will to Ulverston during the last three months of 2010, where he will engage and work in collaboration with a range of local and regional communities.

www.willschrimshaw.net

Now in their third year, the FLI Residencies offer support to artists working with new technologies to develop their ideas and extend their practice, with a particular emphasis on participatory activity.

The scheme is the result of a keen and dynamic partnership between two organisations, folly and Lanternhouse. The programme meets a real need for artists to have access to the high quality discourse and enriching creative environments that Lanternhouse and folly provide. Based in Ulverston, on the edge of the Lake District National Park, resident artists are able to devote time and space to their practice, engaging collaboratively with the host organisations and a rich tapestry of local communities, artists and creatives in the Northwest of England.

www.fliresidencies.org.uk