Artist David Powell explores traditional folk tales and language to stage an experimental multimedia work paying homage to historic celebratory gathering spaces.
Fusing traditional and modern craft, weaving and welding, fire and water, to connect the past and the present, this world and the otherworld. David uses woven willow steel and light to create large-scale sculptural forms whose antecedents are both standing stones, wooden pier timbers and the human figure.
Using the spoken word and diffused light the tall slender structures will form a gateway, a bridge between this world and the otherworld a liminal space, a Halloween gateway for the Galoshans.
David is an artist maker inspired by landscape form and place, with an interest in ritual and celebration David creates time based performance works and sculptural constructs of abstract and figurative form.
A self-taught weaver inspired and influenced by landscape form and place, David uses the natural colours and the line of the willow rod to draw and define three dimensional forms utilising both steel, and willow to create bespoke lanterns and artworks
SB – Sound Based
T: Transcript
V: Highly Visual / No or Little Text
R: Relaxed Performance
TT: Touch Tour
Mini Parade: 5.45pm – 6.00pm
Gathering Point:
Custom House Way, between West College Scotland and the Waterfront Leisure Centre, Greenock.
Street Party: 6.00pm – 8.00pm
Custom House Square & Custom House Quay, Greenock
Greenock Central Railway Station is approximately a 10–15 minute walk from the event site.
Public parking is available nearby, including East India Harbour, Custom House Place and surrounding public parking areas.
Accessible parking bays are available close to the event site. Standard parking charges may apply depending on location.
Yes. The event takes place at ground level and is largely step-free. Accessible routes are available throughout the event site.
Public toilets, including accessible toilets, will be available within Beacon Arts Centre during the event.
