Winspit is a site-specific film installation in a disused quarry on the cliffs near Worth Matravers on the Isle of Purbeck, Dorset, England. An iPad mounted on a motorised track spans the length of the quarry floor, recording the detail of the terrain and scanning the site like a forensic instrument. The iPad slightly magnifies the actual site underneath; this, in turn, creates a physical effect for the viewer, as the screen appears to ‘open up’ the ground below. The noise of the motorised rig and the illuminated screen guides the viewer deep into the site. The audience experiences an activation of the site, a curious interaction/dialogue between technology and nature; a scientific investigation.
Winspit fundamentally questions the relationship between image and so-called real space, and likewise attempts to present moving image in dialogue with natural form. This movement from optic to haptic reflects film's position within the spatial arts, sitting more comfortably next to architecture and theatre than many of the visual arts. Traditional theories of the ‘filmic gaze’ fail to address the effect of spatiality; the act of crossing or inhabiting space is not explored or explained.
Winspit fundamentally questions the relationship between image and so-called real space, and likewise attempts to present moving image in dialogue with natural form. This movement from optic to haptic reflects film's position within the spatial arts, sitting more comfortably next to architecture and theatre than many of the visual arts. Traditional theories of the ‘filmic gaze’ fail to address the effect of spatiality; the act of crossing or inhabiting space is not explored or explained.