{"id":239,"date":"2015-04-07T23:10:41","date_gmt":"2015-04-07T23:10:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sarahsparkes.com\/blog\/?page_id=239"},"modified":"2020-04-23T15:33:08","modified_gmt":"2020-04-23T15:33:08","slug":"airm2014-blue-seven","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.sarahsparkes.com\/blog\/residencies\/airm2014-blue-seven\/","title":{"rendered":"AIRM2014: Blue Seven"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Blue Seven<\/strong><br>\nA commission for Art In Romney Marsh Churches, 2014<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sarahsparkes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/blue7montage.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-241\" title=\"'Blue Seven' Sarah Sparkes\" alt=\"'Blue Seven' Sarah Sparkes\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sarahsparkes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/blue7montage-1024x551.jpg\" width=\"720\" height=\"387\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sarahsparkes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/blue7montage-1024x551.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.sarahsparkes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/blue7montage-300x161.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\"><!--\n<!--\nP { margin-bottom: 0.21cm; }\n--><\/style>\n<p>Blue Seven, at <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.artinromneymarsh.org.uk\/artist\/sarah-sparkes\/\">Art In Romney Marsh Churches 2014<\/a><\/strong>, was a participatory installation within the church of St Peter and St Paul Newchurch, Romney Marsh, Kent. The work was created for the church and, as a commission for Art In Romney Marsh.&nbsp;&nbsp; Visitors were invited to wear one of seven blue cloaks, I&#8217;d created, whilst they explored the church. They were encouraged to pose and post photographs of themselves on various social networks.&nbsp; My work was an exploration of the symbolic use of colour within ritual contexts and the hierarchy of costume wearing within institutions. In donning a robe and wandering about the church, the spectator became performer, directing the interpretation of the work by their actions whilst in costume. I worked with members of the Newchurch community who acted as dressers, introducing visitors to the idea of wearing the cloaks.<br>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sarahsparkes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/twittergrab.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright  wp-image-283\" alt=\"twittergrab\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sarahsparkes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/twittergrab.jpg\" width=\"364\" height=\"419\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sarahsparkes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/twittergrab.jpg 520w, https:\/\/www.sarahsparkes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/twittergrab-260x300.jpg 260w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 364px) 100vw, 364px\" \/><\/a><br>\nNewchurch serves as a thriving community center for the village and surrounding villages and the cloaks were worn by visitors there for coffee mornings, cycle tours, the church museum and other socials activities in addition to those there to see the artworks.&nbsp; As Newchurch is full of life, I wanted my work to reflect this.&nbsp; I wanted the experience of visiting a church to become one of communion with space and fellow human being;&nbsp; to celebrate presence, rather than an esoteric absence.<\/p>\n<p>You can see more photos of Blue Seven in action here: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/sarahsparkes\/sets\/72157647693729537\/\">https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/sarahsparkes\/sets\/72157647693729537\/<\/a><br>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sarahsparkes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/b7fourhanging.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-279 alignleft\" alt=\"b7fourhanging\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sarahsparkes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/b7fourhanging.jpg\" width=\"454\" height=\"302\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sarahsparkes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/b7fourhanging.jpg 567w, https:\/\/www.sarahsparkes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/b7fourhanging-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 454px) 100vw, 454px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sarahsparkes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/arts-council-national-lottery-logo-3.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-986\" width=\"226\" height=\"56\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sarahsparkes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/arts-council-national-lottery-logo-3.png 452w, https:\/\/www.sarahsparkes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/arts-council-national-lottery-logo-3-300x74.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 226px) 100vw, 226px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sarahsparkes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/delawarr-logo.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-987\" width=\"123\" height=\"26\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sarahsparkes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/delawarr-logo.png 492w, https:\/\/www.sarahsparkes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/delawarr-logo-300x62.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 123px) 100vw, 123px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sarahsparkes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/newchurch_sign-logo.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-989\" width=\"150\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sarahsparkes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/newchurch_sign-logo.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.sarahsparkes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/newchurch_sign-logo-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/figure>\n<div class=\"gk-social-buttons\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"gk-social-label\">Share:<\/span>\n\t\t\t<a class=\"gk-social-twitter\" href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/share?text=AIRM2014%3A+Blue+Seven&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sarahsparkes.com%2Fblog%2Fresidencies%2Fairm2014-blue-seven%2F\"\n\t            onclick=\"window.open(this.href, 'twitter-share', 'width=550,height=235');return false;\">\n\t            <span class=\"social__icon--hidden\">Twitter<\/span>\n\t        <\/a>    \n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<a class=\"gk-social-fb\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sarahsparkes.com%2Fblog%2Fresidencies%2Fairm2014-blue-seven%2F\"\n\t\t\t     onclick=\"window.open(this.href, 'facebook-share','width=580,height=296');return false;\">\n\t\t\t    <span class=\"social-icon-hidden\">Facebook<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<a class=\"gk-social-gplus\" href=\"https:\/\/plus.google.com\/share?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sarahsparkes.com%2Fblog%2Fresidencies%2Fairm2014-blue-seven%2F\"\n\t           onclick=\"window.open(this.href, 'google-plus-share', 'width=490,height=530');return false;\">\n\t            <span class=\"social__icon--hidden\">Google+<\/span>\n\t        <\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; 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