I have been awarded the Fargo Space Programme residency at Unit 4 on Far Gosford Street in Coventry for September. I am developing a lovely new installation about moths, light bulbs, dusk and awakening. I am going to end the residency with a hour and a half exhibition on the 29th September which will feature a beautiful film by Diana Hobson:

The Beacon Light Requiem by Cormac Faulkner

Light bulbs, audio, video. Approx. 20min duration

“Genius will burn lower and a good bit cooler. The world will be dimmer.”

Ann Wroe: obituaries editor, The Economist

As the sun sets and its lustre glows and then fades, a moth emerges from its leafy home seeking a new source of light in the gloom. Approaching a light bulb it hesitates, ponders and absorbs this new source of brightness. Suddenly it dives directly at the bulb, crashing headlong into the hot white glow then without allowing any time for recovery it gets up and dives again and again.

“The glittering light may have dazzled you, and the gold of the lamp may be beautiful but there are many things in this world that look bright, pretty moth but they only dazzle to lead us astray!”

The requiem is in three movements to represent the sunset, twilight and dusk and features a light and sound installation by sound artist Cormac Faulkner and visuals by artist Diana Hobson.

A light in the dark times, a beacon of inspiration and innovation, the incandescent light bulb is due to be phased out at the end of 2011 in the UK. The incandescent light bulb has a very particular light and is a thing of beauty in its design.

This was the starting point for an exhibition that explores how an acquisitive, consumerist outlook may prevent us from addressing more important issues.


Below is a stereo mix of the quadraphonic installation audio (all three movements):

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