Touring Opportunity: Inner Horizons
An immersive artwork by Cat Scott MRSS
Inner Horizons
What would it sound and feel like to be inside of a bubble? Step inside a deceptive, inner landscape of a scale that we, as humans, cannot usually physically experience ourselves. From our first experiences submerged in the womb, to the depths of the abyss and outer space – is the universe one big bubble?
This artwork was made during the Art and Science Creators in Lab Residency, was commissioned, and exhibited in the Art and Science Showcase (5-15 December 2019), at the Asia Culture Center in Gwanju, South Korea.
This project was supported by Yunchul Kim, Choi Sun Jin, Han Jeong Hoon, Moon-Ryul Jung and Chris Ball.
The UK premiere of this work was commissioned via Mediale for Selby Creates 2023 at Selby Abbey, UK (11 February – 5 March 2023).
It is has since toured to Yorkshire Sculpture Park, The Art House-Wakefield, and BD is Lit, collectively reaching an audience of over 34,000. Supported using public funding from ACE to make the work tour ready, via focus groups with neurodivergent/disabled creatives. The work is available for further UK presentations.
Please get in touch with touring@catscott.co.uk.
Neurodivergent audience member
Yorkshire Sculpture Park, UK
“It’s very calming. If I could experience this everyday, I would feel much better.”
Audience member
Selby Creates with Mediale at Selby Abbey, UK
“It reminds me of how life on Earth first began, with the way the bubbles move and join together.”
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Artist
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Artist
Cat Scott MRSS
Cat Scott MRSS is an international contemporary artist who is deeply curious and invested in inquiry as a part of their practice.Cat creates experimental contemporary fluid sculptures and installations, using ephemeral wave phenomena as materials (light/sound/liquids/gases).
Her work explores the wonder of primordial natural fluid systems (bubble dynamics), mixed with personal experiences (womanhood, neurodiversity and identity), and tours to diverse exhibition/event spaces (galleries/biennials/sculpture parks/light festivals/public spaces) – ensuring everyone can experience it, particularly those who do not visit or have access to art galleries.
To create new work, she starts with a question, such as ‘what does it sound and feel like to be inside of a bubble? Which led her to create her kinetic fluid sculpture, Inner Horizons in 2019, during the Creators in Lab: Art and Science Residency (3 months) and Group Exhibition alongside artists from Korea, the UK, the USA and Japan, where she was mentored by established artist, Yunchul Kim (Seoul, Korea).
Recent questions include, ‘who am I?’ (also title of work in progress), which led Cat to make a sound installation and fluid sculpture about her ancestral heritage, for the Untitled 2: City of Wonder Showcase, Gallery II, University of Bradford, with Theatre in the Mill.
As a woman working across technical male-dominated disciplines, Cat aims to eliminate barriers and to use contemporary sculpture as a universal language, to spread equality across sectors and society.
Through her ambitious and innovative works, she pushes the boundaries of what sculpture has traditionally been made of and by who, today and in the future, by using ephemeral, fluid materials, technology, and as much as possible, regenerative materials, to create sensory sculptures that can be exhibited and toured to any space, ensuring an inclusive, accessible approach to sculpture-making and engagement.
Since 2014, Cat has secured 13+ commissions/residencies and £66,000+ in funding from institutions, public authorities and organisations, regionally, nationally and internationally – including but not limited to: the Leeds Institute for Fluid Dynamics (University of Leeds), Bradford UK City of Culture 2025, BD is LiT, Light Night Leeds, Light Up The North, Arts Council England, the Cultural Institute (University of Leeds), Yorkshire Sculpture Park, a-n Artists’ Information Company, Bradford 2025 (UK City of Culture), Changwon Sculpture Biennale (Korea), Asia Culture Center (Korea), Yorkshire Sculpture International, the British Council, the University of Leeds/Bath/Bradford and Manchester Metropolitan University.
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