Testing Ground: Lydia Griffiths

We started the New Year with our fourth Testing Ground Residency. Lydia had to carry out her residency from home because of the nation-wide lockdown. This was a difficult position for Lydia to navigate, however, with the right support, she was able to commit to and realise exciting new work. Through experimental use of photography, film, installation and VR, Lydia explores light as its own artistic material and notions of the sublime in the natural world.

Lydia had visited Pendle back in November, for a research visit, and so looked back through the photographs, audio and film she had collected during her visit. This informed the development of an installation in her attic, through which the Pendle Landscape became an immersive experience from home. Lydia also ventured into experiments with Virtual Reality, again enabling us to explore an unfamiliar landscape without having to leave our areas.