Notes: Palette includes ..... "Recordings of some of the people that make up Leicester's music and art community" 6 days till the exhibition- 12 months work & residency at Queen of Bradgate

The Pallet 

• Found materials & Old 70's flooring that was found in the rooms, these make up the walls and hang from the ceiling 
• A year of note books have been ripped up and stuck back together to create another walk threw space and wall. Hand written text relates to the text within the work. Dates/ times/ visits/ Names 
• Certain physical turns will reveal separate sounds and discussions that have taken place, in the place, triggered by and controlled by new visitors. Connections and syncronisitys, unexpected none repeated fazing and overloaded confusions 
• The first very recorded discussion that explored the relationship between pub and community 
• In the far corner, a cluster of monitor s - 2 revealing a diptych, edited to the sounds and the atmosphere created by musicians and also the emptiness of the spaces
  
• Sound is from above and all around 
  
•  Framed photography 
• Another monitor shows an unedited video  
  

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The Maze 
a. An intricate, usually confusing network of interconnecting pathways, as in a garden; a labyrinth.
b. A physical situation in which it is easy to get lost: a maze of bureaucratic divisions.
2. A graphic puzzle, the solution of which is an uninterrupted path through an intricate
​ pattern of line segments from astarting point to a goal.
3. Something made up of many confused or conflicting elements; a tangle: a maze of government regulations.
tr.v.  mazed, maz·ing, maz·es  Chiefly Southern US
1. To bewilder or astonish.
2. To stupefy; daze.

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Leila investigates the social, political and historical aspects of ‘a place’ and continues to develop site-responsive installations using structures, video and sound.
Recently awarded Arts Council funding, she is due to show a work named “Points of Departure,” at her work place in which she has been resident for the last year, the top floor of “The Queen of Bradgate” pub in Leicester. 
(Dates: 29:04:16 – 05:05:16)
The work is likened to a walk through maze of wooden structures and monitors. Recorded music, sounds, past discussions and events that have taken place in the space over the last year are set on sensors causing an interaction with the visitor. This focuses on the changes in atmosphere and the non-commercial environment and explores the subject of ‘now’ in community.
Leila is also director of Silver Vine Arts, a non profit, artist led, community interest organization. Silver Vine Arts organize exhibitions thoughtout the year, supporting local and national talent and coordinates Summer Art Trail, a ten-day contemporary visual arts festival that takes over the city of Leicester in August and is part of the City Festival. The trail is a network of 15 exhibitions and 30+ arts events across 18 venues that creates collaboration opportunities for other art organisations, employment and extensive training opportunities for young artists and graduates. 
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silvervinearts.wix.com/summerarttrail

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