artist:
Brass Art

project:
Trespass

location:
The Trespass will start in Liverpool and work its way across the Pennines and to Hull by August.

date(s):
Because of the nature of the work the viewing times cannot be announced.

description:
Brass Art are producing the word ‘Trespass’ as a pink argon sign - in double block font - all weather -with a portable power source - to be temporarily sited throughout the Trans-Pennine Area. We will use the sign to lay claim to suitable locations, both interiors and exteriors. Brass Art see themselves as modern voyageuses travelling with their accoutrements. In past projects Brass Art have explored the potential of accessing spaces in both a real and virtual sense. This has involved all three artists positioning themselves, as drawings, shadows and digital sprites in order to occupy privileged vantage points and trespass in inaccessible spaces. They are interested in how this sign will articulate different locations, as it can be read as both an incitement and a command.

Installation Documentation

During Artranspennine03 Brass Art took the trespass sign to a number of locations including the following: Manchester Airport; The Devil's Arse, The Yorkshire Sculpture Park, a nuclear bunker, some mobile transmitter masts off the M62, Kinder Scout, Menwith Hill listening station, some building sites, some demolition sites and a roof top garden in Leeds City Centre.

The images below are from the siting of the sign at the following locations: Menwith Hill listening station, Bury Museum Store, Manchester Airport & the Shell Oil Refinery, Runcorn.