Lydia Porter United Kingdom

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Lydia Porter is a contemporary artist based in London, working across video, writing, and bookmaking. These formats are used to investigate the surface of the image as an active site and a means of translation, with a specific focus on tactility and haptic awareness. Her works often focus on a specific place of interest, which then branches out into an in-depth investigation into its ambiguity.

I am interested in how digital media can give the impression of tactility and physicality, how video and photography depict items and places whilst being cinematic objects in and of themselves. I regard video as a physical, sculptural object, exploring how footage, in being played, has a skin of its own.

My work often investigates particular sites of interest for their psycho-geographical connotations, exploring a sense of place and process in a poetic way. The tone is often strange or melancholic, touching upon absence and identity in the wake of industrial revolution and environmental decline. The videos and writing hope to offer a delicate and nuanced exploration of the sentimental attachments we have to space, with questions of agency and responsibility present as a subtle undertone.

In 2020 I was selected to be a part of Double Agents Associate Studio Programme 7, situated in the shared studios in Stockwell, London until December 2022. During that time I was commissioned to make a collaborative video work for Queen’s Hall Digital. I have also exhibited in various shows across London.