Shelf Life by INSTAR, is informed by how the landscape appears, how it has changed, and what is missing.
Observing where nature has retreated and how fields for farming have expanded, the artists have engaged with farmers and landowners, discovering pressures on rural life, farm life and wildlife. The artists have explored this tension between agriculture and ecology by considering the systems, policies, and social demands that drive a loss of nature and biodiversity.
Inspired by the Lincolnshire Wolds landscape, Shelf Life is a print-based sculptural installation and film developed by INSTAR artists Trish Evans and Nick Humphreys. Shelf Life is formed of three elements: a large-scale billboard artwork touring ten locations within the Wolds landscape; a film featuring the artwork billboard and three smaller-scale touring billboards created in collaboration with Lincolnshire young people. These billboards will tour a series of Lincolnshire festivals and events from June to September.
INSTAR have created a documentary explaining the process and rationale for the creation of Shelf Life.
Key Dates:
Weds 18 - Thurs 19 June: Lincolnshire Show
Sat 12 July: Wolds Word Fest, Louth, Lincolnshire
Sat 19 July: A Perfect Day Festival, Grimsby
Sat 9 Aug: Horse Fair, Horncastle
Sat 23 Aug: Teenage Market, Louth
Sun 24 Aug: Alford Craft Market
Sat 14 June: Go Festival, Market Place, Gainsborough
Sun 15 June: So Festival Mablethorpe Sea Front
Mon 16 June: Caistor Arts Centre
INSTAR’s ‘Shelf Life’ is an expansive artistic project for the Lincolnshire Wolds National Landscape. It challenges and explores the possibility for a sustainable balance between modern day farming and protecting and enhancing nature. Using print, billboards and film, the artists open a conversation concerning pressures on natural habitats and farming within the Lincolnshire Wolds landscape for Nature Calling.
