In Other People's Skins

As a consequence of the earlier tour of IOPS through 6 cathedrals and Bath Abbey in 2008, I was invited to stage the exhibition at several other locations - including Southwell Minster and Vasteras Cathedral, Sweden. This exhibition took place at St James Cavalier Center for the Arts and though it had general throughput during the month of installation it also had an extraordinary exposure during the period of the White Night where the centers Director assures us around 5000 people came into the center throughout the night. I witnessed the numbers coming in as waves of around 100 people who came, engaged and then moved on as the next wave of people came. Attendance at events such as this brings new audiences to digital installations and information presented with the installation reveals the research inquiry and core research questions, plus credits Arts Council, AHRC and University of Bristol as sponsors of the event. During the entire period of the exhibition around 10,000 took part in the work.