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Flood
Susan Stockwell
18 June - 31 October, 2010
Susan Stockwell has created Flood, this year's installation at York St Mary's, using recycled computer components.
Flood falls from the roof of the medieval church, and tumbles down to the nave in a mass of brightly coloured metal and wire, all set against the solid grey stone and architectural form of the building.
Four tonnes of computer power supplies which have been supplied by Secure IT Recycling, of Cheshire, will be used to create the installation and after it closes they will be returned to be recycled.
The installation explores the theme of communication, provided by religion in the past and by computer technology today. It looks at the nature of our consumer society, exposing the insides of the machines we take for granted and use every day, then dispose of when they are finished with.
The piece is the fifth installation to be commissioned by York Museums Trust, funded by the Arts Council.