Charlotte Armitage
Charlotte Armitage works primarily with text, using different forms of writing to investigate ways in which we can disconnect from the digital world and be more engaged with our surroundings. At the heart of her practice is an interest in presence and absence; in empty spaces, things that have been lost, what remains when something has been taken away, and our relationship with moments or places that lack distraction. Her work is currently concerned with personal experiences of time, and how the act of gardening can alter our perception of passing time and ground us more firmly in the present moment.
This year Charlotte created a garden space within the art studios and visited it every day to make written notes and photographic records of its changes, creating time in her schedule to focus solely on the task of gardening and pay attention to small acts of growth. The unhurried pace at which the garden grew formed a distinct contrast to the frantic pace of modern life, and engaging with the garden on a daily basis encouraged her to slow down and better appreciate the time that was passing.
Finding Time
You Are Here
"To have one's hands in the soil, to plant a seed, to pluck a peapod, these things rooted us in the present, but made us aware of what had been and what would, maybe, with luck and sunshine and rain at the right time, come to be. (...) A way to make something absolutely rooted in time."

"If you hold your breath, the world seems to drop away from you, and the bay swallows up the sound. It’s like holding a cup to your ear, and listening to the silence swirl around inside it and almost suck the sound out of your head. Like there’s something here that’s hollow and waiting to be filled. Or something that’s missing, waiting to be found."
'Finding Time' is a publication that follows the progress of an investigation into the relationship between time and gardening. By documenting and recording the daily growth of a garden space I created in the studios, I hoped to alter my perception of passing time, find the time every day to disconnect from the frantic pace of modern life, and better ground myself in the present.
'You Are Here' is a site-specific guided walk designed for the beach at Hest Bank near Lancaster. It consists of a sound piece which leads the listener around the site, encouraging them to notice their surroundings and focus on the present, and an accompanying publication featuring text from the guided walk and related photographs.
My work this year has been greatly influenced and inspired by the 'Making Time' project, which was devised by artists Jonathan Raisin and Elizabeth Willow and took place at Lancaster University ten years ago. I would like to thank Jonathan and Elizabeth for taking the time to talk to me about their work, and giving me permission to use their words and ideas in the publication I created.











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