Victoria Sarangova

Archaeology of progress – Redruth

Victoria is a multimedia artist from Kalmykia, Russia, currently based in Berlin. After visiting BLW briefly in 2018 she wanted to return, and enjoyed a two-week residency with BLW in February 2019 taking the opportunity to explore the Cornish landscape, and meet local artists.

Archaeology of progress – Redruth is an audio response to both concrete, elusive and tacit elements shaping the air of the Redruth area. Its landscape, people and folklore reverberate in the industrial dream of a rejuvenating alchemy that, through natural resources, addresses a utopian future.

[Text by: Giada Dalla Bontà]

Part of Victoria’s Archaeology of progress – Redruth project was made in collaboration with the sound artist Martin Pease. A sound performance took place at Back Lane West on Friday 22nd February 2019