Lightning and Kinglyface

Lightning and Kinglyface

Title: Tunnel 228

Media: Paper

Dimensions: 15’x30’x12’

Date: 2012

   Brief Bio: According to the biography found on their web site Lightning and Kinglyface, also known as Anna Fulmine and Victoria Shahrokh, met in London at the University for Creative Arts, Epsom.  They have been an epic pair in set design and installations since they graduated in 2006 and have made collaborating with photographers a part of every experience they create.

   Artists/Critique statement: In an interview done by James Davidson of weheart.co.uk, Anna Fulmine has this to say about the objective of their works, particularly Tunnel 228 “When people see our work we want them to think, how did they do that? Why did they do that? And when you experience it firsthand we want people to be overwhelmed by a feeling, they don’t have to necessarily like the work visually as long as we inspire some sort of feeling. If that’s a haunting feeling then by jove I think we’ve done it!”

   Background on work presented: According to an article found on the news site guardian.co.uk, Tunnel 228 was commissioned by a UK performance company, Punchdrunk,  in an effort to bring “the art world and theatre a little closer together.” Tunnel 228 was installed in an actual tunnel in the UK as a gorilla-style collaboration between artist and actors.

   How it connects to the theme and why you chose the work: I couldn’t think of a better entrance to my garden than this magical forest cut from single blankets of paper. I wanted to evoke a sense of awe and intrigue about my paper garden, Lightning and Kinglyface have met those qualifications with amazing accuracy.