OUR FUTURE IS ANCIENT | NOT QUITE LIGHT

22-25 FEB 2024 | 12-10PM | DISTANT HILLS TAP ROOM | FREE

'OUR FUTURE IS ANCIENT'

The artist Not Quite Light will be exhibiting work from a major commission completed for the Barnaby Festival, which saw him go into Macclesfield Forest for 3 nights, each full moon, over a 12 month period. 

The project involved making photographs, film and audio recordings through the night and into the dawn and, although the the work was performed live at St Michael's Church in Macclesfield, with film, music and text, the photographs have never before been exhibited.  

The year long project on the western edge of the Peak District allowed the urban artist to challenge his own ignorance, and reconnect with the natural world, and so the work explores the relationship between the forest and our contemporary lives, as we seek to remain in touch with our vital, primal selves in the modern world. 

The artist Not Quite Light is based in Salford, and explores the places in which we exist in the half-light of dawn and dusk, using photography, film and audio recording. 

The Not Quite Light project began in Manchester in 2015, and examines themes of transition and regeneration. The work has led to several major commissions, including a limited edition book 'You LiveWith Us, We Live With You' for 5 Plus Architects, 'Our Future is Ancient' for the Barnaby Festival and 'Dark Days, Luminous Nights' for the Manchester Collective. He is currently making a documentary film for Salford Council called 'Gathering Points'. 

The picture 'Rainstorm' went viral in 2019, after being celebrated on Twitter by Stephen Fry and Derren Brown.  He also is the founder and creative director of the award winning Not Quite Light Festival, which is staged in Salford.  His work has appeared in numerous publications such as Elle, The Observer, Der Spiegel and The Saturday Telegraph Magazine. 

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