Ian Dawson/Louisa Minkin : Taplow House

3 Jul-21 Aug 2015

Overview

Taplow House, South East London, SE17 2UH, its name descending from Taeppa’s Low, SU9061 8216, a 7th Century Anglo-Saxon burial mound imposingly situated 29 miles west of Taplow House. Both have come to share a curious synergy. In the spring of 2014, artists Ian Dawson and Louisa Minkin entered the rooms of Taplow House, spaces that had been boarded up for 30 years, intent on recording the site before its redevelopment. Over a 10 day period they attempted to apply contemporary archeological recording practices onto the site- they began to scan and data capture with new vision technologies such as RTI. A space, burnt out by an electrical fire, became a carbon pad, a contemporary Cueva de las Manos of sorts