Artist and researcher India Harvey explores how notions such as play can challenge perceptual and sensory hierarchies, opening up different ways of engaging with the world.
India Harvey is an artist and researcher whose work seeks to create spaces that enrich perceptual, cognitive and multi-sensory experiences of art by granting participants permission to interpret and understand on their own terms.
In this film, India introduces their practice, which challenges systems and sensory hierarchies through play, exploring how we may be able to relate to others through shared exposure to ‘unusual materiality’.
India often collaborates with others, working in interdisciplinary and cross-generational contexts. India’s previous work includes collaborations and commissions with artists and cultural centres such as the South London Gallery, Tate Modern, Camden Art Centre, Focal Point Gallery, Scottish Sculpture Workshop, MKAC and Sadler’s Wells; and Squish Space, co-created with Lisa Marie Bengtsson at the Barbican Centre.
More info on India’s work can be found at www.dontcomplain.co.uk.
This film is part of SHIFT, Freelands Foundation’s quarterly series of short films spotlighting varied practices, approaches and philosophies within art education.
Captions and editing: Sixbetween.
All audiovisual material and research is courtesy of the artist.