Eloise Moody and Vicky Long: How wrong are we likely to have been?
A postal conversation exploring measurement and accuracy.
“How wrong are we likely to have been?” Vicky Long and Eloise Moody came across this question at the National Physics Laboratory, Teddington, during their Cultural Reforesting research residency in 2021.
For this exhibition, the pair have explored a new way of working together: a ‘Postal Conversation’. Each made an artwork in response to the question and posted it to the other. They continued to make artworks and post them with written correspondence up to the opening of Cultural Reforesting. Artworks were made quickly, in response to what was received and always in the context of the question.
Woven into this fresh work is their research into measurement and accuracy, supported by the National Physics Laboratory. Their exploration of Orleans House, its grounds and the Richmond Borough Art Collection is present, and the exchange also connects to their wider, individual practices.
Vicky and Eloise see this work as an ongoing dialogue, with a research question that, in some way, involves us all. There is the opportunity to join the conversation, by following the artworks through the gallery to Study Room on the upper floor.
About Vicky Long and Eloise Moody
Vicky Long and Eloise Moody first worked together when they created ‘Colourfield’for Kew Wakehurst in 2018. This was a participatory work, commissioned by Shrinking Space and Kew Gardens, sponsored by Winsor & Newton. ‘Colourfield’ was also part of Remember the Future at Orleans House Gallery in 2020.
Following this, Vicky and Eloise took up a research residency at Orleans House as well as leading Let’s Get Creative workshops on site.
Their individual practices feed into the work they make jointly.
Vicky Long’s practice is concerned with people and place, and the dynamic of that relationship over time. Projects often explore systems and structures that underpin daily life, as well as the lively interplay between rational and instinctive behaviours. She has created multi-disciplinary projects for organisations including Eden Project, Cape Farewell, Stories of Change & AHRC, Falling Tree & BBC Radio 4, TFL & the Boroughs of Lambeth & Wandsworth, Vauxhall BID, Art Night, Ranan & Pickle Factory, Live & Breathe Clean Air Campaign, Visit her website at www.studiolong.co.uk.
Eloise Moody is a multi–disciplinary artist/maker. Her work investigates time, memory, absence and belonging through socially engaged practice. Working with specific groups of people; from security guards and nuns to archaeologists and physicists, she helps to uncover and document moments of beauty, translating them into finely made artworks that often go back into the public realm. She has worked with BBC Radio 4, The Museum of London, Kettle’s Yard, Metal, the Art Lending Library, UCL, The London Wetland Centre and the Pitt Rivers Museum amongst others. She has received ACE Funding for multiple projects. Visit her website at eloisemoody.com.