![]() Mackenzie depicts the dust itself imprinted onto a cotton sheet donated by the church organists’ widow. Through artistic, scientific and theological search for meaning amongst existence, Mackenzie’s work is an exploration of the human psyche. It was the human aspects of the organ’s legacy that steered the course of this project. Mackenzie’s studies into the field of psychology have fundamentally shaped her artistic practice. Upon completing her studies, Mackenzie exhibited at Synthesis, Manchester Science Festival, and received the New Graduate Award for her installation, ‘ Life Support (2013)’ an “elaborate play on the relationship between art and science”. “I couldn’t help but imagine the community it gathered, its rich history and legacy, I didn’t want to see it let go.”īorn in Edinburgh, Louise studied psychology at Strathclyde University, before working in business for some time and then enrolling at Newcastle University as a Fine Artist. “ It was really its beauty, the aged wood and settled dust, which initially attracted me to the organ…” reveals Louise, after we leave the studio. The discarded fragments of a one hundred and four year old Methodist organ occupy the studio of Louise Mackenzie, deconstructed, dissected and soon to be transformed. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Ahead of her first solo show at Holy Biscuit Gallery, artist Louise Mackenzie talks to David Meadows about sound, sculpture and social media ![]()
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