Lucy Devenish - Re-immersion: Baggy Point Caves
The caves under Baggy Point, Devon were initially explored in 2014. Experiences from this swim were made into a film. Excerpts are projected back into a pool of water in which the artist swam on a tether during isolation. This re-engagement offers a re-experiencing of the wild landscape, whilst the presence of the artist’s projected head allows the viewer, along with the artist, to follow her imaged figure backwards through time into a past encounter with the sea.
Lucy Devenish
Lucy’s practice is driven by coastal exploration. She sketches in the landscape and undertakes wild swims, filmed using a head camera. Each swim is an act of endurance: working becomes breathing, sweating and struggling. Her etchings stand as testimony to her explorations while her films allow the viewer proximate access to her immersive encounters. In isolation, she has set up a 10ft pool to swim in on a tether line, with her films projected back into the water. Memory and nostalgia are interrogated in a new way as she films a restrained re-living of a past experience. Lucy completed an MA at the City & Guilds of London Art School.