Conservatory Ian Bourn 1997 A HOUSEWATCH project

Ian Bourn, Lulu Quinn, George Saxon, Tony Sinden, John Smith, Stan Steele and Alison Winckle

Like their Paperhouse project in Japan, HOUSEWATCH constructed a portable ‘building' with an internal video projection system, this time designed to be sited in park or garden spaces in the UK.

Modelled on a free-standing Victorian design, the thirty foot long Conservatory enabled a repeating programme of twelve-screen works, by each of the artists, to be viewed by audiences walking around the entire structure.

Conservatory was first shown in Hoxton Square London and was commissioned for the opening of the Lux Centre.

(HOUSEWATCH, formed in 1985, are a group of artists who work using light, film, sound and performance to transform ordinary urban locations and situations into new and exciting venues for events)