Tessa Lynch @ Spike Island, Bristol

Tessa Lynch works predominantly with sculpture and performance. Her works develop from her interest in the emotional impact of the built environment and from her quest for the existence of a female flâneur. Lynch often embarks on periods of active research that see her walking through the city streets in the company of chosen collaborators, often writers who she interviews while walking. These wanderings around the city are later transformed into sculptural installations reminiscent of her experience of the urban landscape. For her exhibition at Spike Island, Lynch will create a site-specific sculptural installation that moves at varying paces throughout the space, questioning the emotional qualities of the gallery’s architecture.