{"id":760,"date":"2016-08-29T21:59:17","date_gmt":"2016-08-29T20:59:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mikecollier.eu\/?p=760"},"modified":"2020-08-10T22:00:11","modified_gmt":"2020-08-10T21:00:11","slug":"bats-in-the-hayloft-at-dusk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mikecollier.co.uk\/index.php\/2016\/08\/29\/bats-in-the-hayloft-at-dusk\/","title":{"rendered":"Bats in the Hayloft at Dusk"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>27th &#8211; 29th August 2016<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For this exhibition of work in the stables at Cheeseburn Grange in 2016, I produced produced three large-scale prints, collectively called <strong><em>Bats in the Hayloft at Dusk; Cheeseburn. <\/em><\/strong>The work was developed to complement sound artist Chris Watson\u2019s installation in the hayloft above the stables (a recording of a colony of the Pipistrelle bats that roost there) and the poetry of Linda France.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"rl-gallery-container rl-loading\" id=\"rl-gallery-container-1\" data-gallery_id=\"764\"> <div class=\"rl-gallery rl-basicmasonry-gallery \" id=\"rl-gallery-1\" data-gallery_no=\"1\"> <div class=\"rl-gutter-sizer\"><\/div><div class=\"rl-grid-sizer\"><\/div> <div class=\"rl-gallery-item rl-gallery-item-width-4\" > <div class=\"rl-gallery-item-content\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/mikecollier.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/bat_feature.jpg\" title=\"\" data-rl_title=\"\" class=\"rl-gallery-link\" data-rl_caption=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mikecollier.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/bat_feature-297x300.jpg\" width=\"297\" height=\"300\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a> <\/div> <\/div> <div class=\"rl-gallery-item\" > <div class=\"rl-gallery-item-content\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/mikecollier.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/The_Mythology_of_Bats.png\" title=\"\" data-rl_title=\"\" class=\"rl-gallery-link\" data-rl_caption=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mikecollier.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/The_Mythology_of_Bats-300x300.png\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a> <\/div> <\/div> <div class=\"rl-gallery-item\" > <div class=\"rl-gallery-item-content\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/mikecollier.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Sonogram_of_Pipistrelle_maternity_roost.png\" title=\"\" data-rl_title=\"\" class=\"rl-gallery-link\" data-rl_caption=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mikecollier.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Sonogram_of_Pipistrelle_maternity_roost-300x300.png\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>As dusk falls you may be lucky enough to <strong>see<\/strong> bats, but you are unlikely to hear them as they emit a &#8216;chirp&#8217;, and listen to the echoes. From these echoes bats can build a rich &#8216;picture&#8217; of the world about them. Bats emit sounds at a higher pitch than we can hear; sounds which can be picked up by a bat detector. These sounds can then be rendered digitally to produce a sonogram \u2013 a visual representation of sounds at dusk made by the bats \u2013 ultrasonic sounds the naked ear can\u2019t hear.\u2019&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It is important that my work relates in some way to the environment around, or in, which it is shown. My practice links art, science and poetry; head and heart. We need this combination if we are to protect our world. In my experience I have found that many scientists (especially, but not exclusively, the natural historians I often work with) are inherently creative and have an intuitive understanding of the world that drives their science forward\u2019.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>My work simply values and celebrates nature for what it is. I am not interested in re-framing the arguments around nature conservation, climate change and pollution by stressing only the value of what nature can do for us; that it is worthy of protection only when it performs a service for us; that it is replaceable. The strongest arguments that opponents of this economic rationalism can deploy are arguments based on an emotional understanding of, and a simple love of, nature (of our world in all its bio and cultural diversity).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>27th &#8211; 29th August 2016 For this exhibition of work in the stables at Cheeseburn Grange in 2016, I produced produced three large-scale prints, collectively called Bats in&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":761,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"image","meta":{"footnotes":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/mikecollier.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/bat_feature.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mikecollier.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/760"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mikecollier.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mikecollier.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mikecollier.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mikecollier.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=760"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mikecollier.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/760\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":765,"href":"https:\/\/mikecollier.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/760\/revisions\/765"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mikecollier.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/761"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mikecollier.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=760"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mikecollier.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=760"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mikecollier.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=760"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}