Rural Voices – from Depmore to Shocklach

2011

This project explores women in a rural setting, looking at their unique histories and relationship to their environment. It gives voice to women who are often the invisible members of farming communities.

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Rural Voices - collaboration with chefs

2011

To mark the end of the project Chester chef, Gary Usher, was invited to deliver masterclasses using produce from the women's farms at his restaurant the Sticky Walnut. This was the first opportunity for the women to meet together and to see the Rural Voices films.

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PRIVATE VIEWS MADE PUBLIC

2010 - 2011

Patricia MacKinnon-Day has created time-lapse films that invite you as the viewer to share a unique viewpoint and moments of contemplation as they look out across six spectacular landscapes along mid-Cheshire’s Sandstone Ridge that roll through night and day, season through season.

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Trail Blazing - An Act to Follow

2010

An Act to Follow is an exploration of Bracknell through moving image

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BACK BITTERN STREET PROJECT

2007-2008

Mackinnon-Day and Carpenter collaboration

Back Bittern Street is home to a housing complex in the heart of Liverpool City Centre adjacent to the Metropolitan Cathedral and the new Art and Design Academy.

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Open House

2006

‘Open House’ was realised as a full scale representation of a flat in one of the nearby tower blocks as a temporary installation in the Gardens.

Artists Patricia MacKinnon Day and Beverly Carpenter worked together in Stevenage as part of a creative consultation project with a community in advance of a major regeneration scheme.

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ARBURY PARK

2005-2008

Shared Vision - Making the Visible Invisible

In 2005 Patricia was appointed as lead artist at the early stage of an infrastructure development process. This was seen as an important factor in the development of ‘an attractive, vibrant, and contemporary new neighbourhood’ and her role was also to find imaginative ways of involving other artists in this process.

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MARKING TIME

2003-2005

Installations within St Catherine’s Almshouses

Patricia MacKinnon-Day was commissioned to create a permanent installation on the site of the historically important Almshouses in Catherine Street. Constructed in 1450, the Almhouses had recently undergone structural repair and enhancements following an initiative by Land Securities, Exeter City Council and English Heritage to create an improved setting for one of Exeter’s most historic landmarks.

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