​The Artists

藝術家

A contemporary painter, Ruth also works on projects connecting people and location through place-making. She is interested in the palimpsest, layers of history in the landscape and exploring these threads to reveal rich cultural connections.

Stuart is a sound recordist , artist and musician who is inspired by location and the people, experiences and objects he encounters there. In particular he is interested in sounds that are associated with place, overlooked and overheard noises of the everyday and highlighting the auditory as a defining factor in how we experience a particular environment. 

作為一名當代畫家，露絲還致力於通過場地製作將人與地點聯繫起來的項目。 她對palimpsest，景觀層面的歷史感興趣，並探索這些線索，以揭示豐富的文化聯繫。

斯图尔特 是一位聲音錄音師，藝術家和音樂家，他的靈感來自於他在那裡遇到的位置和人物，經歷和物品。 特別是他對與日常生活，被忽視和無意中聽到的噪音相關的聲音感興趣，並將聽覺強調為我們如何體驗特定環境的決定性因素。

The Journey

旅程

The journey has already begun in Sudbury, Suffolk where there are four working silk mills dating back to 1740. The artists visited Gainsborough Silk Weaving Company to collect images and sounds of the processes used there in silk manufacture. They will continue to collect information on the silk industry in Suffolk and Essex in preparation for their trips to China.

In October 2018 Ruth and Stuart are undertaking a research trip to China to look in to the origins of silk in the east, it's use as a material, trading routes, contemporary sericulture and to establish links with project partners (see red placemarks on map below).

In 2019 they plan to make a journey from China to Europe overland, looking at the current state of silk on the Silk Road, its manufacture, history and assessing it continuing cultural significance. They will also collecting samples and artefacts, making a travelogue and linking with partners in different countries regions in preparation for exhibitions in the China and UK in 2020.

這一旅程已經在薩福克郡的薩德伯里開始，那裡有四家可以追溯到1740年的絲綢廠。藝術家們參觀了Gainsborough絲綢織造公司，收集絲綢製造過程中所用工藝的圖像和聲音。他們將繼續收集有關薩福克和埃塞克斯絲綢業的信息，為他們的中國之旅做準備。

2018年10月，露絲和斯圖亞特正在中國進行一次研究之旅，以了解東部絲綢的起源，它作為材料，貿易路線，當代養蠶業的使用，並與項目合作夥伴建立聯繫（見下面地圖上的紅色地標） ）。

2019年，他們計劃從中國到歐洲陸路旅行，觀察絲綢之路上絲綢的現狀，製造，歷史和評估其持續的文化意義。他們還將收集樣本和文物，製作旅行者並與不同國家的合作夥伴建立聯繫，為2020年中國和英國的展覽做準備。