Lindsey Vigurs
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The Midnight Moth
My recent Kickstarter campaign to raise £5000 in pre-orders of my new magical mortality picturebook.
The Midnight Moth is a luminous allegory about fear, loss and finding light in the darkness. It is a story for everybody; children, families and the scared part in all of us. The book also contains an interactive resource for gently starting conversations around mortality and life cycles.
It’s Okay to Decay
September 2022, six months after my dad died, I was commissioned by B Arts to be their Blank Space Artist in Residence and create a public art installation in Stoke. I used this moment in space and time to create a temporary large-scale artwork which would commemorate and celebrate my dad, Peter, in his adopted home of Stoke on Trent.
This video documents the installation and metamorphosis of the memorial during its month-long lifespan.
Wish
2023 public art commission at the Portland Inn Project in Stoke on Trent. I constructed a ‘fairy ring’ of tree stumps and ceramic fungi in their secret garden; a hidden oasis in the midst of an inner city neighbourhood.
Constructed with help from the local residents, I ran several workshops in the community to make ceramic fungi as well as teaching how to grow real mushrooms at home and in gardens, with support from Stockport Fungi.
All The Better To Scare You With
My undergraduate thesis became a puppet film, All The Better To Scare You With, in 2001. Exploring the connections between horror, the horrific and the horrified, through the lens of Freudian analysis. Written, constructed and directed by me, performed by myself and my dad.
Mortal Portals
2025 public art installation and residency at the 01625 Gallery in Macclesfield. The gallery consists of two listed red telephone boxes. My four month long exhibition coincided with UK Grief Awareness week in November. As well as an illustrated A to Z installation of creative approaches to grief, I installed a Telephone of the Wind which was open to the public. A wind phone is a disconnected vintage rotary telephone, inviting people to have a one way conversation with someone who is missed and loved.
