The Hills are Alive (2009) – Kate Stobbart Art

Allenheads Contemporary Arts, Northumberland

https://www.acart.org.uk/exploringnostalgia

Exploring Nostalgia Group Exhibition: Carole Luby, Sophie Michael, Claire Rowlands, Kate Stobbart, Stephen Walker, Andrew Wilson. Curated by Hannah Marsden.

When walking in the countryside around Allenheads I found a farm fence with thirty eight dead moles hanging from it. I decided to make the moles some dresses and clothe them. I also displayed the words once upon a time written in the grass, using old sheets. My final piece was “Blue Jacket with Brass buttons” – a bespoke blue cotton jacket to dress a dead rabbit.

Photo of seven dead moles hanging from a barbed wire fence. There is a meadow of yellow flowers behind. All the moles are dressed in crinoline type dresses that have been made for them. — Moles in dresses – Photo: K Stobbart

Close-up photo of two dead moles, strung from their snouts on a barbed wire fence. Their flesh is decaying. The moles have been clothed in blue and white floral dresses. — Two clothed moles – Photo K Stobbart

Photo showing face on view of three dead, decaying moles strung up on a barbed wire fence. Their front paws are held out in a crucifix position. Each mole has been clothed in a blue and white floral dress. Being them the sky is bright blue, with lots of billowing white clouds.

Dead moles, cotton dresses – Photo: K Stobbart

Close up of a dead mole, strung up from a barbed wire fence by its snout. The mole is dressed in a blue and white dress - which echoes the blue sky and white clouds behind it. The moles white teeth are clenched tightly shut. — Close up of single mole – Photo: K Stobbart

Three dead, decaying moles, all dressed in blue and white cotton dresses, strung up on a barbed wire fence. Flower meadow and bright blue sky behind. — Close up of dressed dead moles – Photo: K Stobbart

Wide photo shot of woodland and a flower meadow. There is a barbed wire fence in front of the meadow...there are 36 dead moles hanging from this. — Whole group of moles found hanging on the fence

Photo of some stone houses next to a grassy field. The field is green with lots of buttercups in it. Old pieces of linen laid in the meadow spell out "Once Upon A Time" — *Once upon at time* – Photo: K Stobbart

Photo of a dead rabbit lying on green grass next to some pine cones. The rabbit has been clothed in a blue jacket with brass buttons. — *Blue Jacket with brass buttons* Cotton jacket, brass buttons, dead rabbit – Photo: K Stobbart