(locations – the Welcome Entrance & In The Woods)

Caroline Wright is interested in the nature of control, communication and power in human interaction, exploring the way we create habits, rites and communal actions. She works in a multi-disciplinary way, responding to sites and audiences and often incorporating performative actions to express her ideas. In 2003 Wright received an Artsadmin bursary. Her work has been shown in Japan, Ireland, Germany, Holland and the USA and widely across the UK 

Untitled (believe) is a neon installation based on the four principles of the Japanese tea ceremony. In the 21st century, much of the urban Japanese culture is shifting as it absorbs and adopts western ways and young people challenge age-old boundaries. The ancient Japanese tea ceremony is in danger of dying out, as young people choose not to learn how to host a tea ceremony, an undertaking that can take over ten years. In the tea ceremony, which is influenced by Taoism and Zen Buddhism, powdered green tea, or matcha, is traditionally prepared and served to others in the ‘way of tea’. Each of the four principles of tea - Harmony, Respect, Tranquility and Purity  - underlines the different ritualistic elements of the formal procedure. Untitled (believe) proclaims the four principles of a now dying tradition in today’s visual language of the young. The vividness of the message delivered by the bright green neon asks the audience to consider the influence of western life and consumerism and instead think of traditional ways, heritage and the principles of life