The Storm Cone is an immersive artwork that unearths lost bandstands and their buried past. Originally commissioned by University of Salford Art Collection and Metal, the lost bandstands of Peel Park, Salford and Chalkwell Park, Southend were The Storm Cone’s starting point.
Through newly commissioned music by composer Lucy Pankhurst, and eight interrelated sound works by Daly, The Storm Cone charts a story of loss, celebration, human strength and fragility. This autumn, The Storm Cone is transported to Blackpool as part of Grundy’s Lightpool presentation where it uncovers the site of one of the town’s own lost bandstands.
The Storm Cone combines Augmented Reality technology with the real world in a breath-taking experience. To access the artwork, audiences are invited to download The Storm Cone app onto any compatible hand-held device (mobile phone/tablet). The app guides users to a location on Blackpool’s North Promenade, opposite Blackpool Tower where a bandstand once stood. There, The Storm Cone will begin!
LAURA DALY is a multi-award-winning artist who creates site specific and site related artworks that range significantly in scale. She exhumes the past and teases out fragments of the forgotten using a variety of media, including sound, drawings, mapping, video and material objects. This archaeology of lost time is rooted in in-depth research, where evidence, trace or suggestion generate a haunted exposition of our surroundings. Local stories and people also contribute fusing together history, memory and myth.
Previous commissions and residencies include The Forest of Dean Sculpture Trust; Comma Press, Manchester; University of Salford Art Collection; Metal, Southend and ArtSway, New Forest. Exhibitions include The Storm Cone, Peel Park, Salford, Chalkwell Park Southend (Rediscovering Salford and Estuary 2021); You Belong Here (Salford Museum and Art Gallery, 2021); Agency (Eagle Gallery London, 2018); The Engine Room (Morley Gallery, London, 2017 & 2018); Overdue Synchronicity/Sincronicidad Vencida (La Tallera Gallery, Mexico and the Royal College of Art, London, 2013); Open Minds (ASC Gallery London, 2011)
