A delicate sight / [Sam Winston, Raymond Antrobus, Bernadine Evaristo, Don Paterson and Max Porter].

"Intrigued to find out what would happen to his creative practice if he chose to lead a 'life beyond the screen', in 2015 artist Sam Winston started making art in a blacked-out studio. He spent extended periods of time living and drawing in complete darkness, from seven days to a stretch of 30 days and nights in 2018. In total Winston has spent over 1,000 hours living and working without light, during which time he has created images, books and projects inspired by his experiences of sensory reduction. As part of his investigation into the creative potential of total darkness, Winston invited award-winning authors Bernardine Evaristo and Max Porter, and poets Don Paterson and Raymond Antrobus to experience the effects of time in the dark for themselves, encouraging them 'to do nothing, to literally stop, and give themselves the space and time to wind down, without an agenda, and just see what happens.' Each writer spent a period of time from a few hours to overnight alone and in the dark, and wrote an original text in response to the experience. These are collected in a limited-edition artist's book along with a pair of drawings Winston produced during and after his 30-day stint in the dark."--From Tate website https://www.tate.org.uk/whats-on/tate-britain/a-delicate-sight