It’s a bright summer Saturday in the old Cornish mining town of Redruth. White clouds are scudding picturesquely over Carn Brea, the hilltop monument that looms above town, but Liam Jolly has no time to admire the view.
“It’s manic!” says the artist, as he ducks into the darkness of Auction House, his tiny, ramshackle gallery just off the high street. Inside, it’s humming with activity. Amplifiers and mixing desks are stacked along the walls. Gallerygoers in headphones are bobbing their heads. Projections dance across the walls, showing distorted fractals, psychedelic Cornish landscapes and street signs that have taken on animated lives of their own. Ambient bleeps and drones drift on to the street, causing shoppers to stop. Bemused, they peer inside to determine the source of the noise.
