Andy Cluer: Moorland

16 May-7 Jun 2025

PV 15 May 2025, 6-9pm

Overview

'Moorland is an exhibition featuring audio works and sound drawings that document 
my compositions of various moorlands. These works explore the similarities and 
blurred boundaries between familiar landscapes and new environments, providing a 
reflective examination of how sound and abstraction convey the essence of place.

“Most often, our perception […] is not sustained, but rather partial, 
fragmentary, mixed with other concerns. Nearly every sense is in operation, 
and the image is the composite of them all.”
–Kevin Lynch, 1960

Having grown up on the edge of Dartmoor, moorlands has always been part of the 
everyday—a backdrop so familiar it risks becoming invisible. When a landscape 
becomes routine, a certain dampening of perception can occur; wonder gives way to 
habit, and both the subtle and the vast often go unnoticed. A recent trip to Iceland 
shifted this perspective, providing a new way of perceiving the landscape.'

Andy Cluer (b. Torbay, 1992) is a Devon based visual artist working in sound, 
sculpture and drawing. His practice explores the relationship between environments 
and the human experience. Often working in spaces of isolation he studies the 
parallels between our auditory and visual awareness. Cluer graduated with a 
Bachelor’s Degree in Fine Art, Critical and Curatorial Practice from Arts University 
Plymouth in 2015 and a Master’s Degree in Contemporary Art Practice from the 
University of Plymouth in 2020. Andy has exhibited in both national and international
exhibitions. He has also completed residencies at Spike Island & KARST. He 
currently runs and produces the exhibition programme at MIRROR Gallery, 
Plymouth