Spadge Hopkins was the lead creative for “Coda”, the permanent public art memorial to Syd Barrett of Pink Floyd at The Cambridge Corn Exchange in 2016. He saw the Calder exhibition at the Tate Modern during the period he was producing all the main ideas and themes for the piece. “Syd” was born the next day! 

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Following the creation of “Syd” and the successful unveiling of “Coda” Spadge was invited to put on a small show by the organiser. He met two delightful, creatives  whose spirit has been captured by “Dave”.

Raedwald attempts to convey the atavistic inspirations of Sutton Hoo the Anglo Saxon burial site overlooking the Deben Estuary in Suffolk.

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Part of the Sutton Hoo series produced during a Residency at Letheringham Lodge just a few miles south of the Saxon burial site in Suffolk and used there in a large video and projection instillation in January 2018. 800 x 600 x 300 mm

Produced in June 2018 during the Suffolk Open Studios season, Spadge expanded on the Sutton Hoo theme and increased the scale of his work in this medium.

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