Immersive art exhibition set to open at Waddesdon Manor

Four Seasons, running from March 27 to November 29, is the work of internationally renowned British artist Bruce Munro and marks the first UK father-daughter collaboration between Bruce and his daughter, Tink Munro.

The exhibition will launch in the newly refurbished Coach House at The Stables and will explore time and place through a series of new large-scale indoor installations.

Bruce Munro said: "It’s a great privilege to be exhibiting at Waddesdon again, especially as it’s my first collaboration with my youngest daughter Tink.

"Four Seasons conjures up many thoughts and emotions and it feels timely to seek inspiration, guidance and solace from nature.

"It is the beauty of the natural world as it morphs through time and space that captures my imagination."

Visitors can expect a multi-sensory experience combining projections, light, digital photography, and fabric art.

Tink Munro said: "Having visited Waddesdon on multiple occasions, I have always been struck by its beauty, from the architecture to the gardens – always an unforgettable experience.

"It is an honour to exhibit my latest artworks in such a space, alongside my dad, Bruce, who has been a constant source of inspiration to me.

"I am very much looking forward to presenting the work to the public."

The exhibition will feature a new interpretation of Munro’s 2016 work Four Seasons, a mandala of four-leaf forms that use animated threads of light to communicate the photosynthesis equation in Morse code.

Opposite her father's piece, Tink Munro will present 72 bark cloth filigrees arranged into a luminous, contemplative sculpture reflecting the hidden processes of growth that occur in the earth.

Bruce Munro will also debut a new audio-visual installation inspired by Vivaldi’s The Four Seasons, titled Eighty-Eight.

The artwork features four circles of 22 illuminated elements, each of which lights up in response to a specific piano key as it is played.

A photographic series, Time and Place, will take visitors on a visual journey through the seasons, drawing on Munro’s personal memories and global travels, including scenes from South African mountains, Devonshire coastal paths, Arizonian lakes, and Bruce’s snow-covered Wiltshire home.

Pippa Shirley, director of Waddesdon, said: "The natural world and the ceaseless rhythms of time and light have inspired artists for centuries and for Bruce Munro have been a continual source of creativity.

"Bruce’s chosen medium, light, is perhaps the most appropriate of all for his subject, since the seasons are governed by the sun."