Wicked Game by Lindsey Mendick

A short documentary that follows artist Lindsey Mendick as she creates her latest installation for English Heritage at Kenilworth Castle.

Lindsey Mendick is an acclaimed British artist known for her multimedia installations that transform personal and historical stories into larger-than-life sculptures and installations filled with humour, horror, and feminist revisionism.

Mendick’s sculptural installation subverts the cryptic performances presented to Elizabeth I during her Kenilworth visit, including the Station of Sibilla, where ten prophetesses declared her fate to her. The installation brings together a group of Sibyls (among them women from Greek mythology, and Elizabeth’s mother Anne Boleyn), to issue warnings to Elizabeth that reference the power struggles and battles of wits of the Tudor court.

Mendick’s artwork for Kenilworth Castle and Elizabethan Gardens builds upon her 2022 exhibition at Carl Freedman Gallery, Off With Her Head. This exhibition took the story of Anne Boleyn, Elizabeth I’s mother, as a starting point to explore the vilification of powerful women throughout history, from Medusa and Lady Jane Grey to Meghan Markle and Janet Jackson. In Lindsey’s work she weaves seemingly unrelated threads together to broaden our understanding of women’s history.

1x 7 min documentary film (16.9)

1x 90 sec social edit (4.5 + 9.16)

Credit

Artist - Lindsey Mendick

Director / DP / Editor - Dan Watts

Drone Op - Dan Watts

Client - English Heritage

Location - Margate and Kenilworth Castle