Haarlem Artspace, Wirksworth
Part two: to rest amongst the blades
Part two: to rest amongst the blades
with abi charlesworth
Curated by Thomas Griffiths
Responding to a body of ongoing text, poetically exploring notions of depression via traces in the body through landscape and archaeology. A realisation of a journey emerges out of a crevasse where planes of memories, objects and emotions are passed through.
Sedimentary layers unfold a personal narrative, encoded with fossils and absent figures. Ceramic and cast fragments hold the petrified remains of object encounters. Artificial fossils show a preoccupation with a dystopian future, concerned with a debris ridden landscape where items hold no value. Charlesworth is asking what physical traces will we leave behind and what traces we leave on each other. Abstracted archaeological aids are used to hold excavated sculptures, pulled from her inner depths.
The exhibition will evolve across two sites, GLOAM and Haarlem Artspace, as the installation draws from a body of research that is constantly changing and responding to the environment it finds itself within. Acting as echoes— similar yet distinct they are formed by the landscape that shapes them. In moments of stillness where the echo can settle and resound. An outlet to a constant pulse within the work. GLOAM’s industrial past will evoke a darker element from research that is reflected in the install. Ambient light casts shadows as the dust settles. The second installation at Haarlem Artspace negotiates the work through a lighter lens, emphasising the preoccupation with landscape, sedimentary layers, and fossils.
Curated by Thomas Griffiths
Responding to a body of ongoing text, poetically exploring notions of depression via traces in the body through landscape and archaeology. A realisation of a journey emerges out of a crevasse where planes of memories, objects and emotions are passed through.
Sedimentary layers unfold a personal narrative, encoded with fossils and absent figures. Ceramic and cast fragments hold the petrified remains of object encounters. Artificial fossils show a preoccupation with a dystopian future, concerned with a debris ridden landscape where items hold no value. Charlesworth is asking what physical traces will we leave behind and what traces we leave on each other. Abstracted archaeological aids are used to hold excavated sculptures, pulled from her inner depths.
The exhibition will evolve across two sites, GLOAM and Haarlem Artspace, as the installation draws from a body of research that is constantly changing and responding to the environment it finds itself within. Acting as echoes— similar yet distinct they are formed by the landscape that shapes them. In moments of stillness where the echo can settle and resound. An outlet to a constant pulse within the work. GLOAM’s industrial past will evoke a darker element from research that is reflected in the install. Ambient light casts shadows as the dust settles. The second installation at Haarlem Artspace negotiates the work through a lighter lens, emphasising the preoccupation with landscape, sedimentary layers, and fossils.
With special thanks and supported by::
Haarlem Artspace
Kristian Day
Playing Fields
The Visual Artist and Craft Maker Awards (VACMA)
Henry Moore Grants
Sheffield City Council
Henry Moore Grants
Sheffield City Council
