Following on from the residency with GroundWork gallery this summer, I’ll be contributing to the ‘Ground Up’ Conference at Thoresby College on Friday 15th & Saturday 16th November 2024. My presentation will be on the 16th in Session 3: Above and Beneath the surface – nature, observation, protection.  The Conference runs alongside the first Ground Up exhibition presenting work created by artists participating in this year’s residency. I’m very pleased to be showing 3 pieces. Ground Up opened on Oct 12th and runs until Dec 14th. Scroll down to see the poster for details.

Below is a horsetail plant, proliferating on the Norfolk wetland where I was staying. It was the starting point for one of my pieces in the exhibition – and will be the starting point of my presentation on Saturday.

As explained on the gallery website, ‘Over the last year more than 20 artists have been working together with GroundWork Gallery and partners, and with all kinds of other collaborations, sharing expertise. The Ground Up Conference, is broadly about extraction – of any material taken out of the earth, for any reason. Extraction has underpinned our summer residencies for four years now. During the 2024 season, we explored the subject together in so many ways, with artists focusing on extraction issues by visiting river, coastal and inland landscapes. This conference will focus mainly on land and is the first of two, the next one will be in summer 2025, when we will focus more on the coastline and shore.

Further information about the event is on the GroundWork website. If you are in the area and would like to come, tickets are still available on Eventbrite.

 

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