It’s been a challenging start to the year; personally and collectively. And as I embarked on the Argo Art Residency in Athens, returning to my Greek roots, I was forced to face loss on multiple levels and I was reminded of a Greek expression : Όταν η ζωή βαραίνει, δεν σταματάς - χορεύεις - ‘When life grows heavy, you don’t stop - you dance’.
As Nikos Kazantzakis wrote through Zorba, when the knot inside becomes too tight for words… you dance until it loosens. Η ζωή είναι δύσκολη, μα η ψυχή χορεύει. Life is difficult, but the soul dances.
And another Greek line I love: Να χορεύεις στο χείλος της αβύσσου.
Dance on the edge of the abyss.
So here’s to moving through the uncertainty we are all facing, with tenderness to self & others; facing the daily challenges & remembering to laugh; letting the body speak where words fall short, and trusting that creativity finds its way through.
Thank you to Argos Arts & to all my fellow luminary artists @ornat_lempert@maemougin_artworld@hugh_greasley@bobisman1202@argo_annex
Thank you Susanne for the filming 😘
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Artists Residency in Athens to study “Tamas” in pencil, plaster & wax to cast in glass. Thank You @argo_annex and The Royal College of Art @rcaceramicandglassalumni for this magical opportunity to be in Greece 🇬🇷
Decided to take a time lapse showing the long and tedious process of glueing all of these stamps together as a way to remove my phone as a distraction, but then lost about two and a half hours of the best glueing footage from the middle of these two clips cos my phone ran out of storage … tears were shed 🤕 and now my fingers are glued together
Optical Experiments with light continued….winter sunlight reflected off glass captured & speeded up throughout the day revealing the underlying Geometry of Light ✨✨✨#natasharedina #stainedglass #rca #glass #light
Just over a month has passed since the inaugural Liminal Matters Exhibition in East London. Here are some more memories of our exhibiting artists' work.
Clockwise from top-left.
@andiehaycock abstract sculpture use innovative sledging techniques to create works that reframe Brutalism's relationship with nature.
@nikki.holy pushes the limits of what is possible with plaster forms that defy gravity and teeter on the edge of stability.
@annabutlerceramics vessels that fuse poetry, film and ceramics together with vessels that nod to the past while looking to the future.
@z.i.x.u.a.n.zhang 3D printed works that juxtapose the ancient and bodily to the contemporary and technological.
More memories from the Liminal Matters Exhibition held last month in East London.
Some installation shots from some of our exhibiting artists. Clockwise from top-left.
@justray_0421 colossal hand-built ceramic structures that transport you to a dream-like world.
@aescala glass sculptures that explore the quantum realm.
@dean.hollowood sculptures that push the idea balance to its extreme.
@annamatthew.art domestic design that invites introspection to discover a new form of communication.
Continuing our look back at the Liminal Matters Exhibition.
Here's a few installation shots from some of our artists.
Clockwise from top-left
@emma_sproat - captures medieval sacred architecture in the process of collapse.
@miyukiguo - colourful cast glass sculptures that lead into hidden worlds.
@harshenadesign - the embodiment of digital corruption in 3D printed vessels.
@ceramicsbyzoescutts - archives recent obsolescence through the voids left by gadgets.
Remembering the Liminal Matters Exhibition.
Our first collective exhibition was such a great experience, from setting up the space to clearing it all away.
We're so thankful that so many people came to see and support us.
Here's a few installation shots from some of our artists.
Clockwise from top-left
@maemougin_art - detail of cast glass shell in blue and gold.
@leahsbrainpain - section of contemporary reworking of traditional encaustic tile floor in red and white Earthenware.
@jota.zone - reimagining of heavily degraded classical Greek statues in ceramic and silicone.
@kurtlyons.studio - abstract/landscape hybrids of photography and painting.
Exhibition is now open. Join us tomorrow from 3pm for an Artist Panel Talk featuring 5 collective artists:
Anthony Scala @aescala
jota @jota.zone
Leah Jelf @leahsbrainpain
Miyuki Guo @miyukiguo
Zixuan Zhang @z.i.x.u.a.n.zhang
And special guest artist @geraldine.hudson_
Geraldine Hudson is an interdisciplinary British artist and curator based between Stockholm and London. Geraldine participates specifically at the intersections of site, material/ecological realignment and otherness regarding the relationships between magic/folklore/myth, the female body and our more than human world. Her work includes performance, ceramics, film and artist books.
Curator Gillian McIver @the_art_traveller will be moderating.
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Tomorrow!
Join us for the opening of the Liminal Matters Exhibition from 2pm, with opening evening drinks from 6pm.
This exhibition is the first for our collective and we've put everything into making it the best showcase of contemporary art, craft and design possible.
18 collective artists and 3 guest artists will take you on a voyage that transcends material, method and concept. From a medieval tiled floor to 3D printed vessels, this exhibition includes painting, photography, sculpture, ceramics and glass.
Massive thanks to @iconoclast.tv for hosting this event.
Free entry, open to all.
Friday 2-9pm
Saturday 10am-6pm
Sunday 10am-2pm
Woodseer St Gallery,
25 Woodseer St
London
E1 5HA
(just off Brick Lane).
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