Atmosphere of Mona
by Matthew Shaw
“In this stunning meditative piece of prose poetry, intertwined with beautiful black and white photographs, Matthew Shaw explores the relationship between self and space, effortlessly weaving profound explorations of nature, time, history, spirituality, myth and growth in his ode to the annual cycle of seasons.“ Annwyn House.
Published by Annwyn House (Link in bio)
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On May 1st we are galloping to @field.system for an exhibition of dreams.
There will be new work / dreams from Lally MacBeth, Penny MacBeth and Matthew Shaw.
I’ve always believed in dreaming and for years have been explored how dreams can feed into my visual art practice in strange and wonderful ways. Many years ago, Matthew met a man who told him he had dreamed another’s dream at the top of Silbury Hill. Dreams roam the ancient landscape, they pour from the earth and interweave with the stones. Penny, Lally and Matthew set out to explore ways of tapping into other realms and ways of being. Travelling to the centre of the ancient landscape and examining its portals from miz mazes in Winchester to holed stones in Cornwall. Along the way they discovered strange characters and creatures. These ancient landscapes and beings have inspired a series of mixed media works including collages, paintings, music, costumes and photography that come together to form a dreamscape of someone else’s making. Perhaps it is yours? Perhaps it is the person standing behind you? Perhaps it’s from the future? Or the very ancient past. There is no way of knowing.
Lally MacBeth, Matthew Shaw and Penny MacBeth are artists working in Cornwall. Penny makes music and costumes for the progressive morris side The WAD. Lally and Matthew co-founded Stone Club, a club for stone enthusiasts.
Private view 5pm on May 1st, join us for high jinks and an evening of music from Craven and a film from @the.stone.club (you can nab tickets for that bit via Field System!)
A tremendous weekend in Sheffield for @gettogetherfest
Great music talks and vibes. Here’s to next year!
Thanks to Carl and Sophie from @realmagicbooks for the invite
A momentous evening at @roughtradeeast with The Standing Stones @towerblock1@jem.finer featuring @ionazajac & @daraghlvnch
The first live performance in 50,000 years by the Stones which emanated Twa Sisters into the cosmos followed by a playback of the record.
We screened three films documenting the Gurdy Stone, the Hurdy Stone and the new groundbreaking Lunatroronix technology.
We finished off the evening with an attempted explanation of what on earth all of this is about. Did things become any clearer? Only deep time will tell.
Fast becoming the Hay-on-Wye of Devon is Totnes!
Here’s Graeme from the brilliant @fluxbookshop holding a copy of Ancient Times @the.stone.club and The Lost Folk by @lallymacbeth
Flux has an incredible selection of books / zines and pamphlets. Expertly curated and a joy to visit.
Totnes vibes with the added bonus of seeing Rupert @driftrecordshop@lallymacbeth also arranged a candle on a cake at @bullinn_totnes to finish up a delicious meal and a wonderful day
