Poppies

Having just completed my degree and moved back home, I took some time this weekend to explore exhibitions in the area. Perhaps it was my lack of local knowledge, but it seemed Cornwall had very little in the way of arty-goings-on compared with Bristol and Gloucestershire, which seems rife with creative ventures, opportunities and shows. I paused on my journey back from Bristol on Sunday to have a trigger-happy moment with a beautiful field of red poppies.

Contexture: Artists, Performers, Writers

Contexture is a coming together of various arts practitioners from different fields. The event was initially created to run parallel to the Dartington performance festival, with a focus on the work of contemporary fine art and writing students, but this year Contexture acts as a platform for interdisciplinary collaborations from both campuses, showcasing installations, video, performance, photography and sound works. The word ‘contexture’ refers to interweaving, and this is exactly how the Contexture exhibition works; interdisciplinary collaborations have been central to the event during its time at Dartington College of Arts, and continue with its first launch at University College Falmouth. Meanwhile the communal cafe space serving tea, coffee and cakes offers a relaxing place to digest and discuss the exhibition and the arts and experience readings, screenings, talks, performances and workshops.

Whilst Critical Arts Practices (CAP) work of Stage Three students forms the vast majority of work at Contexture, previous works and the work of Stage Two students are also given the chance to be re-installed/ performed.

Ceridwen Hazelchild

Ceridwen Hazelchild – Models From Childhood

Ceridwen Hazelchild – Models From Childhood

Ceridwen Hazelchild – Wanderlust

Martina Vermorel

Martina Vermorel – Atelier

Martina Vermorel - Atelier

Lawrence Leith

Lawrence Leith - Carvings, Banners and Fire Doors

Lawrence Leith - Carvings, Banners and Fire Doors

Jack Clayfield

Jack Clayfield - Sea Poem and Sea

Jack Clayfield - Sixteen Frequencies

Adam Thompson

Adam Thompson - His Masters Voice

Adam Thompson - filterPhone

Emma Louise Bass and Georg Klüver-Pfandtner

Emma Louise Bass and Georg Klüver-Pfandtner - You Have to Believe We Are Magic

  Mads Floor Andersen

Mads Floor Anderson - Dialogues

  Rebecca Ballard

Rebecca Ballard - Miss Smith

Marlena Baranik

Marlena Baranik - Handle With Care

 

Contexture Cafe

Contexture Organising

Things completed today:

1. Made a beautiful colour coded programme for Contexture
2. Printed a rather dull black and white version of this programme
3. Emailed colourful programme to all involved in Contexture so that they can correct errors
4. Corrected these errors
5. Was bossy: got Adam to nail wood together to make signs and made Adam to cut cardboard to cover the windows by the back entrance, so that Emma can decorate them with signage tomorrow
6. Stained wood for doll stands, and made holes in the wood for the wire
7. Scrabbled around and collected all the names of work and then printed off, mounted, and cut out labels for all the works
8. Set up camp bed and marked out where two of my pieces are going
9. Hunted artists for images of their previous works
10. Printed images of said works on A3 paper

Things that I did today which I said I would do tomorrow:

1. Moved some of the easels and boards into the cupboard into the life drawing room
2. Moved the chairs and sofa into the life drawing room
3. Generally made a mess of the life drawing room by trying to rearrange furniture by myself

 Things that were put off until tomorrow:

1. Sewing fabric pieces and scraps to make beautiful patchwork creations to decorate the cafe
2. Putting up A3 images of previous works

Things that I did today which I didn’t plan at all:

1. Cut my finger on a vicious easel
2. Washed clothes
3. Spoke to Paul White about photographing works and planned when was a good time for him to come

Things to do tomorrow before 3pm:

1. Finish tidying/cleaning/moving things in the life drawing room/cafe
2. Sew fabric pieces and scraps to make beautiful patchwork creations to decorate the cafe
3. Decorate the cafe
4. Buy some ribbon/ string to mark the path round the back
5. Put up this ribbon/string
6. Decorate/make signage
7. Put up signage
8. Set up work
9. Make doll stands
10. Steal a lovely rustic table from the workshop to put doll stands and dolls on
11. Put up A3 images of previous works
12. Put up labels
13. Print out a beautifully coloured programme on A3 paper

Reversing Strawberries

 

The Last Supper

The Last Supper

Rosehill Garden Studios, Woodlane Campus, University College Falmouth incorporating Dartington College of Arts

(poster by Ceridwen Hazelchild and Chas Valentine)

Childhood Field Studies