Sounds & Shapes 17.07.21–01.08.21

17.07.21 – 01.08.21 | Weekends, 11.00–17.00 or by appt.

This summer we have been invited by Matchett & Page to participate in the Sounds & Shapes exhibition alongside other two artists, Disinformation and Lucy or Robert. The exhibition takes place across the site of Shatwell Farm and shows different approaches to using geometric languages.

As part of the exhibition we are showing our new piece Formation 2, a courtyard that responds to the space bounded by the Drawing Matter archive building, the silos and the Atcost barn. The design of the courtyard is influenced by the colour and geometry of Soviet constructivist artist Liubov Popova, and uses triangle-based seating and paving first developed for our Courtyard Constellation public art project in Southampton.

Also showing in the exhibition is an immersive sound installation by Disinformation, installed in one of the disused grain silos. The work, titled Closed Circuit (2021), transforms the silo from a relic of Shatwell Farm’s productive past – it was built when the site was an operating dairy farm – into what the artist describes as a ‘strange laboratory’ within which visitors experience sound as it resonates the space and through the sensations of touching the vibrating walls.

The interest in geometric languages and colour continues into the Haybarn gallery space with a series of experimental silkscreen prints, Silk Shapes (2021) by Lucy or Robert. The series follows their current preoccupations with the geometry and heraldry of racing silks and the 1928 Irish Free state coin designs championed by W. B. Yeats.

The opening day of the exhibition (Saturday 17 July) coincides with the Shatwell Farm Open Day. If you plan to visit the exhibition on this day, please book a ticket through Eventbrite.

Information about visiting, including COVID-19 precautions can be found on the Mattchett & Page website.

Other events happening during the exhibition
‘Healing: Tea, Sound & Landscape’
Sunday 25 July, 12.30pm – 3pm / 3.30pm – 6pm

Comins Tea will be hosting two sessions in which attendees are invited to take tea in the landscape of Shatwell Farm. Each session lasts for 3.5 hours and includes a number of teas to try, gyoza and a cake platter, with the option to also purchase a handmade tea set by potter Seong Il Hong.
Find full details and register here.