True Places Don’t Map

April 6th, 2018 - April 28th, 2018

Strule Arts Centre | Omagh, Northern Ireland

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Strule Arts Centre Gallery, in Omagh, presents ‘True Places don’t Map’, an exhibition exploring the layered theme of memory and landscape as home, seen through the lenses of two contemporary artists: Bob Gallagher and Kikki Ghezzi.
Bob Gallagher’s video Shelter, created in collaboration with musician Stephen Tiernan (Participant), and played out through the microcosmic drama of two snails, is a piece about home as a nomadic construct formed through a relationship, and the fragile nature of taking refuge in the life of another.
A series of images in different formats narrate the dynamics of Kikki Ghezzi’s titanic effort CHI. CHI stems from the Cornish word for house: “Chi”, a theme quite familiar in Ghezzi’s poetics. In particular, CHI is connected to Cape Cornwall, where the artist chose to physically take care of an abandoned house, used in the past by miners to store explosives, wrapping it in blue fish net and fish rope. The artist has documented her experience in an intimate diary.
Strule Gallery is open Monday – Saturday, 10 am - 6pm. Admission is free.

 

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Title: True Places Don’t Map
Artists: Bob Gallagher & Kikki Ghezzi
Where: Strule Arts Centre Gallery, Townhall Square Omagh
When: 6 April – 28 April 2018
Opening: 5 April 2018 at 7 pm

Strule Arts Centre Gallery, in Omagh, presents ‘True Places don’t Map’, an exhibition exploring the layered theme of memory and landscape as home, seen through the lenses of two contemporary artists: Bob Gallagher and Kikki Ghezzi.

Bob Gallagher’s video Shelter, created in collaboration with musician Stephen Tiernan (Participant), and played out through the microcosmic drama of two snails, is a piece about home as a nomadic construct formed through a relationship, and the fragile nature of taking refuge in the life of another.

A series of images in different formats narrate the wave – like dynamics of Kikki Ghezzi’s titanic effort CHI. CHI stems from the Cornish word for house: “Chi”, a theme quite familiar in Ghezzi’s poetics. In particular, Chi is connected to Cape Cornwall, where the artist chose to physically take care of an abandoned house, used in the past by miners to store explosives, wrapping it in blue fish net and fish rope. The artist has documented her experience in an intimate diary.

‘Oh to Have a Little House’, created in response to the project CHI, is a piece devised as a result of attempting to reconstruct another artist’s experience. Through embracing artificial processes, it creates a manifestation of the desire for home through sonic sculpture. Presented as video piece, it captures the physical effects of the spoken word using cymatic technique to transform poetry into motion.