One Island - Many Visions
Collaboration with Royal Society of Sculptors members & PSQT. Artists’ research leading to exhibition symposium & community events.
The title of the show reflects the unique nature of Portland and its ability to engage diverse responses by artists to its landscape and features.
Artworks reflect the wider context of Tout Quarry Sculpture Park and Nature Reserve, physically and dynamically through concepts including sound, movement, poetry and performance. Some are site specific installations, as well as traditional methods of making using casting, carving and assemblage. The quarry environment naturally displays change through flora and fauna, and weather patterns that gauge what survives and what is in decline. The quarry acts as a barometer for these climate changes.
The project has received generous support from PSQT, The Arts Society Wessex Area, Bath University, Dorset Dry Stone Walling Association, & Albion Stone plc. Artists will be holding community workshops, performances and collaborative events. The symposium features among others David Buckland, Founder/Director of Cape Farewell project on Climate Change.
Date(s): 6 Sept-31 Oct. PV: 6 Sept 6-9pm. Symposium:Sat 27/Sun 28 Sept (Free. Book: kateparsonssculpture@gmail.com). Other Events: see Instagram @oneislandmanyvisions & www.learningstone.org
Open times: Drill Hall Gallery, Thurs-Sun weekly 11-4. Tout Quarry Sculpture Park & Nature Reserve open daily.
