Trespass
Venue: Newark Works, 2 Foundry Ln, Bath BA2 3DZ
Open 11am to 6pm 27 May to 10 June / 11am to 3pm on Sun 11 June
Fully accessible, see map for full details.
Behind the walls and fences of private land lies the truth - enclosure of common land, exploitation of resources and dispossession of people and public rights in exchange for profit.*
The exploitation and enclosure have included not only land, but the bodies and cultures of human beings in England and stolen territories of the British Empire; especially the working class, women, Gypsy, Romany & Traveller [GRT] communities and enslaved/descendants of enslaved people. If we could reclaim land for common use how would it affect our combined future as humanity?
If we could reclaim our bodies what would it mean to us? Is the invention of land ownership the route of racial & social inequality and the climate crisis?
What does trespass mean to you?
*Paraphrased from The Book of Trespass: Crossing the Lines that Divide Us by Nick Hayes
Exhibiting Artists:
ARWEN STICKLAND, DEBORAH WEYMOUNT, FRED FABRE, GEMMA MOORE, GRACE PURRINGTON, HELEN DEWHURST, ILSA EFFORD, JENNY MARSH, KATIE CHENNELS, KIM DE PAOLIS, LINDA PEARL IZAN, LUCY HU, MARKO DUTKA, MATTHEW CALLEWAY, PHILIP FORD, SIMBAH PILÉ, SIMONE ASIA, STACEY POTTINGER, SUE REDDISH, TAMMY WOODROW.
Co-curated by Stacey Pottinger and Simbah Pilé
Simbah Pilé is a contemporary Barbadian artist living and working in the UK. She graduated from Barbados Community College with a Fine Art Degree in 2009 and she curated her first exhibition in 2011 focusing on Contemporary Illustrations in Barbados. Later that year she represented the Caribbean and in the Wasanii International Artist Workshop “In Conversation”. Her work includes painting, murals, collages, drawing, mixed media, printmaking, video, illustrations, and digital art. She has exhibited in Africa, Europe and the Caribbean.
Stacey Pottinger is a spoken word & page poet and an accidental visual artist who lives in a small village in the North East Somerset Coalfields. She graduated with a first-class degree in Film and Drama from University of Reading in 2001 with a focus on political, feminist and physical theatre. Her work explores contemporary politics, social inequality, motherhood and mental illness.
Exhibiting Artists:
Arwen Stickland, Becky Morris Knight, Deborah Weymont, Fred Fabre, Gemma Moore, Grace Purrington, Helen Dewhurst, Ilso Efford, Jenny Marsh, Katie Chennels, Kim De Paolis, Lee Schott, Linda Pearl Izan, Liquid Artists Group: Beth Barlow and Simon Kennedy, Lucy Hu, Marko Dutka, Matthew Calleway, Philip Ford, Simone Asia, Sue Reddish, Tammy Woodrow.
