SENSE OF WORTH /

CLAYHEAD @ WINKHILL MILL 

In the month leading up to the exhibition, o ur residency at Winkhill Mill provides and exciting period of exploration and discovery. Spending time investigating the plethora of visual stimuli, this opportunity will propel our practices into different avenues, and encourage the generation of new work through various materials and processes of making.  Considering the significance of worth in readymade, consumer goods - often valueless and obsolescent in their existence -  the traditional methods of manufacturing at the mill may generate an interesting interaction within my practice and comment on the infusion of value through labour and authenticity.  ~ Fearn

Approaching a Situational Exhibition  - CLAYHEAD @ Winkhill Mill  CLAYHEAD - Winkhill Mill, Swan Street, Stoke. December 2017 Following conversations around the logistics of myself and Fearn's semi-residency/exhibition, set to take place between 22nd - 25th February. Thoughts are heading towards our approach to the nature of site-responsive work.  Questioning ourselves around how we bring our artistic ambition to transform a small quaint location into something reflective of our individual arts practices is a positive starting point. Akin to blurring the lines between a residency and a formal exhibition; we must think about how we also challenge the boundaries between our studio practice and the area the mill is situated in.  In my current studio practice. Exploring the significance of non-places  with video. They look at how in certain places, as beings, we are anonymous. Yet with an intimate gaze , value and significance is created...

VISUAL ART EXHIBITION Co-curated by Amy Foster & Fearn Hepden OPENING NIGHT: Friday 23rd February - 7pm - 10pm  EXHIBITION CONTINUES: Saturday 24th February & Sunday 25th February 11am - 5pm  Amy explores the significance of human experience in spaces. Working with digitally manipulated film and ethereal print, the work captures the ephemeral and embodies a sense of meaning associated with place.  Fearn investigates the value associated with found objects, their social significance and functional importance.  By rebuilding the original object, the work generates new meaning and re-imagines its worth. The work generated at Winkhill Mill will combine opposing material practices in response to significance and meaning within the context of industry and community.