Abstract/Summary

Solid on Our Source Planet includes work by a group of artists who took part in a recent Escalator residential retreat at Wysing: Annabelle Craven-Jones, Mat Do, Clare Gasson, Claire Hope, Glen Jamieson, Kit Poulson, Kari Rittenbach, Florian Roithmayr and Alan Stanners. The exhibiting artists initially came to our rural site during the retreat which was developed in collaboration with artist Mark Titchner, to explore ideas on the subject of ‘the self’. The title, Solid on Our Source Planet stems from a line in the poem Only Alive Now by the Reiki Master Joy Magezis, who came on the retreat to provide reiki sessions with the artists. Subsequently, the artists have formed an informal, evolving collective. In this exhibition, works by the individual artists, in a range of media including sculpture, moving image and painting, will be presented in a context of discussion and reflection alongside documentary material of the group’s activities and future plans.