SEAWEED IN THE FRUIT LOCKER – RHYS MORGAN
SEAWEED IN THE FRUIT LOCKER – RHYS MORGAN
Performance
VENUE
1. Dawe’s Twineworks, West Coker
Sun 28 May, 12pm Lunchtime
Seaweed in the Fruit Locker is an LGBTQIA+ sea shanty choir formed by artist Rhys Morgan, exploring queer motifs within seafaring history and collective performance in marginalised communities through the tradition of shanty singing. The choir have used their lived experience to rework existing shanties and inspire new ones, continuing the tradition of these hybrid folk songs being adapted time and again through generations and across cultures.
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Rhys Morgan is an artist and producer. His work often explores ideas around information and power structures and how these interact with queer life.
MARCIA TEUSINK
MARCIA TEUSINK
Flo(ra)tilla: A Natural and Not Very Natural History
Multi-media installation
VENUE
1. Dawe’s Twineworks, West Coker
Fri 26 – Sun 28 May, 10am – 5:30pm
Workshop – Drawing from and with plants
Sat 27, 11am – 12pm
Booking Required £5
and
Sun 28, 2pm – 3pm
Booking Required £5
Plant Exchange
Fri 26 – Sun 28, 10.30am – 5.30pm
FREE No Booking Required
An installation exploring plants on the move. Plants and trees made huge historic sailing journeys possible, and voyages around the globe led to the unprecedented movement of plants. In its production of flax twine, for the sail cloth industries, Dawe’s Twineworks played its part in this story.
At the beginning of the festival there will be a procession of Marcia’s works from OSR Projects to their final setting at Dawe’s Twineworks. The procession will set out at 10.30am. FREE – no need to book.
Work by Marcia is also on show at OSR Projects, and she has organised a plant exchange and two drawing workshops. See events for booking details.
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Marcia Teusink’s work explores climate change, collapsing environments and regrowth through painting, sculpture, video, printmaking and mixed media. Her recent projects look at the historical movement of plants – both the wonder of the range of plant species in the world and the problematic ecological effects of their unnatural redistribution.
STINE GONSHOLT AND ÅSE LØVGREN
STINE GONSHOLT AND ÅSE LØVGREN
THE VALLEY
Film
Film duration: 20 mins
VENUE
1. Dawe’s Twineworks, West Coker
Fri 26 – Sun 28 May, 10am – 5:30pm
A film essay that uses Dale, a small place on the west coast of Norway, as a prism to look at global changes related to production and economy. The main industry in Dale was a textile factory, but production has moved to Pakistan, and the factory building now houses a server farm mining bitcoin. Labour forces are in flux as industry moves to lower -cost places, water runs through pipelines
to provide electricity, and data flows
through cables, adding to financial profits and speculation: capital is global and in constant motion.
ABOUT THE ARTISTS
Stine Gonsholt and Åse Løvgren are artists and filmmakers living and working in Norway. They have collaborated since 2017, exploring the effects of global changes on local landscapes. Their work focuses on transitions related to production and technology, and how such processes leave their mark on the environment and alter our understanding of a place.
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WILL CRUICKSHANK
WILL CRUICKSHANK
METHODS 2016 - 2023
Film
Duration: 7mins 15secs
VENUE
1. Dawe’s Twineworks, West Coker
Fri 26 – Sun 28 May, 10am – 5:30pm
The process of making is fundamentally important to Will Cruickshank’s sculptural works. He devises his own complex, makeshift machines by repurposing parts from old cement mixers, bicycles, chainsaws and potters’ wheels. Most often these machines spool, wind, bind and overlay layers of yarn, in a way reminiscent of traditional industries like twine making, but here employed in the creation of objects with a primarily aesthetic and symbolic purpose.
You can also see sculptures made by Will Cruickshank at The Cemetery Chapel, East Coker.
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Will Cruickshank has a multidisciplinary practice which often places an importance on colour, pattern and symmetry, whilst appearing to be connected to something unknown and sacred. His work is grounded in learning by doing, and thinking through making.
CAITLIN AKERS
CAITLIN AKERS
TWISTING HEADS
Workshop and publication
VENUE
1. Dawe’s Twineworks, West Coker
Sat 27 May, 2 – 4.30pm
Book binding workshop – £5 booking required
Participate in a special bookbinding workshop at Dawe’s Twineworks or pick up a copy of Caitlin’s newly commissioned book.
Spooling, twisting, braiding, twine walk, rope walk, twisting heads, fast and loose – the process and machinery used in traditional twine making has a unique language that evokes movement. Taking this as a starting point Caitlin’s workshops will provide an opportunity to learn and enjoy slow and productive movement, and to reflect on the industrial history of the Twineworks whilst making. Her book invites its readers to follow a series of simple exercises in movement, twisting and twine walking.
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Caitlin Akers works across artist’ books, printmaking and installation exploring place, history, poetry and language. Her work often involves workshops in hand made processes, inviting participants to learn new skills together to foster community, agency and conversation through making.