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Climate change exhibition to open at arts centre
12/04/2021 @ 12:10
A new installation focussing on 'bleached corals' will be placed on display at a local arts centre this week.
Local artist Glen Morris completed his sculpture over a year and it will now be displayed at the Mid Wales Arts Centre near Caersws from 15 April.
The installation is accompanied by a sound track of the corals. The sculpture is called Memorials to symbiosis.
It forms part of the 2021 Climate Change Exhibition opening 15th April 2021. Viewsings are by appointment Thursday to Sunday.
"In 2018, Glenn began work on a collaborative project with Professor Jörg Wiedenmann and Dr Cecilia D’Angelo from the Coral Reef Laboratory at the University of Southampton (National Oceanographic Centre). Twelve artists, of different disciplines, were involved with the remit of working with the scientists on the subject of bleached corals," said an art's centre statement.
Glen said: "An exhibition of the works by the artists and scientists was planned for 2020 but due to Covid it did not take place. I began working on ‘Memorials’ in early 2019, and the process of carving took up most of that year.
"A scientific viewpoint relating to the bleaching of corals was given by his colleagues Jörg and Cecilia, to whom I am immensely grateful for their help, advice and enthusiasm for the project. I believe that when science meets the arts, an energy occurs and the resulting outcome becomes more than the sum of its parts.
"The beauty of corals, whilst not visible to the majority of people in normal circumstances, is clear to see and wonderful in its own right, but deeper study and reflection reveal far more alarming concerns.
"The loss and decline of the species with which we share the planet, caused by human activities — in particular the manner in which society is organised, which puts growth and the pursuit of profit above all else — is happening slowly and inexorably. It is, perhaps, this lack of suddenness that does not shock us into rapid and effective action."
Local artist Glen Morris completed his sculpture over a year and it will now be displayed at the Mid Wales Arts Centre near Caersws from 15 April.The installation is accompanied by a sound track of the corals. The sculpture is called Memorials to symbiosis.
It forms part of the 2021 Climate Change Exhibition opening 15th April 2021. Viewsings are by appointment Thursday to Sunday.
"In 2018, Glenn began work on a collaborative project with Professor Jörg Wiedenmann and Dr Cecilia D’Angelo from the Coral Reef Laboratory at the University of Southampton (National Oceanographic Centre). Twelve artists, of different disciplines, were involved with the remit of working with the scientists on the subject of bleached corals," said an art's centre statement.
Glen said: "An exhibition of the works by the artists and scientists was planned for 2020 but due to Covid it did not take place. I began working on ‘Memorials’ in early 2019, and the process of carving took up most of that year.
"A scientific viewpoint relating to the bleaching of corals was given by his colleagues Jörg and Cecilia, to whom I am immensely grateful for their help, advice and enthusiasm for the project. I believe that when science meets the arts, an energy occurs and the resulting outcome becomes more than the sum of its parts.
"The beauty of corals, whilst not visible to the majority of people in normal circumstances, is clear to see and wonderful in its own right, but deeper study and reflection reveal far more alarming concerns.
"The loss and decline of the species with which we share the planet, caused by human activities — in particular the manner in which society is organised, which puts growth and the pursuit of profit above all else — is happening slowly and inexorably. It is, perhaps, this lack of suddenness that does not shock us into rapid and effective action."
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