I am delighted to share our poster for our upcoming exhibition. Our preview evening and opening event is on Friday 5th April at 6 to 8pm. To give us an idea of numbers we are asking all those that intend coming along to the PV evening to register on the Eventbrite site. scan the QR code to take you to the eventbrite site or click on the link.
Location - Boathouse 5, Portsmouth Naval Historic Dockyard, PO1 3LJ
Entry is free, just come along to the Dockyard via the Victory Gate entrance. During the week of the exhibition. One of us will be there each day to greet visitors.
Day time opening times - 11- 4.
Spatial Fragments is a location-specific project that seeks to record and respond to research into the existing architectural features, artefacts and archives linked to Storehouse 9, an historic building in the heart of Portsmouth Naval Dockyard.
Working with combinations of printmaking, drawing, sculpture, book art and installation Fine Artists Pippa Charlesworth and Sally Tyrie and Architect Deniz Beck have been making work that reimagines and reinterprets the discoveries they have made from their repeat visits. The resulting work and installations seek to convey a personal interpretation of a sense of place. A collaborative celebration of the building, its history and the ways in which art can capture and preserve the essence of a place.
An authentic, personal and beautiful reimagining that observes and celebrates their fascination with the space. A homage and visual reminder of the beauty of imperfection and decay.
About my work for the Exhibition;
For Spatial Fragments I was inspired by the experience of spending time in the fascinating abandoned spaces of Storehouse 9 at the Portsmouth Naval Historic Dockyard. Opened in 1782 this building has an industrious past, once housing essential provisions and supplies for the naval vessels that docked along the wharf. Evidence of its role, sometimes subtle, can be seen on every pillar, windowsill and littered across its floor. The historical and actual exist alongside each other.
My research, both visual and historical, has taken me on a journey with mixed media printmaking, translating my findings into book making, fabric printing and photography. They reveal discoveries from the archives and overlap this with the question of why we are drawn to derelict decaying spaces. What is it about ruins that attracts our attention?
The resulting work seeks to make visible the time spent in these quiet captivating spaces. To tell a story that interweaves material and process with ideas of absence and presence, darkness and light.
