Ashes Withyman – Blocked Arch, Deferred Ceremony, Dawn Chorus, Tra-diddle da. Like a fly in slow suspense, APRIL 4–JUNE 7, 2014
Ashes Withyman Blocked Arch, Deferred Ceremony, Dawn Chorus, Tra-diddle da. Like a fly in slow suspense April 4–June 7, 2014
Glasgow Sculpture Studios, Glasgow, UK
Glasgow Sculpture Studios announces an exhibition of new work by Ashes Withyman in three parts.
Intro: street-found plastic bag curtain hangs over gallery entrance
Part one: two thresholds are blocked forcing the natural flow of things to be radically altered—one made from wood that has been submerged in the canal for one hundred and fifty years and one made from historical Scottish bricks.
Also: animal food pigment pillars
Part two: a ceremony waiting to take place composed of a series of hand-made instruments, an effigy, garlands and other items to be used sometime in the future.
Also: a series of clay-head funeral vessels made from unfired clay dug up from the local claypits.
Part three: a musical composition comprised of noises made by numerous domesticated animals, to be played out over quite a few minutes, a number of hours, several days and some weeks, in accordance with the perceived human understanding of animal time.
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Epilogue: a limited edition record will be produced after this exhibition ends.
