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Rebecca Mahay presents After Sorrow, Joy
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Exhibition
After Sorrow, Joy
22 Feb 2019 – 23 Feb 2019
Event times
Friday 22nd February 6pm-9pm and Saturday 23rd February 2pm-5pm.
Cost of entry
Free
Address
- 21 Clifton street
- Chapel Ash
- Wolverhampton
West Midlands - WV3 0TZ
- United Kingdom
Travel Information
- 3/4/10/1 from main bus station
- Wolverhampton station and a 10-15 minute walk to chapel Ash or Number 3/4/10/1 from the main Bus station
Rebecca Mahay's first solo show brings her visual and performance art to Asylum Gallery, Wolverhampton. An installation featuring moving image, soundscape, clay and found objects. Rebecca will perform a live Wild Rani soundpiece at 8pm on Friday.
About
"Life sometimes presents traumas. I have experienced one of these last year, a real life nightmare. My younger brother died suddenly. It is inevitable as an artist that I would draw from that experience to share something with the world.
What I have found is that these events can bring with them very sudden agitations that break the inertia of the simplest, everyday activities. It's a ripple effect. It rips open and exposes everything you thought you knew, from how you get out of bed in the morning to what food you enjoy the most (you might still enjoy it, but you'll also cry). This presents an interesting challenge: learning how to live all over again.
There's a constant renegotiation of your life forcing you to confront your life in a new way, and search for new meaning, contentment, and enjoyment in the aftermath. A change, whether it was planned by you or not, can do some serious good."
Drawing on trauma as a form of convalescence, this show presents a personal process of joy.
Rebecca will perform a live Wild Rani soundpiece at 8pm on Friday.
rebeccamahay.com
