Exhibition

Jonathan Baldock 'Facecrime'

13 Mar 2020 – 1 Nov 2020

Regular hours

Friday
11:00 – 17:00
Saturday
11:00 – 17:00
Sunday
11:00 – 17:00
Tuesday
11:00 – 17:00
Wednesday
11:00 – 17:00
Thursday
11:00 – 17:00

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Bluecoat

Liverpool, United Kingdom

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Originally inspired by cuneiform-inscribed clay tablets - an early system of writing dating from 2500BC – Baldock's Facecrime explores the potential of clay to create communication tools that still connect with us today.

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We are delighted to welcome back Jonathan Baldock, Freelands Foundation artist in residence at Bluecoat January 2018, for his solo exhibition, Facecrime.

The main installation contains a landscape of ceramic columns inspired by cuneiform-inscribed tablets - an early system of writing - dating from 2500BC. Baldock’s version presents an alternative history of clay as a tool of communication; his ceramic columns feature expressive faces, emoji symbols and make audible groans, whistles and chuckles through concealed speakers. The columns are also adorned with weaving, basketry and glass drawn from different eras of labour, folklore and storytelling like an archeological find from a parallel universe.

The exhibition title itself is inspired by Orwell’s dystopian novel, 1984 - a facecrime being an “unconscious look of anxiety, a habit of muttering to yourself” suggesting that there was something to hide. Facecrime was commissioned by Camden Arts Centre through the Freelands Lomax Ceramics Fellowship.

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