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Exhibition
Urthworks by Ben Rivers
09 Nov 2019 – 09 Feb 2020
Hestercombe Gallery
Taunton, United Kingdom
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Urthworks: image courtesy of Ben Rivers and Kate MacGarry
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Urthworks: image courtesy of Ben Rivers and Kate MacGarry
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Urthworks: image courtesy of Ben Rivers and Kate MacGarry
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Urthworks: image courtesy of Ben Rivers and Kate MacGarry
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Urthworks: image courtesy of Ben Rivers and Kate MacGarry
Talk
Urthworks, an Exploration
2 Feb 2020
Regular hours
- Sun, 02 Feb
- 13:30 – 16:30
Cost of entry
Tickets £10, available from the Hestercombe website.
Address
- Hestercombe Gardens
- Cheddon Fitzpaine
- Taunton
Somerset - TA2 8LG
- United Kingdom
Travel Information
- Taunton bus station and then a taxi
- Taunton train sation, then a taxi
Event map
Marking the current exhibition at Hestercombe Gallery, this half day event will bring together the artist, the films’ writer, the show’s curators and invited guests to consider the themes raised by Ben Rivers‘ ambitious and deeply imagined works.
About
Urthworks, an Exploration: Ben Rivers, Mark von Schlegell and Sarah Shin with Josephine Lanyon and Tim Martin
Hosted by Gareth Evans
Marking the current exhibition at Hestercombe Gallery, this half day event will bring together the artist, the films’ writer, the show’s curators and invited guests to consider the themes raised by Ben Rivers‘ ambitious and deeply imagined works.
Beginning with a contextualising walk through the grounds, ongoing conversation will give the audience a number of relaxed opportunities to discuss the show in depth. Gareth Evans will host the event and contextualise Urthworks in current literature and film, while engaged publisher and event maker Sarah Shin will provide a response to the show from her own richly transformational perspective. Hestercombe Gallery Director Tim Martin will introduce us to the connections between the filmic landscapes and Somerset terrain. Urthworks curator Josephine Lanyon will consider the ways in which Rivers and the cave explorer Balch allow us to imagine the future of our planet by both voyaging back into history.
Crucially, exhibiting artist Ben Rivers and his collaborator, speculative fiction writer Mark Von Schlegell, will uncover the fascinating way they have developed complementary text and image narratives, weaving myth, scientific theory and contemporary debates on climate change into their provocative film trilogy.
Refreshments will be available.
Supported by Somerset Art Works, Somerset Film, Arts Council England, Hestercombe Gallery and the National Lottery Heritage Fund
