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Golden Thread Gallery: Sandra Johnston - The Shadow of a Doubt - 13 Dec 2012 to 2 Feb 2013 Current Exhibition |
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Sandra Johnston
The Shadow of a Doubt 13 December 2012 - 2 February 2013 |
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The Shadow of a Doubt Sandra Johnston 13 December 2012 - 2 February 2013 In law the term “the shadow of a doubt’ relates to the act of judgement. The vagueness of this definition renders it uncommonly used because it has come to be regarded as an unprovable, or impossibly nuanced degree beyond which guilt or innocence can be established. The term also holds a certain poetical, visual dimension, it suggests in the mind’s eye spatial properties attached to an abstract idea that an ethical question could be sufficiently tangible to exist in three dimensions traceable from different perspectives. Since graduating in1992 Sandra Johnston has worked in a variety of art forms, most notably in performance art, which has been the cornerstone of her practice. For this exhibition at Golden Thread Gallery she will be assembling a series of installations in various mediums, reflecting the breadth of artistic processes that underpin her practice and exploring some of the more hidden aspects of the inherent performativity of the work. Activities such as drawing, writing, filming and photography have on an ongoing basis enriched the performance works by offering diverse means of observing, reflecting and responding to the specifics of place and circumstances. Drawing in particular is used by the artist as a means to work at the physical limits of the body, but also as a way to concentrate and animate inner intimate spaces, the barely perceptible distances and mechanisms through which the body notates its ongoing present state. Grasping these inner changes relates to processes of developing meaningful movement and gesture in performative actions, conveying outwardly a truth found in the body accessible only through concentrated distillation. Additionally, a consistent feature of Johnston’s performance work has been the use of available or discarded materials and objects found directly in the location of the actions. The appropriation of everyday or even abject objects, involves a degree of transformation, but yet also a respect for their impermanence and particularity: how the touch of an object emits numerous responses in the nervous system evoking sensations and memories. Johnston’s work aims to reveal something of the engrained history of objects, how they resonate from habitual use and can potentially stimulate numerous responses. Johnston’s artworks have consistently explored strategies of ambiguity, counter narratives and marginality through actions that entail a restrained questioning of the place of objects and the place of a person in the world. Her artworks aim to navigate the permeable, the concrete, the defined and the spectral, how one becomes used to gathering from the corner of an eye seemingly peripheral evidences of our place among other beings and structures. Exhibition Opens 13th December 2012 at 6pm – 8pm and runs until the 2nd of February 2013 Project Space GladiARTors Clodagh Lavelle and Rachael Campbell Palmer 6 - 20 December 2012 Fierce fighters will feud in rigorous rounds of competition bouts to determine the best Artist in Belfast. No Artistic Experience necessary: Just the heart of a lion, the desire to win and the fight within. Opponents will go head – head with each other, wearing helmets adorned with Soft Sculptures representing different Art-Forms and Art objects. The role of the GladiARTor is to protect that object from being knocked off and thus being defeated by their opponent. The GladiARTor who can keep their Artform attached to their helmet through out all of the bouts will be crowned the best Artist in Belfast in a beautifully ludicrous ceremonial fashion. Do you have a burning fire? Torturing your very soul? Are you willing to fight for Art? Are you willing to gain control? You’ve got to move with the speed of lightning, You must not fall apart! Step up now warrior Face to Face In the name of ART. So If you have some moves to barter And you know you’re not a weak non-starter Fancy yourself as Hero Martyr? Then you could be a GladiARTor! Clodagh Lavelle was born in Mayo, Ireland in 1980. She has received a B.A Hons Degree in Fine Art from D.I.T, Dublin, Ireland (2003) and a Post Graduate Degree from the University of Ulster, Belfast (2007). She lives and works in Belfast and has exhibited at venues in Taiwan, Mississippi, Berlin, London, Glasgow, London, Dublin, Venice and Belfast. Lavelle works in a variety of medium including performance, video, sculpture, painting and drawing, her most recent works being comprised of large textile sculptures with an interactive element. Rachael Campbell-Palmer is a visual artist from Belfast. She studied her BA Hons in Fine and Applied Art (2005) and Masters of Fine Art (2007) at the University of Ulster, Belfast. Rachael’s practice often manifests as sculptures, installations and drawings inspired by material exploration, and organic and urban formations, structures and patterns. She is actively involved in the community arts sector coordinating and facilitating a wide range of multidisciplinary community engaged projects. Rachael is a member of Platform Arts Belfast and has recently been living and exhibiting in Vancouver BC, Canada. |
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