6 June - 30 June
The Garden of Delights on Earth is an Arts Council England-funded group exhibition that invites viewers to imagine a sustainable future through the power of art. The exhibition features 19 women and non-binary artists whose work addresses the need for action during the current climate crisis. Bringing together artists who work with live performance, film, print, textile, sculpture and installation, the artworks on show offer a feminist perspective in which, to tackle environmental sustainability in this Anthropocene era.
Opening night performance
PLANKTON – Portia Yuran Li Performance – 7pm
The performance will involve Portia and dancer Erin, interpreting post-choreography dance.
The exhibition features 19 women and non-binary artists whose work addresses conversations and need for action in the climate crisis.
Henrietta Armstrong
Cecilia Bengolea
Xenia Bond
Lottie McCarthy
Jane Hoodless
Sae Yeoun Hwang
Jane Hoodless
Linda Pearl Izan
Seulgi Lee Kang
Lana Locke
Hannah Lees
Portia Yuran Li
Martha Orbach
Raksha Patel
Divya Sharma
Sophie de Stempel
Tatiana de Stempel
Faye Wei Wei
Diyou Yu
The exhibition has a series of workshops including; art, gardening, food, storytelling and making a documentary film.
This public programme explores the ways in which material culture and collective expression intersect, inviting participants to make and create artworks on-site, for example, there will be ‘still life’ sculpture using food donated by farmers. We will be exploring where food comes from, and what might we feel about the scarcity of resources as the climate changes.
The exhibited artworks explore ecosystems in practical, material and visual practices, through things that are familiar and haptic, such as cotton, earth and food.
How collective pleasure, desire and joy —our emotions and senses — play a critical role in our resistance against climate change
WORKSHOPS – JUNE
SATURDAY 8th 1- 4 pm Making a Food Sculpture & Filming Workshop XENIA BOND, FAYE WEI WEI & KATE McDONOUGH
SUNDAY 9th 1 – 4 pm ‘Art and Environment’ Workshop MARTHA ORBACH & KATE McDONOUGH
SATURDAY 15th 1 – 4 pm ‘Storytelling in the Pantomime Tradition’ MISS CANDY FLOSS
SUNDAY 16th 2 – 4 pm ‘Climate Change Talk & Singing’ HENRIETTA ARMSTRONG, ISABEL DE VASCONCELLOS & JESS GOLD
SATURDAY 22nd 1 – 4 pm ‘Making a Den’ LOTTIE McCARTHY
SATURDAY 29th 2- 4 pm Film screening KATE McDONOUGH’s film ‘Message Of The Forest’ + Plant and Food Exchange Workshop
To book places
www.eventbrite.com
The Garden of Delights on Earth
Curated by
TATIANA DE STEMPEL
46 - 48 Ashfield Street
London
E1 2AJ
Opening Reception: Thursday, 6th June, 6 – 9 pm
