At Galon y Gwir / (To the) Heart of The Matter is guided by a tactile interrogation of the material lives of the ecosystems we inhabit, share, and carry within us. This major exhibition represents both the culmination of five years’ evolution in the artist’s practice – a period marked by new motherhood and intensified ecological grief – and the instigation of a new, site-responsive inquiry. Works in sculpture, moving image and painting emphasise patterns of hybridity and gestation across materials and media, connecting the intimacy of bodily processes with a deep attunement to environmental loss and longing, informed by research into ecofeminist theory. The works further demonstrate an interest in signals and communication, and in the knowledge-giving capacities of more-than-human life-worlds. 

 

Central to this exhibition is the recurring presence of salt - a material that has long featured in her practice. Salt, at once organic and symbolic, holds the power to preserve, heal, and transform. This new body of work draws on local histories of salt smuggling, law-breaking, and the secret networks and hidden caves once used for storing salt. These stories form a visual language of hidden networks and quiet acts of resistance. Through this process, the artist reveals her ongoing interest in the ways materials and forms can communicate with each other, highlighting the deep interconnection between our bodies and the environment.

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With very special thanks to Plas Glyn y Weddw.

Funded by Arts Council Wales, Pervasive Media Studio + Halen Mon

Supported by Bangor University, Aberystwyth University, studioMADE

Photos ©Rob Battersby