TALK: Art, Place and the Ancients: Remaking the past with artist Robin Sullivan
Saturday 2nd May, 11:00, Ashburton Arts Centre
Making megaliths from scratch is a wonderous thing. Even more so when these are bringing people together today just as they did in the past. Robin Sullivan, one of the most innovative artists working with place and pre-history anywhere, will be talking about his new additions to the megalithic landscape of Britain as a fantastic late addition to the Festival line up.
Robin works with clay and other materials to make deeply personal and engaging social artworks that bridge sculpture and performance including spectacular open air ceramic firings. Recent works include a major new public art commission for Newquay making 3 new megaliths in bronze from over 400 casts of places around the town that people there feel are special. The hope is that these will become new meeting places and sites of community. Proudly queer and very open about his bi-polar disorder they bring new perspectives to ancient ideas. Robin has also previously worked on Dartmoor, recreating Iron Age ceramics as part of an archaeological dig at Hembury.
Robin will be in conversation with Dr Alex Murdin, an environmental artist and producer, also working with ideas of how to connect personally and socially to landscapes of stone.
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Images: courtesy the artist