The Grundy Art Gallery’s annual communities and schools exhibition has this year invited artist, Kai-Oi Jay Yung to create Amongst Dark Trees, A Clearing.
This new commission includes a series of videos, drawings, a sound responsive light installation and hand-sewn crafted works created through Yung’s engagement with schools, communities and the wider public, including those locally in Blackpool. Stories of an excessive compulsive ex-hoarder, a meditation savant, an antagonistic stand up comedian and insights from trauma psychologists are reframed into four video narratives. The gallery is interspersed with intimate personal tasks which ask the viewer to manipulate sound-light works with their own inner thoughts and emotions, transforming Grundy into an interactive site for the viewer.
You can take part from Saturday when the exhibition opens to the public and the artist will be present.
As the Grundy publicity puts it:
This exhibition progresses the artist’s ongoing exploration of blockages within the individual and collective psychological and physiological experience of identity.
Yung is an interdisciplinary artist with recent residencies in China, a solo show at Cornerhouse, Manchester, and works included in the Liverpool Biennial 2012.
The exhibition will be accompanied by an artist-devised programme of performances and panel discussions, public workshops, articles and engagement opportunities with families and schools. Check the Grundy website for more details.
“Amongst Dark Trees, A Clearing” runs from 19 January 2013 to 9 March 2013 at The Grundy Art Gallery. For more information visit The Grundy Art Gallery’s website at www.grundyartgallery.com or like them on Facebook.
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