Plastic Matter is now online HERE.
Plastic Matter opened last Tuesday at the University of Hertfordshire in Hatfield. Humans Make Plastic and Hertford Union & Coast have been included in this exhibition that shines a light on plastic. The exhibiting artists explore plastic and ways to use it. I believe that plastic is a valuable material which is misused and change needs to be made on an individual and global level. It was interesting to hear the other artists talk, as we all seem to share this opinion and be expressing it in different visual styles.
The exhibition runs until April 18th.
Humans Make Plastic, 2018, installed in the window of the gallery.
Here I am below a rainbow and Humans Make Plastic happy that this natural colour dash graced the opening.
Plastic Matter opening reception.
Hertford Union & Ocean and Humans Make Plastic in Plastic Matter.
This text is taken form UH’s website, click HERE for more.
Seyi Adelekun, Maria Arceo, Camilla Brendon, Hilary Jack, David Kefford, Steve McPherson, Jill Townsley and Daniel Webb
Hertford Union & Ocean, found plastic and donated rope and hose pipe, 2019.
We encounter plastic in our everyday actions; we buy it, use it, throw it away when we are done, we touch it as we type on our phones, travel in our cars, open pre-packaged food. Plastic is synonymous with modern life and an increasingly contentious issue.
Plastic is essential to important industries and key to convenience. Yet plastic consumption and pollution, particularly in our oceans, is an increasingly critical subject matter.
Rather than concentrating on the dichotomies of this disparate, unresolved and complex issue, the exhibition gathers a mix of tales of plastic –
as inspiration, material, resource and waste.
Artists in Plastic Matter explore different aspects to plastic’s story; its potential to become something more treasured, its availability and its hasty disposal. Through their work, the artists imbue new worth and meaning to the material, and ask us to consider its role and future in contemporary society.
Opening Reception: Tuesday 25 Feb, 16:00 - 18:00 All Welcome
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My upcoming workshop will be held in the gallery space on March 10th. The workshop is free, booking is essential. Read the UH article HERE.
Join exhibiting artist Camilla Brendon to create something special from used plastic.
A visual arts workshop with artist Camilla Brendon who works with bold colour, striking forms and found, foraged or donated plastic.
Humans Make Plastic II is the latest workshop in the Humans Make Plastic series. Participants are asked to bring something made of plastic that they often throw away at home or at work. In groups, workshop attendees present their pieces of plastic then go onto make a group sculpture or mobile out of their plastic and other plastic supplied by the artist.
The workshop is designed as a platform to open up dialogue around our use of plastic and throwaway culture. Mindful conversation and experimentation are encouraged, rather than focusing on an end result. After the workshop Brendon will create Humans Make Plastic II, an artwork that incorporates the smaller pieces made by each group.
Camilla is one of the exhibiting artists in the Plastic Matter exhibition, she is exhibiting works from her ongoing project, Coast (2017-20) which explores oceans and waterways in an attempt to improve ocean literacy and spark dialogue around wider marine issues in the global community. Coast combines art, activism, science and education to produce interdisciplinary work in which Brendon has collaborated with marine biologists, plastics researchers and water maintenance groups.
Humans Make Plastic I, 2018.