Without Borders / Elysium & 1SSUE

Without Borders / Elysium & 1SSUE

17 May 2021, Posted by kate_mercer in Exhibitions, Out & About, Wales, Work in progress
Kate Mercer - Without Borders (Blowing in the wind) 2021 https://1ssue-project.tumblr.com/ Mixed media - Watercolours, Graphite, Foil, Polyester Cotton and Paper Collage on Card (42 cm x 29.7 cm)
Kate Mercer – Without Borders (Blowing in the wind) 2021

Later this year – I’d say month, but with our recent spate of lockdowns – I’m thrilled to confirm I will be sharing work as part of Without Borders at Elysium Gallery in Swansea.

Without Borders is an evolving digital project and physical exhibition aimed at bringing together communities and artists from around the world. Without Borders seeks to remove barriers, create alliances, and connect with neighbours. It aims to bring artists together from around the world, to collaborate in an international touring exhibition of works on paper – a collection of artists pages.

Special thanks to Marega Palser of Artists Own Risk for the invitation to take part.

At the end of the exhibition at Elysium Gallery in Swansea, the pages will be bound together to make a book and taken to another venue to be taken apart, displayed, and then reassembled before moving again to its next location. The project will also be globally accessible via an e-catalogue. Artworks will then be permanently bound together to create one unique artist book, to be housed in a special collection’s library which will be announced at a later date.

I will share details of the show (when, where, how to get there etc) as they become available. Hope to see you there!

TTFN – K x

About the project

Curated by Jonathan Powell, Elysium gallery Director and Heather Parnell, co-editor of 1SSUE artist books. The project salutes the diversity of creativity, showcasing the work of all participating artists democratically, in a format that is portable and accessible. The ‘Artists Book’ serves as the vessel and sets the parameters into the exploration of the notion of Borders.

The term Border describes literal or invisible lines: edges that separate and divide, that contain and limit. Without Borders is particularly evocative and redolent in these current times. Ever- quickening, reactive politics results in some borders hardening, whilst others dissolve. The divide between rich and poor appears to be widening. Physical, geographical, and social borders, together with the fragile, permeable border between life and death have also been highlighted by the recent pandemic.

About 1SSUE artist books

These began in Cardiff in 2002, initiated by Richard Cox. 1SSUE is now co-edited by Richard, Heather Parnell, Hilary Wagstaff and Phil Mead. Each 1SSUE is a generous collaboration between artists resulting in unique, imaginative and diverse, experimental, and playful pages, often breaking with book and page conventions. More than 100 artists have taken part in 1SSUE to date.

https://1ssue-project.tumblr.com

About ELYSIUM

Elysium is an artist led contemporary visual art gallery, performance venue and artist studio provider situated across various locations in Swansea City Centre, Wales, UK. Established in 2007, Elysium is committed to providing support for emerging and established artists, as well as encouraging pride and participation in visual and performing arts in an environment that promotes experimentation, freedom, and appreciation in all creative practices.

www.elysiumgallery.com

Yn ddiweddarach eleni – byddwn i’n dweud y mis, ond gyda’n llifeiriant diweddar o gloi cloeon – rwy’n falch iawn o gadarnhau y byddaf yn rhannu gwaith fel rhan o Without Borders yn Oriel Elysium yn Abertawe.

Mae Without Borders yn brosiect digidol esblygol ac arddangosfa gorfforol gyda’r nod o ddod â chymunedau ac artistiaid o bob cwr o’r byd ynghyd. Mae Without Borders yn ceisio cael gwared ar rwystrau, creu cynghreiriau, a chysylltu â chymdogion. Ei nod yw dod ag artistiaid ynghyd o bedwar ban byd, i gydweithio mewn arddangosfa deithiol ryngwladol o weithiau ar bapur – casgliad o dudalennau artistiaid.

Diolch yn arbennig i Marega Palser o Artists Own Risk am y gwahoddiad i gymryd rhan.

Ar ddiwedd yr arddangosfa yn Oriel Elysium yn Abertawe, bydd y tudalennau’n cael eu rhwymo at ei gilydd i wneud llyfr ac yn cael eu cludo i leoliad arall i’w dynnu ar wahân, eu harddangos, ac yna eu hailymuno cyn symud eto i’w leoliad nesaf. Bydd y prosiect hefyd ar gael yn fyd-eang trwy e-gatalog. Yna bydd Artworks yn cael eu clymu at ei gilydd yn barhaol i greu un llyfr artistiaid unigryw, i’w gadw mewn llyfrgell casgliad arbennig a gyhoeddir yn ddiweddarach.

Byddaf yn rhannu manylion y sioe (pryd, ble, sut i gyrraedd yno ac ati) wrth iddynt ddod ar gael. Gobeithio eich gweld chi yno!

TTFN – K x

Ynglŷn â’r prosiect

Curadwyd gan Jonathan Powell, Cyfarwyddwr Oriel Elysium a Heather Parnell, cyd-olygydd llyfrau artistiaid 1SSUE. Mae’r prosiect yn cyfarch amrywiaeth creadigrwydd, gan arddangos gwaith yr holl artistiaid sy’n cymryd rhan yn ddemocrataidd, mewn fformat sy’n gludadwy ac yn hygyrch. Mae’r ‘Artists Book’ yn gwasanaethu fel y llong ac yn gosod y paramedrau wrth archwilio syniad y Gororau.

Mae’r term Border yn disgrifio llinellau llythrennol neu anweledig: ymylon sy’n gwahanu ac yn rhannu, sy’n cynnwys ac yn cyfyngu. Mae Heb Ffiniau yn arbennig o atgofus ac yn llawen yn yr amseroedd presennol hyn. Mae gwleidyddiaeth ymatebol sy’n cyflymu byth yn arwain at galedu rhai ffiniau, tra bod eraill yn hydoddi. Mae’n ymddangos bod y rhaniad rhwng y cyfoethog a’r tlawd yn ehangu. Mae ffiniau corfforol, daearyddol a chymdeithasol, ynghyd â’r ffin fregus, athraidd rhwng bywyd a marwolaeth hefyd wedi cael eu hamlygu gan y pandemig diweddar.

Tua llyfrau artistiaid 1SSUE

Dechreuodd y rhain yng Caerdydd yn 2002, a gychwynnwyd gan Richard Cox. Bellach mae 1SSUE wedi’i gyd-olygu gan Richard, Heather Parnell, Hilary Wagstaff a Phil Mead. Mae pob 1SSUE yn gydweithrediad hael rhwng artistiaid sy’n arwain at dudalennau unigryw, dychmygus ac amrywiol, arbrofol a chwareus, yn aml yn torri gyda chonfensiynau llyfrau a thudalennau. Mae mwy na 100 o artistiaid wedi cymryd rhan yn 1SSUE hyd yma.

https://1ssue-project.tumblr.com

Am ELYSIUM

Mae Elysium yn oriel celf weledol gyfoes dan arweiniad artistiaid, lleoliad perfformio a darparwr stiwdio artistiaid wedi’i leoli ar draws gwahanol leoliadau yng Nghanol Dinas Abertawe, Cymru, y DU. Wedi’i sefydlu yn 2007, mae Elysium wedi ymrwymo i ddarparu cefnogaeth i artistiaid newydd a sefydledig, yn ogystal ag annog balchder a chyfranogiad yn y celfyddydau gweledol a pherfformio mewn amgylchedd sy’n hyrwyddo arbrofi, rhyddid a gwerthfawrogiad ym mhob arfer creadigol.

www.elysiumgallery.com