DEC-RYPTED 2016, Belfry Group Exhibition 3 – 13 November
The crypt at St John’s is home to a number of community enterprises, including the Community Art room. Here everyone is welcome, whatever level of experience, to join Mosaic, Stained Glass and Stone Carving workshops. ‘Decrypted’ invites you to come and see the work students and teachers have made in recent...
Read MoreMay Ayres ‘STUFF HAPPENS’ – Belfry Exhibition, 1 Sept – 6 Oct 2016
Fired Clay Sculpture from the series ‘The War Of Aggression’ May Ayres: Stuff Happens Thursday 1 September, Private View 6-9pm, then Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday 12-7pm until 6 October Join us for the closing night on Thursday 6 October, 6pm to 9pm Talha Ahsan will be reading his poetry and Debbie Charles will be singing freedom songs ”Shortly after the beginning of the second Iraq war, a war launched in the face of massive public opposition around the world, I started to make small sculptures based on stories and images from the conflict, as a way to process...
Read MoreBelfry Exhibition: Miriam Sedacca – BERFREI, 4 – 14 August 2016
Berfrei Is a site-specific response to the unique space of the Belfry of St John on Bethnal Green. The exhibition draws upon the structural origins of the Belfry as a watch tower, from which its name is derived. Taking this association as a starting point, the exhibition considers the significance of spaces from which we look outwards, and of those which compel us to look inwards. Using a range of material textures alongside film works, Miriam Sedacca explores our sensory relationship to built environments. Sculptural pieces juxtapose solidity and ephemerality. Cast plaster objects present...
Read MoreBelfry Exhibition 5-26 May 2016 – Chroma
RENAUD C.HASLAN – CHROMA (between darkness and light) A selection of photographic images exploring colours, textures and light. The Autumn House brings to the Belfry of St John on Bethnal Green a new exhibition by visual artist Renaud C.Haslan. “The eye and the camera react differently to light. One adapts to its surroundings, the other can be manipulated and create a new perception, show a different vision. The perception of colours depends on the intensity of light.” Following from the installation ‘Tales from the Autumn House’, and the immersive group...
Read MoreBELFRY EXHIBITION: Gloria Sulli – Wandering
Wandering 3 March – 7 April 2016 Wandering is a site-specific sculptural installation project that takes its inspiration from plankton. Plankton, from the Greek πλαγκτόν, means ‘wanderer’. Unable to actively impact its own movement, it is transported passively by currents and waves. Plankton is the blue lung of the Earth, as it produces 50% of the oxygen on the planet through photosynthesis. The myriad of different organisms from which it is composed are among the most ancient from an evolutionary standpoint since life began in our oceans. These species differ significantly;...
Read MoreVoices of the Winter Hearth, 5 November to 3 December
St John’s is pleased to welcome back Joanna Vale and Renaud C. Haslan with their second exhibition in the Belfry. This mixed media exhibition explores the theme of winter in a time of folklore and superstition. Situated in the candlelit and richly atmospheric setting of the belfry, it conjures the bleak yet beautiful landscape of winter, interspersed with images of myth and folk tales. A re-imagining of this cold season through the minds of our ancestors, trying to make sense of their world gripped by the harshness of winter. The constant struggle for survival, aware of their own...
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