BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.2.3.1//EN BEGIN:VEVENT UID:113@morayartcentre.org DTSTART:20231006T100000Z DTEND:20231029T160000Z DTSTAMP:20251104T200430Z URL:https://morayartcentre.org/events/temporal-matter/ SUMMARY:Temporal Matter DESCRIPTION:MAC is delighted to welcome Helen O'Brien with her show 'Tempor al Matter' from 6th - 29th October 2023\, with supporting artist Lynne Mar tin.\nTemporal Matter is an installation of holding spaces for materials\, organic matter\, found objects and abstract\, sculptural forms. They sit within an environment which allows them to be valued for their innate qual ities\, imperfections and presence: a place for matter to be seen and ackn owledged for its past\, present and future potential.\nYou're invited to t he opening event on Friday 6th October from 6pm - 8pm.\nHelene and Lynne a re also hosting an Artist Talk on Saturday 21st October at 6pm. Join Hele n &\; Lynne to share a conversation about their work and their connecti ve interests as creative practitioners. This will be an informal talk disc ussing the exhibition\, alongside sharing insight into their practices and love of fungi.\n\n\n \;\n\n\n\nHelen O'Brien\n"I value the process of working with objects and materials to inform what comes from these intera ctions. This is the place where materials and ideas are changing\, transfo rming\, and in flux. Through my work \, I create holding spaces for found\ , borrowed and collected objects and materials to be seen and queried. \n I cast discarded organic objects into bronze as I’m fascinated by the al chemical processes of transferring one material into another\, as a way of capturing and extending its temporal existence. This process destroys the original object\, but is there any part of its essence that still exists in the cast replica?\n\nI’m reminded of museum collections which histori cally captured and destroyed the living plants\, animals and insects they were wanting to share with the wider world\, for research and for collecti ons. \nThe objects I have collected and cast are everyday objects we norm ally walk past\, which are already discarded\, decaying ( fungi) and alrea dy in a process of breaking down their host objects (trees) – exhibiting these allows them to be seen and valued for their innate qualities and vi brancy.\n\nI find this way of working creates the potential for new ideas and objects to evolve from the dialogue between myself\, processes and mat erials. As with Material Engagement Theory\, this work considers how human cognition is formed by our material surroundings and a helpful reminder t hat we as people\, are interdependent and relational objects and beings ou rselves".\nHelen's website: www.helenobrien.com\nFollow Helen on Instagram : @hobcreates\n \n\nLynne Martin\n\n"I am fascinated by connection and wha t it means for us in terms of our health and wellbeing\, and how it nouris hes us to just slow down and take a moment to reconnect with nature and ea ch other. We live in a world that celebrates the individual\, but what we need and crave is shared experiences that remind us we live on an abundant planet- your enjoyment of a thing doesn’t diminish mine\, when we both stop and listen to or sing a piece of music together or look closely at a mushroom\, we both enjoy it a little more for sharing it with the other pe rson. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nNature photography and Scottish folk music and tr aditions are both parts of my creative practice. I love to help people slo w down\, notice the beauty in the natural world\, and in our culture here in Scotland. In my photography\, I am fascinated by form and colour\, and mushrooms provide both in spades. Mushrooms are full of contrast. They can be both showy and unnoticeable\, appealing and repulsive\, strong and del icate\, good for you and deadly. They are part of the natural world and ye t parts of them look unnatural- their architectural structures looking alm ost crafted rather than grown.\n\n\nAs a folk musician and nascent traditi on bearer\, I have taken shows to Edinburgh Fringe and Solas Festival\, fe atured on STV as a Hogmanay Hero\, and regularly perform at the Gin Bothy in the idyllic Angus village of Glamis. I have been taking mushroom pictur es for a decade\, and this is my first exhibition of this work. On my podc ast Scotland on Shrooms\, I talk with artists\, growers\, foragers and myc ology experts to raise the profile of the wonderful world of mushrooms we have here in Scotland".\nFollow Lynne on Instagram: @scottishmushroompodca st and @lynnedotm\n\n\n \nPress:\n\n https://www.forres-gazette.co.uk/new s/new-exhibition-at-moray-art-centre-opens-this-weekend-328829/\n ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://morayartcentre.org/wp-content/uploads/20 24/05/0034D18227314964BD5F778B5DC8A519.png CATEGORIES:Exhibitions LOCATION:Moray Art Centre\, Field of Dreams\, Findhorn\, Forres\, Moray\, I V36 3TA\, Scotland\, United Kingdom GEO:57.653616;-3.590018 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Field of Dreams\, Findhorn\ , Forres\, Moray\, IV36 3TA\, Scotland\, United Kingdom;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100 ;X-TITLE=Moray Art Centre:geo:57.653616,-3.590018 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR