'Home Improvements'
an exhibition curated by Rachel Howard and Hugh Allen and sited in woodland between Edge and Painswick in Gloucestershire.
open until October 2026
contributing artists:
Lola Allan, Fiona Banner, Lily Cheetham, Abigail Lane, Rachel Howard, Des Hughes,Sarah Lucas and Clare Woods

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3mx3m, willow, slate, coir matting, wooden panels

blunt edge of cold dawn
stuck between night and morning
trees host first shadows

what3words is a geocoding app that enables users to identify the precise location of absolutely anywhere.
Every 3 metre square of the world has been given a unique combination of three words.
The location of this artwork is blunt.stuck.hostThese 3 words have then been used as the basis of a haiku: a short poem that originated in 17th Century Japan. A haiku poem is usually divided into three groups/lines that total 17 syllables, the first and last with 5 syllables, the second with 7.

A space that occupies 9 square metres

Refugees
According to the UNHCR the average covered space for a refugees shelter per person is 3.5 square meters
Approximate numbers occupying this space: 2.5

Prisons
Approximate numbers held in this space
15 El Salvador
2 USA
4.5 Russia
5 Kenya
2.5 South Africa
2.25 EU
3 ICE detention USA

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Winter Solstice 2022.  8 international artists respond to the turning point of the celestial year

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Severn/Seven an exhibition at The Old Passage, Arlingham, Gloucestershire. 2021/22

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A short video made during a First Friday Walk in March 2021

Recognition from Walking the Land on Vimeo.

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A short video made during a First Friday Walk in February 2021

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An image from the 'Landlinks' project - Spring 2020. An International, synchronised and prompted walk, curated by Kel Portman in collaboration with Lizzi Walton. See more of the project at www.groundworks.org.uk

 

As co-founder and co-lead artist with arts-collective Walking the Land, I co-lead and curate walks and journeys based in the countryside around Stroud in Gloucestershire, but as a result of Covid restrictions our walk locations have suddenly become more varied and international.