British Ceramics Biennial 09

Marl Hole: AirSpace Gallery 

Neil Brownsword

Alexandra Engelfriet

Torbjørn Kvasbø

Johnny Magee

Pekka Paikkari

3-31 October 09

Neil spent a week in August in a marl pit at Ibstock Brick Ltd. (the largest brick clay quarry in Europe) with three international artists, Alexandre Englefriet (Holland), Pekka Paikkari (Finland) and Torbjørn Kvasbø (Norway).

The range of their artistic responses to this post-industrial landscape of North Staffordshire generated new ideas and meaning. A fourth artist Johnny Magee documented the project and his film now forms a part of the Biennial.

Marl Hole: Preview
3.30pm-5.30pm Friday 2 October 2009
Film installation by Johnny Magee documenting four international artist’s primordial responses to clay during a five day residency at Ibstock Brick’s Gorsty Quarry
Marl Hole: Performance
2.00pm-4.00pm Saturday 3 October 2009
Alexandra Engelfriet (NL)
Exhibition and public engagement activities continue from
3-31 October 2009 Tuesday-Saturday 11.00am-5.00pm