Civilisation Blooming - Deirdre Frost & Seiko Hayase

The Lavit Gallery, Wandesford Quay, Cork

Thu 29 Aug 2024 - Sat 21 Sep 2024 (note: this event has already taken place)
10:30 am
FREE


Exhibition opening hours 10.30am-6pm, Tuesday to Saturday.

Thursday 29 August, 5.30-7.30pm. Opening reception with special guest Louis Mulcahy, ceramic sculptor, potter and poet

Saturday 14 September, 3pm: Meet the artists (tea served), followed by Movement performance by Haru (Kanako Nakajima) with live sound accompaniment by Harry Moore.

Cork-based artists Deirdre Frost and Seiko Hayase collaborate in producing a cross-cultural exhibition Civilisation Blooming a project that will see the two artists venture into new media and establish a synergistic practice.

‘Bloom’ can be considered a positive, when something has flowered, is in its prime or at its peak. However, an algal bloom for example can be considered a negative event, a sign of ecological imbalance.? Looking at the idea of peak humanity in this Anthropocene age, with the potential collapse of multiple organisational systems looming globally, the artists consider the idea of civilisation blooming.

Hayase looks at this through the lens of addictive behaviours, and considers how much of our world functions by exploiting

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