Join Georgia as she celebrates the opening of Landscapes of Matrescence, the culmination of her 6 month Artist Residency at St Margaret’s House. Part exhibition, part installation, Georgia transports her studio to the chapel from 12th-14th July to show Landscapes of Matrescence and continue developing her practice for audience to view. Her exhibition offers the chance to immerse yourself in her space while viewing the artwork … You may even see the artist at work!
Georgia has used her time as Artist in Residence developing a practice that is responsive to and supportive of embodied experience, chronic health conditions and life transitions.
The thematic focal point of the Residency has been Matrescence, a term that refers to the physical, emotional, and psychological changes that occur in a woman’s body and mind during pregnancy, childbirth, and early motherhood. Using movement and somatic practices, mindful and expressive arts, writing, sculpture and performance, Georgia explores the edges, taboos, epiphanies and contradictions in her experience of new motherhood.
From pastel drawings inspired by internal visual imagery to clay work guided by bodily sensation and photographs of Georgia inhabiting a mask with primal gestures, the work is marked by a sense of the body’s intuitive and organic movement.
Integral to her practice is a growing understanding of the nervous system and trauma-informed practice and using this as a starting point for making work both individually and collectively that emerges from embodied experience. She is informed by and draws on the approach developed by Moving Pieces Collective, a unique performing arts in health collective which combines physical theatre approaches with the containment of psychotherapeutic practices, the Feldenkrais Method and emergent ideas relating to neuroscience.
Photography by Cathy Wren and Star Holden
Venue: The Chapel, St Margaret's House
Running time: 2.5 hours
Date: Friday, July 12th
Tickets: £5 + 1 Free Drink!
Venue access
We are happy to provide a free PA/Carer ticket for anyone with access requirements. If you require a PA ticket please call us on 020 8980 2092 and we’ll discuss your requirements and arrange a free ticket for your PA.
The Chapel is not a step-free venue, please get in touch if you have an access needs.
Refreshments
There will be a pop-up bar in the Chapel at this event, serving cold drinks.
LOCATION
The Chapel, St. Margaret' House, E2 9PL