Prospect, Cotley Tithe Barn

24-hour residency - Cotley

Gabrielle Hoad  | Cotley Copse | 2017

I'm working with a loose affiliation of diverse artists from Devon and Somerset to present new and experimental work on the Cotley Estate over three days as part of Somerset Art Works 2017.

Our 24-hour residency on the 25th and 26th of August was an opportunity to eat, drink, talk and make art together as well as carry out essential planning for the forthcoming three-day exhibition and after-dark event/opening party.

The exhibition will feature new work responding to the Cotley estate, its environment and history. Artists include Alice Crane | Andre Wallace | Gabrielle Hoad | Gordon Field | Jon England | Liz Gregory | Lucia Harley | Megan Calver | Mich Downing | Michael Calver | Nicola Kerslake | Paul Newman | Simon Lee Dicker | Tim Martin

Friday 6th to Sunday 8th October 2017
Venue 92, Cotley Farm, Wambrook, Chard, Somerset TA20 3EP
More details: http://somersetartworks.org.uk/what-we-do/art-weeks/ …

Axis art highlights

The inertia of the unknown | Preston Street Union Random Art Machine | 2017

I'm very pleased to be included in the Axis survey of new work for 7-13 August. They featured an action with Preston Street Union, made as part of the Random Art Machine.

More details at https://gabriellehoad.blogspot.co.uk/2017/06/safety-in-numbers.html

Return by 24/09/17

Gabrielle Hoad | Nature Parade | 2017

I've been working outdoors with a collection of unwanted books stored in a barn at West Town Farm, near Exeter. Work in progress to be shared during Devon Open Studios Venue 113, 16 -24 September 2017.

Broadcasts from the Edge of the Horizon

Volkhardt Muller & Dawn Scarfe | The Beacon | 2017

Broadcasts from the Edge of the Horizon -The Beacon:  this film gives a short account of a three-stage research project by artists Volkhardt Müller, Dawn Scarfe and Phil Smith in which they explore the idea of horizon as both a distant dream and a journey experienced.  I was lucky enough to be part of the 'pilgrimage' from Exeter City Centre to a tree on the horizon on 7th May 2017. I was surprised to hear how croaky my voice sounded in the recording, but then remembered Volkhardt had just given us all a shot of plum schnapps to celebrate the journey's end. Prost!

https://vimeo.com/224047299

Makers of the Multiverse (review)

Juneau Projects | Makers of the Multiverse pavilion, Exeter | 2017

Review by Rachel Magdeburg of the recent Makers of the Multiverse project, where I showed work as an individual, in collaboration with Megan Calver and Susie David, and as part of Preston Street Union.

https://www.a-n.co.uk/reviews/market-makers

Street Rockery

Street Rockery (downtime) | 2017 | Public action with Freefall Youth Group 

Arrive unannounced at a busy place and mingle with the crowd.

Pull out blankets large enough to completely cover 
your crouching bodies.

Hide and become rocks for while.

Score by Megan Calver and Gabrielle Hoad from an original work by Calver David Hoad. First enacted by Freefall Youth Group with Megan Calver and Gabrielle Hoad, 25 May 2017, Makers of the Multiverse, Piazza Terracina, Exeter, UK.

This collaboration with Freefall Youth Group allowed for the scaling up of an action originally recorded in the short video rock (passers by). The action of hiding in the landscape was reimagined for an urban setting and a score generated for new players to interpret.

Made with the assistance of Anna Aroussi and George Barron. Supported by Exeter Phoenix and Spacex.