As part of Flamm by Creative Kernow (21-22nd October 2023)

Gwyrdh Glas (tr. Green Green), sits within Berriman’s ongoing project MESKLA | Brewyon Drudh (tr. Mussel Gathering | Precious Fragments) 2022-24, a multi-platform artwork that uses sculpture and conversation to explore contemporary Kernewek (Cornish) cultural identity and its relationship with heritage, land, and extraction industries, including tourism and mining.

MESKLA offers space for play in making and for conversation around questions of cultural heritage and belonging.

Dates/Times:

• Saturday 21st October 2023, 11AM-11PM
• Sunday 22nd October 2023, 11AM-6PM

Location: Market Hall, Market Way, Redruth, TR15 2AU

No booking required.

About Sovay Berriman

Sovay Berriman’s work is rooted in their experience of being Cornish, their culture’s shifting identity, and the mutability yet power of a sense of place.

Performance platforms and dance floors, the politics of responsibility, identity and waste, as well as a fascination with the natural environment’s evolution and its domestic and industrial use, inform the abstract and semi-fantastical sculptural structures and events Sovay builds.

The artworks Sovay creates manifest out of multiple elements. Printed or drawn symbols and forms repeat and layer; components of found material, acrylic or clay man lean, prop or balance; live or recorded conversations may be presented upon stages of timber and reclaimed copper, or made accessible through online platforms. All of these fragments work together through drawing, text/audio, moving image, sculpture & installation to create a whole of shared stories and supportive structures.

Sovay uses visual art as a framework and prompt for action and discussion, and is committed to questioning balances of power. Sovay is excited by the possibility of the collective, supple and subtle boundaries, edges and moments of change. Sovay invites contributors into the work at significant times to collaborate, test and participate.

Sovay has exhibited & worked with organisations & galleries, such as MIRROR – Plymouth, Contemporary Art Society, Spike Island – Bristol, Exeter Phoenix, The Harris – Preston, Pi-ArtWorks – London/Istanbul, & Robin Gibson – Sydney.

Gwyrdh Glas is being presented as part of Flam, a multi-layered programme of exhibitions and events. Supported by Art Night, Counterpoints Arts, Creative Kernow, Cultivator, Good Growth, Levelling Up, Shared Prosperity Fund and Cornwall Council. Part of the Platforma festival 2023, produced by Counterpoints Arts and partners across the South West of England.