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URL:https://www.artinliverpool.com/events/bluecoat-joanne-masding-the-move
 able-scene-of-the-page/
SUMMARY:Bluecoat: Bluecoat: Joanne Masding: The Moveable Scene of the Page
DESCRIPTION:Masding’s playful exhibition investigates how images\, object
 s and words link together. Through a combination of sculpture\, fictional 
 writing and typography\, Masding transforms the gallery into a space where
  language can mingle\, collide and flow.\n\nFollowing on from her 2024 boo
 k\, Body of Pieces\, the exhibition at the Bluecoat presents new writing b
 y Masding and follows her strategy of using fiction to explore the nature 
 of objects\, their physical properties and how they relate to us. Masding 
 describes writing as a ‘sculpting tool’ allowing her to defy the laws 
 of physics and go inside objects. In the gallery\, visitors will explore s
 culptures made from metal\, ceramic\, plaster and shimmering textiles whic
 h are suspended from a series of elongated copper sculptures. Pages of Mas
 ding’s new works of fiction will hang from these copper frames\, for vis
 itors to tear off and read.\n\nThe Moveable Scene of the Page also feature
 s Masding’s new alphabet sculptures\, inspired by\, and in the shape of 
 Monster Munch crisps. This novel new typeface is formed by extrusion\; a m
 eans of forcing soft material through a hole in a flat disc. Monster Munch
  is made using the same technique\, but as this tube of material comes thr
 ough the extruder it is sliced into individual\, flat claw shapes. Masding
 ’s ceramic letters become poetic sculptures\, with phrases like “tongu
 e tripping over a glazed ceramic marble” suggesting a collision of words
  and objects in our own bodies.\n\nWhen working between the disciplines of
  writing\, sculpture and performance\, Masding is often thinking about tra
 nslation\, and how the essence of an object can change. When a drawing is 
 made of a bunch of grapes\, it is translated into a flat image and some in
 formation is lost (the weight) but something is also gained (small details
  are highlighted). When that image or artwork is written about\, it is tra
 nslated again into letters and spoken language.\n\nThrough her work\, Masd
 ing gives us the opportunity to look closer at this translation process. S
 he suggests that art is often a task of slowing the world down\, and holdi
 ng it in place so we can take a closer look. When we produce a drawing or 
 take a photograph of something\, we fix that object in place and study it.
  Masding’s work seeks to fix the act of translation in place\, giving us
  the chance to slow down and examine the process.\n\nFri 4 Apr - Sun 11 Ma
 y\nFree entry\n\nBOOK HERE
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LOCATION:Bluecoat\, School Lane\, Liverpool\, L1 3BX\, Liverpool\, United K
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