BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.4.5//EN TZID:Europe/London X-WR-TIMEZONE:Europe/London BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8218@artinliverpool.com DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20240126T183000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20240126T210000 DTSTAMP:20240125T132055Z URL:https://www.artinliverpool.com/events/bridewell-studios-gallery-terra- ignota-john-elcock-and-margaret-obrien/ SUMMARY:Bridewell Studios and Gallery: Bridewell Studios & Gallery: Terra I gnota: John Elcock and Margaret O'Brien DESCRIPTION:Preview: Friday 26th January 2024 6.30-9.00pm. \n\nARTISTS IN CONVERSATION at 7pm\n\nTerra Ignota is an exhibition of experimental artw orks by artists John Elcock and Margaret O’Brien. Although distinct\, th e works are mutual in their exploration of intersections between art\, bio energy\, and contemporary digital technologies. Through biotechnology\, li ve biomaterials (soil\, bacteria\, electrons) are used with contemporary d igital media to transform invisible energy from one live form into another .\n\nMargaret’s work Resistance: West is an ongoing work that develops a live experimental orchestra using a series of microbial fuel cells made from local soil. A microbial fuel cell an electrical circuit that harness es electrons released by bacteria in soil through organic decomposition. T his work develops a series of musical instruments by translating the fluct uating electrical activity of bacteria in soil into sound. Its multi-cell construct produces a layered sound composition through nuances in note\, pitch or tone that each cell emits relative to the specific soil sample. T hrough its live and unpredictable nature\, the work explores parameters of failure in the pursuit of new discoveries.\n\nJohn will be showing a new work specially created for Terra Ignota. Geist responds to the particula r qualities of the Bridewell’s historic spaces and seeks to enter a dial ogue with Margaret’s installation Resistance: West. John’s piece sim ilarly uses site-specific\, recovered earth to power a live artwork\; in t his case the soil itself distilling something of its spirit of place to il luminate a ghostly light -  powered by no extraneous sources. In doing so we are invited to reflect on the latent qualities of time and place\, a r eminder that what appears unseen is not always absent.\n\nBiographies\n\nJ ohn Elcock is a visual artist based in Liverpool whose work explores sym bolism\, birds and the numinous in a multidisciplinary practice centred on painting and conceptual sculpture. His work has been exhibited nationally with paintings recently featuring in the ING Discerning Eye\, Wales Conte mporary and Lynn Painter-Stainer prize exhibitions. A founder member of th e Material Matters collective\, he looks forward in Summer 2024 to their f ive-month residency at The Williamson Art Gallery.\n\nwww.johnelcock.co.uk \n\nMargaret O'Brien is a visual artist based between the UK and Ireland. Her work explores concepts of failure through installation using a combina tion of sculpture\, sound\, light\, moving image and kinetics. Her work ha s been funded by Arts Council England\, the Arts Council of Ireland\; Iris h Research Council\; Arts and Humanities Research Board UK\; University Co llege London\; and Trinity College Dublin. As well as an extensive exhibit ions record\, she regularly undertakes artist residencies including the Ir ish Museum of Modern Art\; Helsinki International Artist Programme\; Centr e Cultural Irlandais\, Paris\; and Fire Station Artists Studios\, Dublin.\ n\nwww.margaretobrien.co.uk\nCatherine Morris is a feminist artist scholar whose work focuses on archive\, libraries and memory. Her work includes T he Art of Aftermath (with American artist Tim Mail 2023)\, Alice Milligan and the Irish Cultural Revival (artist project including exhibitions and p ublications)\, performance poem In Mexico City A Woman Wrote: ‘They Took So much of Us\, They also Took Our Fear’ (Engage Studios Home Truths Ex hibition 2020). She is Associate Professor of Creative Writing &\; Lite rature at Hope University Liverpool.\nhttps://visualartists.ie/members-are a/arts-directory-artists-profiles-roi/#!biz/id/64c35e425c6a098fe50eacb7 ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.artinliverpool.com/wp-content/upload s/2024/01/InterfaceGIAF2023_038-scaled.jpg CATEGORIES:Exhibition Launch LOCATION:Bridewell Studios and Gallery\, 101 Prescot Street\, Liverpool\, L 7 8UL\, Liverpool\, United Kingdom GEO:53.410436;-2.967006 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=101 Prescot Street\, Liverp ool\, L7 8UL\, Liverpool\, United Kingdom;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=Bride well Studios and Gallery:geo:53.410436,-2.967006 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/London X-LIC-LOCATION:Europe/London BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20231029T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:GMT END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR