MEWNrhwng
Najia Bagi | Jenny Cashmore | Rebecca F Hardy | Gemma Lowe
Gorffennaf - Awst 2021 // July - August 2021
‘MEWNrhwng’ is a multidisciplinary exhibition that presses on the notion of transition, the departures, and the crossing over of a physical, metaphorical and psychological state. It is the in-between moments of here or there, now or then, them or us, reflecting on the surroundings and connections of place, longing, grief and boundaries.
The exhibition in Elysium is the second instalment of the project showcasing new pieces of artwork and adaptations from the first showcase at Oriel CARN, Caernarfon.
As a collaboration between four female artists Gemma Lowe (painter, based in Chester), Najia Bagi (musician/performer, based in Oxford), Jenny Cashmore (multidisciplinary artist, based on the English/Welsh border) and Rebecca F. Hardy (sculpture, installation, based in Bethesda). Each artist’s work has similar undertones but diverse approaches to narratives and storytelling.
‘MEWNrhwng’ is an open-ended and organic collaboration that has transcend and grown over the period of the project between painting, playful installations, careful and thought out placements of sculptures and projections to live performance and participatory recordings and site-specific movements. This project has allowed the artists to explore and test new boundaries within their practices and collaborate with each other and the wider community.
Working in the current climate of binary states (Brexit, Climate change, fake news and statuses on social media) to allow space for the in-between. It will address issues of belonging, transition, grief, boundaries, language, and cultural identity and provide opportunities for raising awareness and discussion in contemporary topics.