The collaborators in this project have been working very hard. The planning for the exhibition layout has been discussed and walked through. We will start setting it up on 4th September ready for an opening night on 6th September.
An exhibition zine has been created, with contributions from all 17 participants who were able to complete the year-long project. This has been put together by the talented Andy Johnson to whom we are all very grateful. Additionally Anna Bergqvist at the Postgraduate Arts and Humanities Centre (PAHC) at Manchester Metropolitan University (MMU) kindly awarded me the funds to pay for its printing costs. It is back from the printers and we will see it ourselves for the first time on Wednesday.
I am a folklorist investigating our place in the world through creative and participatory practices. As an artist maker with a textile sensibility, I craft engagements, events, workshops and year long projects. I have a BA(Hons) Fine Art and MA in Contemporary Dialogues. I am currently writing up the thesis of my research investigating rural place in Herefordshire (UK) with its community through its folkloric heritage and landscapes of common land. I live in Herefordshire and study at Manchester Metropolitan University. I am Australian born to British parents and have lived in both countryside and cities of Britain. Rural conversations and fieldwork with my art collective 'Fold' supports and inspires my thinking. My art practice, Volka Arts, is named after my recent investigation into the now enclosed Volca Common Meadow, a short distance from my home. j.morris@volka-arts.org
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Walking the Commons 