SPOIL HEAP is an exhibition that re-imagines, re-appropriates and re-positions archaeology and art. Experience a diverse collection of art pieces which range from installations that embody the henge to scanning technologies that investigate textural qualities of excavated matter. Immerse yourself in revived pagan rituals, reworked manual tools and contemporary artifacts that infiltrate and challenge historical conventions.
In responding to Neolithic excavation experiences from Marden Henge, artists and archaeologists are brought together to exhibit and exchange interdisciplinary processes such as flint knapping, meditation workshops, experimental film screenings and schools workshops. This unique opportunity opens up lines of communication to explore new horizons within these collaborative methods. The exhibition will propose a series of fragmented narratives structured around a section of a trench–like form are a series of propositions: slow tv of a mindfulness walk, a fabricated burial, embellished objects and ephemeral site specific works. A present space which questions how site and experience are revisited and reimagined within the museum. Interactive 3d printed sculptures re-map a landscape: objects and boundaries labour and rest.
Artists
The exhibition was coordinated by Wendy McLean, Teaching Fellow at the University of Reading. The artists exhibiting are:-
- Will Attard – MA by Research Archaeology – https://www.instagram.com/wllferal/
- Pam Rose Cott – BA Art and History of Art Graduate – https://www.feedtheroot.com/feedtheroot/
- & Claire Nolan – Phd Archaeology
- William Cunnington – Final Year student BA Art – https://alfonzomanziart.wordpress.com
- Daisy Evans – BA Art and History of Art Graduate – https://www.daisyannevans.com
- Dominique Green – BA Art, Film and Theatre Graduate – https://www.instagram.com/domgreeen/
- Molly Harcombe – BA Art and English Literature Graduate – https://mollyharcombe.com
- Yun-Yun Lee – MFA Art Graduate – https://yunyunli.wordpress.com
- Wendy McLean – Teaching Fellow in Studio Art – https://wendymcleanartist.wordpress.com https://www.instagram.com/wendy_mclean_/
- Mike Park – BA Film & Screen Studies (Brighton) – https://michaelparkfilm.com
- Sarah Pritchard – BA Art Graduate –
- Holly Shoesmith – BA Art Graduate – https://www.hollyshoesmith.com
- Adam Stead – MFA Art Graduate – http://www.adamstead.co.uk
Unless stated all are students, staff or graduates of University of Reading
