‘SPACE IS THE PLACE’ by Paddy Rogers & Angelo Madonna (2021)
A part of the “In Cahoots” 21/22 programme by Convenience Gallery
Exhibition Date: 17.09.21 - 02.10.21
Launch Night, 17th September 2021, 6:30pm.
Location: Bloom Building, CH41 5FQ
Delivered with support from TNL Community Fund and Kindred LCR.
Space is the Place is Patric Rogers in collaboration with Angelo Madonna's deeply personal memoir to his most sacred of spaces, Hilbre Island. It is a cerebral exhibition project exploring the psychogeography of one of Wirral's iconic landmarks. Space is the Place encourages the viewer to connect deeper to the environments and places around them and to explore how our connection to place is made through our experiences, dreams, memories and through the landscape itself.
The project began it's life during the our recent lock down period in the mind of its creator Patric Rogers. Patric spent many years during the summer months working on Hilbre Island. Often alone he was left in the quiet of the island to explore it's history, secrets and mysteries. For him the island became a teacher and a place of reflection and solace. Our recent period of national difficulty has opened the doors for people to explore their surroundings with a new found appreciation and it is through the telling of the stories of the island, its history, mysteries, folklore, psychogeographic power and the people who are drawn to it that this exhibition aims to help others connect to their own spaces of reflection and solace.
In this multi part installation experience, Space is the Place encourages the viewer to consider their own sense of space and place exploring how, place, dreams, memories and landscape combine to create a deeper connection with the landscape.
“Space Is The Place” took place @Convenience Gallery @Bloom Building
You can read the accompanying text here:
About the Artists
Paddy Rogers
Patric Rogers is a contemporary artist based in Wirral, Merseyside. His work drifts between mediums from filmmaking, to music to photography and painting.
Frequently focuses on the hidden parts of our world both internal and external, in the landscape and within ourselves. His most recent works explore our connection to place, and environment through psychogeography, history, folklore and myth and how these combine to help us to create a deeper connection to our environment and sense of place.
@patch_1138
https://www.patricrogers.co.uk/
Angelo Madonna
Angelo’s work is an on-going research on visual, sound and material where the main objective is to explore affective potentialities emerging from the relation between materials and matter, object and humans.
@ kroniko66
https://www.angelomadonna.org
‘SPACE IS THE PLACE’: artist is conversation
Date: 30.09.2021
‘Space is the Place’ artists, Patric and Angelo joined us at @conveniencegallery on Thursday 30th September 2021 at 7pm for a conversation on their exhibitions ‘Space is the Place’. We dived into the exhibition providing insight into its creation, process, concept and exploring the wider inspiration discussing the history, myth of Hilbre Island, psychogeography and how to connect deeper with our own place in space.
The exhibition was available to view in its full glory with all the mood and ambience of the opening on Friday.
Artists in Conversation
SPACE IS THE PLACE’: artist is conversation
Date: 30.09.2021
‘Space is the Place’ artists, Patric and Angelo joined us at @conveniencegallery on Thursday 30th September 2021 at 7pm for a conversation on their exhibitions ‘Space is the Place’. We dived into the exhibition providing insight into its creation, process, concept and exploring the wider inspiration discussing the history, myth of Hilbre Island, psychogeography and how to connect deeper with our own place in space.
The exhibition was available to view in its full glory with all the mood and ambience of the opening on Friday.
