Ruth Philo and Stuart Bowditch
Fabric: Silk Road is a timely cultural and ethnographic exchange making connections between the silk mills of Sudbury, Suffolk and the silk industry and traditions in China, investigating the current state of the use, manufacture and continuing significance of silk in the 21st century.
During 2018 artists Ruth Philo and Stuart Bowditch are working with silk mills in Sudbury to capture an insight into the current manufacture of silk making in the region. They will also make a research trip to meet with their Chinese partners, visit sericulture plants, make new connections with silk industries and museums in Xi’an, Hangzhou, Suzhou and Nanjing. Following this in 2019 the artists will make a journey along the Silk Road, from east to west, researching contemporary silk making, its history, uses and the people involved with its production. They will be making a travelogue of their journey, sharing examples of silk and associated artefacts, as well as documenting sounds and images along the way. In 2020-21 they plan to work with their partners to curate exhibitions in both the UK and China, which will include examples of silk, sound, image and artefacts from a range of countries along their journey. |
面料:丝绸之路是一个及时的文化和民族志交流,在萨德伯里,萨福克丝绸厂和中国丝绸业和传统之间建立联系,研究21世纪丝绸的使用,制造和持续意义的现状。
在2018年期间,艺术家Ruth Philo和Stuart Bowditch正在萨德伯里与丝绸厂合作,以深入了解该地区目前的丝绸制造业。他们还将进行一次研究之旅,与中国合作伙伴会面,参观蚕桑工厂,与西安,杭州,苏州和南京的丝绸工业和博物馆建立新的联系。 继2019年之后,艺术家们将沿着丝绸之路从东到西,研究当代丝绸制作,历史,用途以及参与其制作的人。他们将成为他们旅程的旅行者,分享丝绸和相关艺术品的例子,以及记录沿途的声音和图像。 在2020 - 21年,他们计划与合作伙伴共同策划英国和中国的展览,其中包括来自各个国家的丝绸,声音,图像和手工艺品的例子。 |
During 2017-18 Ruth has taken part in a touring exhibition Contemporary Masters from Britain: 80 Painters of the 21st Century, at Yantai Art Museum (Yantai), Artall Gallery (Nanjing), Jiangsu Art Museum (Nanjing), and Tianjin Academy of Fine Art. This has enabled her to make some connections with Chinese artists and begin to discuss ideas for the new project, which have been well received.
Since 2016 Stuart has been working for the Essex Record Office Sound and Video Archive, recording the sounds of the county, capturing a cultural moment in time by documenting its people, places and events for You Are Hear: sound and a sense of place, a Heritage Lottery Funded project. Their previous project The River Runs Through Us supported by Arts Council England and Dedham Vale AONB was completed in 2018. |
在2017-18期間,露絲參加了一個來自英國的當代大師巡迴展:20世紀的80位畫家,煙台美術館(煙台),南方藝術畫廊,江蘇美術館(南京)和天津美術學院 藝術。 這使她能夠與中國藝術家建立聯繫,並開始討論新項目的想法,這些想法很受歡迎。
自2016年以來,斯圖爾特一直在埃塞克斯唱片辦公室聲音和視頻檔案館工作,錄製該縣的聲音,通過記錄你的人物,地點和事件來捕捉文化時刻,聽到你的聲音和地方感, 遺產彩票資助項目。 他們之前的項目The River Runs Through Us由英國藝術委員會和Dedham Vale AONB支持,於2018年完工。 |