Un-Boxing
Un-Boxing arrived at Plas Bodfa in the spring of 2021!
The box, filled with artworks, conversations, packing material, texts, books and fragments of its past were activated and documented in and around Plas Bodfa before continuing on its global tour.
A nomadic project of Arts Territory Exchange
images, textures and sounds - glimpses into the mind of another - unfolding, unfurling, unwrapping
a conversational monologue to a yet unknown friend. Pen pals of the past and future. Time.
West of the Fourth Meridian you will find : undulating country partly timbered with poplar jackpine
a stoic quote from Father Augustin Brabaut, a Vancouver Island missionary in 1874, finds its way to Wales on a wholly sunny day
ceramic vessels inspired by the Neolithic grooved ware unearthed on Orkney Island nestle into historical hearth at the far end of the kitchen
Origins: The (Arts) Territory Exchange initiated ‘un-boxing’ - a travelling exhibition in a box; Moving across continents to be opened and displayed in a number of intriguing domestic and alternative locations. Posted across a network of curators, artists and archivists.
The exhibition takes its name from the pleasures and excitements of receiving postal mail and packages; opening, tearing, ripping and rifling through contents and the Youtube ASMR world of opening and unwrapping through which many people receive sensory comfort.
Through Un-boxing we play with the ideas of gifting....receiving....waiting and excitement...each recipient will curate a mini show from the material they receive and then add something to the box before posting it on. The audiences for the work may be families, children, pets, or neighbours peering through windows…
The box will move across continents over the course of a year.
The exhibition tour has been organised by Gudrun Filipska, Caroline Kelley, Lenka Clayton and Carly Butler but is a collaboration emerging between all the participants and curators as it moves from place to place.