Ane Hjort Guttu, 'Freedom Requires Free People' (2012), film still. Image courtesy of the artist

Manon de Boer and Ane Hjort Guttu will visit Cornwall for a talk ahead of an exhibition of their work at CAST, opening on Tuesday 25 September.

Quite independently of each other, both artists became fascinated by their children’s approach to construction and making, leading each artist to speculate on the ways in which young children express themselves in their home environments. Groundwork presents an exhibition of Guttu’s How to Become a Non-Artist (2007), looking at small arrangements of everyday objects made by her four-year-old son, and de Boer’s The Untroubled Mind (2016), a collection of images of her son’s constructions filmed over a period of three years.

This event will be the first time they have met and their first opportunity to talk about questions with which both are preoccupied – about relationships between play and life and creativity. Following the discussion there will be a screening of Ane Hjort Guttu’s film Freedom Requires Free People (2011, 33 minutes), which questions the conditions of critical thinking within educational institutions and, in a broader sense, within society, and of Manon de Boer’s film commissioned for Groundwork, Bella, Maia and Nick (From nothing to something to something else, part 1) (2018, 25 minutes) for which Manon worked with music students from Helston Community College.

CAST Café will offer supper before the event, something hot and something sweet from £7 – café reservations not required.

This talk, and the presentation of Ane Hjort Guttu’s work for Groundwork, is supported by the Norwegian Embassy.

With a focus on place and an emphasis on moving image, sound and performance, the Groundwork season presents new commissions and sited work by internationally acclaimed artists in Cornwall. A changing programme of exhibitions and events unfolds from May to September – visit www.groundwork.art for more information.

Saturday 22 September 2018 7pm Free admission
All welcome
CAST Café supper: 6pm.

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