Openaries

Through some tree branches and flowers, there are people sitting and walking in the background, in a garden. Behind which there is a building.

A little boy is reaching out from a wooden box made around a tree. A pair of hands, are reaching out for the child from the right corner of the frame. There is a wooden book with the word "GEAN" carved on it vertically.

Two women are in the process of putting garbage into a couple of joint trash cans. One of them is reaching their hands into the cans, while the other is waiting to put dry waste into it. Two pipes are connected to the lower sides of either sides of the trash cans. On the left, there are packets and buckets of wooden planks. There is a building in the background.

A pair of hands are holding some garbage over a couple joint trash cans. There is dry garbage in the trash cans, including newspaper and orange panels. There is another person behind the trash cans, who is picking up something from the ground.

Trongate

Working collaboratively, Laura Aldridge and Anna Mayer designed and built a portable ceramics kiln, to be the focus of three themed firing events around the city. Local artists and practitioners were asked to contribute a performance or offering to these public gatherings. There is an emphasis on sociality and an exploration of how the art making process can be both ritualistic and casual.

The foyer of Trongate 103 was the base for the project, displaying the dormant kiln, ceramics produced and providing information on the events.

Commissioned by Glasgow International and supported by Outset Scotland, with additional support from Glasgow Life.

Events

Openaries I: Thought forms/ Theories of the universe (uttered rather than written)/ John Baldessari

The Hidden Gardens, Tramway

Sunday 06 April, 6:30pm-8:30pm

Openaries II: Vaginas and snakes

Glasgow Sculpture Studios, The Whiskey Bond

Saturday 12 April, 7pm-12pm

Openaries III: Ever open openings/ Ever more open openings/ The expanded vessel

Woodlands Community Gardens

Saturday 09 April, 4pm-7pm