In April 2007 I spent nearly four weeks around Dartington College responding to the site and producing new medium format photo works. The entire time was imbued with the prickling coldness created by the fact that my curious, fierce, dreadfully posh and much loved Aunt was dying. She died on the last day of the Residency in her home town for most of her life, Chichester.
This led me to develop a new performance work inspired by her life and my grief at Rules and Regs in Southampton.
In March 2008 I will be presenting a new work at Dartington College developing further concepts dealing with the nature of funerals and other ways of letting go of loved ones. I will also be showing the photographs I made last April as light boxes in the Gallery.
Press release:
Quiet Bells Sprung.
An exhibition by Deej Fabyc
Curated by Lindsay Hughes
13 – 21 March 2008.
Preview: Thursday 13 March 6pm – 8pm.
Performance 20 March 1 pm at The Gallery forecourt
For more than twenty years Deej Fabyc, has worked solo and collectively using live art/performance combined with digital media, drawing, sculpture and photography, exhibiting widely in Europe and United States. More recently she has exhibited at Castlefield Gallery in Manchester and the Reina Sofia Museum in Madrid. Having spent a number of years in Australia and now based in London, Fabyc is director and founder of artist run space Elastic Residence, Whitechapel, London.
Continuing the artist’s residency programme at The Gallery, Dartington College of Arts, Fabyc spent four weeks on the site exploring her working processes in April 2007. Work produced will form her first solo photographic exhibition at The Gallery. Fabyc has utilised the landscape as a site for reflection, where she will present new medium format photographs, made in the grounds of Dartington Estate, looking at myths of the woods and family relations.
Leaves Fall Yet They Return
A ceremony with Deej Fabyc in collaboration with some local heroes
A performance will take place at the end of the exhibition, which has been developed in response to the fact that a family member died whilst she was at the residency. Fabyc is asking the public to come forward with personal stories of their bereavement from which she will make medals created to have personal significance to each receiver.
A ceremony in collaboration with some local heroes.
Have you lost a child, a brother or sister, parent, close friend or lover?
Artist Deej Fabyc would like to give you a medal for your experience of loss. She would interview you for half an hour in confidence and develop a personalised medal for you that recognises the important memories you have of the loved one. You would need to be prepared to come to an intimate award ceremony at the Gallery at Dartington college of Arts on the 20th of March at 1pm in order to receive your award. It is suggested that you may need to have been bereaved for more than a year, but that is your decision.
The Gallery, Dartington Hall Estate.Totnes. TQ9 6EJ. Tel: 44(0) 1803 862224
A performance will take place at the end of the exhibition, which has been developed in response to the fact that a family member died whilst she was at the residency. Fabyc is asking the public to come forward with personal stories of their bereavement from which she will make medals created to have personal significance to each receiver.
A ceremony in collaboration with some local heroes.
Have you lost a child, a brother or sister, parent, close friend or lover?
Artist Deej Fabyc would like to give you a medal for your experience of loss. She would interview you for half an hour in confidence and develop a personalised medal for you that recognises the important memories you have of the loved one. You would need to be prepared to come to an intimate award ceremony at the Gallery at Dartington college of Arts on the 20th of March at 1pm in order to receive your award. It is suggested that you may need to have been bereaved for more than a year, but that is your decision.
The Medals
Medal In Memory of John
Jack Russell Terrier
Brown Paisley on his Chair
A crucifix
A Pipe
A Bottle or Two
The Expression: "Said The Actress to the Bishop"
Medal In Memory of Dave RJ
A Book
a Globe
Musical Notations
a Football
The Expression: " Equal Rights for All"
Medal in Memory of Jean
A Star Pincushion
A Silver Salt Cellar
A Quill Pen for Poetry
A Cameo Broach
Some Toy Animal Eyes
The Expression " Give us a Butchers"
Medal in Memory of Ursula
A car
toys and games
writing a quill pen
a glass raised
yellow Kitchen table and xw golf
Travel
Amnesty Logo
The Expression: "Look I'm Doing the Ton!!"
Medal in Memory of Margaret and Harry
Black and Gold
Poetry quills
Sea and Fishing- a life ring
Pears
Pine Cones
Flowers
The Bible
Baking
Wild Wallpaper
The Gallery, Dartington Hall Estate.Totnes. TQ9 6EJ. Tel: 44(0) 1803 862224
