- Venue
- The Maltings Gymnasium gallery
- Starts
- Saturday, August 5, 2023
- Ends
- Sunday, September 17, 2023
- Address
- The Gymnasium Gallery, Berwick Barracks, The Parade, Berwick-upon-Tweed TD15 1DF
- Location
- North East England
- Organiser
- The Maltings Gymnasium Gallery
NEVER EVER (2023)
The Maltings Art Centre, Berwick, UK
Solo exhibition
NEVER EVER follows fictional television presenter and their crew as they travel across Northumberland, apparently shooting some kind of documentary about the region’s food and farms. The only problem is they’re not very good. Less Countryfile… more Country-fail. The presenter’s complete confusion in the face of almost everything they encounter offers both a comedic and poignant space for reflection, an invitation to think twice about some of the language, values and ideas commonly associated with contemporary issues of environment and technology. As the film progresses, we start to see behind the scenes of our presenter’s world (both literally and metaphorically). A more reflective side to this slightly hapless character starts to become visible, a deeply sensitive and critical mind anxiously considering the hidden complexities of the words, politics, and places they encounter on their journey.
NEVER EVER was developed during a residency in 2022 with The Maltings and Newcastle University’s Centre for Rural
Economy and Institute for Creative Arts Practice which explored the production of food, its consumption and how its
value was constructed by producers and consumers.
