21 March 24

you have already survived

you have already survived is a solo exhibition by artist-performer-writer gobscure that celebrates the afon wysg river usk). poetry, paper sculpture, photography, sound, and performance, reflects on the watercourse as a place for post-trauma-growth
Venue
llantarnam grange, cwmbran
Starts
Friday, March 22, 2024
Ends
Saturday, May 4, 2024
Address
St David's Road Cwmbran NP44 1PD
Location
Wales
Organiser
llantarnam grange, cwmbran

https://llantarnamgrange.com/you-have-already-survived/

baNNER Of river usk - shaped like a face - with curlew, bridge, welshpoppy, redkite and mountain - childlike, brightcolours with brushpen

you have already survived is a solo exhibition by artist-performer-writer gobscure that celebrates the Afon Wysg (River Usk).
 

Through poetry, paper sculpture, photography, sound, and performance, gobscure shares a cumulation of work that has been a life-time in the making. Winding their lived experience with history, myth, politics, and nature, this works reflects on the watercourse as a companion for the complex process of healing and growing post-trauma.

 

Characterised by a poetic style that uses plural pronouns and lowercase text, which they describe as a “reflection on our broken-mind”, gobscure rejects the barriers that the rules and standardisation of writing and expression dictates. This can be seen across their banners, in their paper installation ‘frag’, and in flow, a series of 78 digital photos (one for every mile of the river) that is accompanied by a sound piece that layers sound of the river with fragments of songs.