THE RIVER NEVER TIRES, BUT WAITS IN PATIENCE FOR NEW AND RETURNING BELIEVERS

Presenting their research process via diverse creative narratives, the artists in the exhibition push forward and challenge conversations on processes of healing, ideas of vulnerability, permanence and reparation. As such changes, marks and memories become signals imprinted into bodies, souls and nature itself. Several of the artists’ works present the juxtaposition of ideas and concepts to unpick and capture their own lived experiences, while other works utilize natural materials and photographic images, which are appropriated and then inserted into new narratives.

The exhibiting artists are all graduates from the University’s longest running postgraduate degree, MA in Creative Practice, which offers a bespoke learning experience that encourages students to pursue an individual research interest.

Hafifa Ahmed’s A Passing Journey is an exploration of trauma and healing through visual representations of the reparation process of the wounded heart. The installation comprises of sculptures and prints operating at the intersection of the physical and digital realm. Through manipulating her sculptural pieces, new tensions are manifested from both explicit and implicit narratives. Moving image complements the 3D sculptures whilst constructing and deconstructing images in a dreamlike sequence. Sacred geometry and words of healing surround the sculptural pieces as a bridge to the spiritual realm. By investigating language on a meta level, Ahmed absorbs the tradition of remembrance art into daily practice.