Event overview
This exhibition consists of a collection of textiles by the artist and a series of performances incorporating some of her work.
**Please note that Deptford Town Hall is closed to the public in response to an ongoing student protest. This exhibition is open to Goldsmiths staff and students by appointment only. To make an appointment to visit, please contact special.collections@gold.ac.uk**
Global Fusion Music and Arts, in conjunction with the Constance Howard Gallery, Goldsmiths University, is pleased to present a retrospective of the work of Mary Ball (1922-2006).
Throughout her career as an independent artist, an art teacher and a theatre facilitator; Ball would dye, sew, cut up and reform fabrics to create bold, expressive textile works. She saw fabric as a means to push the boundaries of textiles, using them with sound, light and performance to explore colour and form.
Ball liked to imagine her work as a living, breathing entity and she involved many people from diverse creative backgrounds in live performances of her work. She often considered these works as a part of a larger, ever-changing performance.
Inspired by this, GFMA, in conjunction with THE Constance Howard Gallery are excited to announce the first live performance with the works during the private view on the evening of February 8th 2019; directed by Stevie-Rose and accompanied by a soundscape created by Ethnomusicologist, Joanna Shiel. Several of the hangings will be placed onto sculpture, moved and manipulated against a backdrop of city-park sound inspired by Ball’s love of Greenwich Park. The audience will be invited to view the works and how they respond to the emotions and experience of Stevie-Rose as well as how they come alive in sounds of birdsong, passers-by, the low frequency vibrations of helicopters and the crunching of autumn leaves. The hangings will remain on the sculpture until the next performance, until the next time they are invited to become alive again.
Visitors to the exhibition will be able to view a selection of textiles by Mary Ball and an accompanying film featuring the works in use in Greenwich Park. Archival sketchbooks and photos captured from performances during Mary’s lifetime will also be on view.
There will be additional performances using Ball’s textile works on the following dates:
Friday 8th March, 12 - 2 pm and Friday 3rd May 12 - 2 pm
Dates & times
| Date | Time | Add to calendar |
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| 16 Apr 2019 | 11:00am - 5:00pm | |
| 17 Apr 2019 | 11:00am - 5:00pm | |
| 24 Apr 2019 | 11:00am - 5:00pm | |
| 25 Apr 2019 | 11:00am - 5:00pm | |
| 26 Apr 2019 | 11:00am - 5:00pm | |
| 29 Apr 2019 | 11:00am - 5:00pm | |
| 30 Apr 2019 | 11:00am - 5:00pm | |
| 1 May 2019 | 11:00am - 5:00pm | |
| 2 May 2019 | 11:00am - 5:00pm | |
| 3 May 2019 |
11:00am - 5:00pm Performance 12-2pm |
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| 7 May 2019 | 11:00am - 5:00pm | |
| 8 May 2019 | 11:00am - 5:00pm | |
| 9 May 2019 | 11:00am - 5:00pm | |
| 10 May 2019 | 11:00am - 5:00pm | |
| 13 May 2019 | 11:00am - 5:00pm | |
| 14 May 2019 | 11:00am - 5:00pm | |
| 15 May 2019 | 11:00am - 5:00pm | |
| 16 May 2019 | 11:00am - 5:00pm | |
| 17 May 2019 | 11:00am - 5:00pm | |
| 20 May 2019 | 11:00am - 5:00pm | |
| 21 May 2019 | 11:00am - 5:00pm | |
| 22 May 2019 | 11:00am - 5:00pm | |
| 23 May 2019 | 11:00am - 5:00pm |
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