We Lifted the Earth is an exhibition that brings together artists Alice Hartley, Lily German and Sebastian Sochan. Through sculpture, painting, textiles and print, these artists each investigate materiality and pursue processes that transform the materials that they use.

As the world opens up again, our habits change and a new sense of freedom is found. We have been driven to rediscover experiences that were routine and adapt to new challenges. Taking on the teachings of the “new normal” and adjusting back to the familiar, We Lifted the Earth prompts a conversation on how we interact with materials, one another and the consequences of it.

Hartley, German and Sochan return to salvage, reclaim and repurpose. The language and form is recognisable but the perspective is changed, new meanings and changed existences have created new relationships with material. This show investigates these artist’s evolving and altered practices as we return to the familiar, whilst negotiating a new, alert sensorial landscape.

A series of workshops, performance and events exploring different materials and making processes will run alongside the exhibition.

https://research.gold.ac.uk/id/eprint/33915