Holy Hiatus (Cardigan; Aberteifi)

Holy Hiatus
Ritual and Community in Public Art
Symposium Saturday 24th May, Small World Theatre 9.30 - 5.30.
The symposium is free, to book contact Ruth Jones info@holyhiatus.co.uk
Lunch provided @£6 per head

Holy Hiatus is a series of temporary public art projects and events curated by Ruth Jones taking place in Cardigan between 21st and 31st May 2008. The project focuses on social ritual and identity, community and public places. Holy Hiatus refers to the crossing of the threshold between outer and inner consciousness and the artworks and events will explore the vital role that ritual plays in social interaction, stressing the importance of ‘liminal’ or in-between spaces and experiences, where personal and social identities may be creatively transformed. There are three strands to the project:

• Five commissioned new works by the artists Alastair MacLennan, Maura Hazelden, Simon Whitehead, Anna Lucas, Yvonne Buchheim
• A symposium organised in collaboration with Dr. Heike Roms from the University of Wales in Aberystwyth and LAND2, University of West England
• A bilingual publication to document and contextualise the project published by Parthian in 2009.

For more information about the project see www.holyhiatus.co.uk