‘Earth Magic’ is a contemporary multimedia group exhibition curated by Patricia Brien. It includes work by local, national and international artists and a new soundscape composed by Simon McCorry.

“This exhibition is a dialogue with ‘earth mysteries’ in the contemporary cultural sphere. It is framed by collective folkloric traditions, ancient mythologies, contemporary animisms and cosmological thinking. For human dwellers, the Earth and its mysteries exist in a multiplicity of meanings and layers; celestial body, materiality, landscapes, home. As an artistic exploration of the ‘earth as entity’, the permeation of digital technology and associated capitalist captivation with the magical qualities intrinsic to rare earth minerals seemingly reverberates in an echo chamber of future tempos, tenses and tempests. Sensing the earth in the overwhelm of the digital era is an act akin to linking sightlines (or leylines) for safe passage. In this context, earth mysteries are not to be ‘solved’, rather, the off piste caverns of the imaginal underworld succor supernatural musings. They are ongoing projects with the land, magic, inklings; a curious refuge in the era of the Ecocene.” Patricia Brien, Curator

Patricia Brien is a Lecturer in Critical Design Thinking at Bath Spa University, curator, researcher, and artist.

Accompanied by special events and workshops.