{"id":6647,"date":"2015-05-11T11:35:40","date_gmt":"2015-05-11T10:35:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/?p=6647"},"modified":"2015-05-11T14:51:53","modified_gmt":"2015-05-11T13:51:53","slug":"powerful-new-exhibition-in-colyer-fergusson-gallery-earthbound-women","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/2015\/05\/11\/powerful-new-exhibition-in-colyer-fergusson-gallery-earthbound-women\/","title":{"rendered":"Powerful new exhibition in Colyer-Fergusson Gallery: Earthbound Women"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Our second exhibition in the new Colyer-Fergusson Gallery space is a powerful, energy-filled series from Canterbury-based collective, <strong>Earthbound Women<\/strong>. Entitled <strong><em>Saxon Shore Way: a response to Tokaido Road<\/em><\/strong>, \u00a0the exhibition explores the historic ancient Roman shoreline from Gravesend to Hastings, and features dramatic visions of different sections of the route in mixed-media format including collage, print,\u00a0etching and collagraph.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6605\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6605\" style=\"width: 448px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/files\/2015\/04\/Reculver-Ruth-McDonald.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-6605 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/files\/2015\/04\/Reculver-Ruth-McDonald.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"448\" height=\"314\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/files\/2015\/04\/Reculver-Ruth-McDonald.jpg 448w, https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/files\/2015\/04\/Reculver-Ruth-McDonald-300x210.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 448px) 100vw, 448px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6605\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rainy Day at Reculver: Ruth McDonald<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The group describes the exhibition as &#8216;a palimpsest&#8230;modern observations written over the ancient history of the Kent coast,&#8217; with some stunning images capturing the visceral power of the sea at Reculver, a haunting nightscape of the moon low over Whitstable, Harty Ferry at Faversham, the river at Chatham and more. The series marks a particularly Kentish reply to Hiroshige&#8217;s &#8217;53 Stations of the Tokaido Road&#8217; to which it responds, continuing the themes of travel and landscape begun in the <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/2015\/04\/18\/picture-perfect-walkswalemedway-exhibition-graces-new-gallery-space\/\"><strong>previous photography exhibition by Hope Fitzgerald<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-6647 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/files\/2015\/05\/WP_20150511_09_03_58_Pro.jpg'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/files\/2015\/05\/WP_20150511_09_03_58_Pro-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/files\/2015\/05\/WP_20150511_09_04_14_Pro.jpg'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/files\/2015\/05\/WP_20150511_09_04_14_Pro-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/files\/2015\/05\/WP_20150511_09_04_37_Pro.jpg'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/files\/2015\/05\/WP_20150511_09_04_37_Pro-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-6650\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-6650'>\n\t\t\t\tImage: Phil Ward\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/files\/2015\/05\/WP_20150511_09_04_57_Pro.jpg'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/files\/2015\/05\/WP_20150511_09_04_57_Pro-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/files\/2015\/05\/earthbound-8.jpg'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/files\/2015\/05\/earthbound-8-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/files\/2015\/05\/earthbound-12.jpg'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/files\/2015\/05\/earthbound-12-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>The exhibition runs until <strong>24 May<\/strong>, and accompanies the performance of the chamber opera <em>Tokaido Road: a journey after Hiroshige<\/em> which comes to the Gulbenkian on Saturday 23 May (details <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thegulbenkian.co.uk\/events\/theatre\/2015\/May\/2015-05-23-tokaido-road.html\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>). Admission to the exhibition is free, gallery open during normal hours.<\/p>\n<p>Read more about Earthbound Women <a href=\"http:\/\/www.earthboundwomen.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>: follow in the footsteps of the Romans at Colyer-Fergusson&#8230;<\/p>\n<ul class=\"kent-social-links\"><li><a href='http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/2015\/05\/11\/powerful-new-exhibition-in-colyer-fergusson-gallery-earthbound-women\/&amp;t=Powerful new exhibition in Colyer-Fergusson Gallery: Earthbound Women' target='_blank'><i class='ksocial-facebook' title='Share via Facebook'><\/i><\/a><\/li><li><a href='http:\/\/twitter.com\/home?status=Powerful new exhibition in Colyer-Fergusson Gallery: Earthbound Women%20https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/2015\/05\/11\/powerful-new-exhibition-in-colyer-fergusson-gallery-earthbound-women\/' target='_blank'><i class='ksocial-twitter' title='Share via Twitter'><\/i><\/a><\/li><li><a href='https:\/\/plus.google.com\/share?url=https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/2015\/05\/11\/powerful-new-exhibition-in-colyer-fergusson-gallery-earthbound-women\/' target='_blank'><i class='ksocial-google-plus' title='Share via Google Plus'><\/i><\/a><\/li><li><a href='http:\/\/linkedin.com\/shareArticle?mini=true&amp;url=https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/2015\/05\/11\/powerful-new-exhibition-in-colyer-fergusson-gallery-earthbound-women\/&amp;title=Powerful new exhibition in Colyer-Fergusson Gallery: Earthbound Women' target='_blank'><i class='ksocial-linkedin' title='Share via Linked In'><\/i><\/a><\/li><li><a href='mailto:content=https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/2015\/05\/11\/powerful-new-exhibition-in-colyer-fergusson-gallery-earthbound-women\/&amp;title=Powerful new exhibition in Colyer-Fergusson Gallery: Earthbound Women' target='_blank'><i class='ksocial-email' title='Share via Email'><\/i><\/a><\/li><\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our second exhibition in the new Colyer-Fergusson Gallery space is a powerful, energy-filled series from Canterbury-based collective, Earthbound Women. Entitled Saxon Shore Way: a response to Tokaido Road, \u00a0the exhibition explores the historic ancient Roman shoreline from Gravesend to Hastings, and features dramatic visions of different sections of the route in mixed-media format including collage, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/2015\/05\/11\/powerful-new-exhibition-in-colyer-fergusson-gallery-earthbound-women\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Powerful new exhibition in Colyer-Fergusson Gallery: Earthbound Women<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":620,"featured_media":6605,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[139458],"tags":[139449,139469,139450],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6647"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/620"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6647"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6647\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6661,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6647\/revisions\/6661"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6605"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6647"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6647"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6647"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}