STOMACH OF SILT

An exhibition by Groundmouth at GLOAM and in partnership with Haarlem Artspace, Curated by Stu Burke

VIRTUAL EDITION OF THE EXHIBITION COMING SOON VIA HAARLEM ARTSPACE

Stomach of Silt is the first duo exhibition of Groundmouth, a collaboration between Harry Martin and Milly Melbourne, born from The Field artist residency in the old headquarters of the National Coal Board in Derbyshire where they worked and played together for 18 months. Here they developed psychogeographic techniques to tune into the complex layers of historical, ecological, sociopolitical and mythic realities of the building and surrounding landscape.

For Stomach of Silt, they use this approach to explore forgotten places of industrial power - Masson Mills, a 1783 cotton spinning mill; the skeletal remains of Willington Power Station; and the River Don, where trash churns in swamps under Sheffield’s abandoned steel factories. They weave voices and knowledge from these spaces to intuitively understand the haunting legacy of industrialisation in all its devastation, beauty and pride, through a sprawling and scavenged installation of sculpture, sound and textile.

The exhibition also features an illustrated publication of writings as well as an exhibition text delving into themes of the work by Livvy Punnett @strawberrypunnett