Feeling at Home
Works by Hollie Palmer
PV: Thursday 23rd January 6-8PM
Open 21st January-2nd February
Hollie Palmer’s practice unravels the interplay between memory, home, and the emotional bond she feels towards the Cornish landscape. The threads Palmer weaves evoke each place she has lived and those she has imagined. A ritualistic process, the rhythmic repetition of her craft allows her to drift off into landscapes and imaginary worlds where the comfort of nostalgia is disturbed by uncanny visions, childhood fears, and the unfamiliar.
The installation ‘Feeling at Home’ sets the scene for an eerie dinner with a creature that’s crept through the asparagus trees to fish within the pink copper marsh. Upon return, the dinner table is set with gammon, a freshly caught fish adorned with rhubarb, asparagus, and tomatoes. The creature feasts upon its latest catch, eating every last morsel and leaving only bones behind.
The installation pinpoints a memory of finding a perfectly preserved fish sunken into the moorland near Mên-an-Tol, Palmer has come to appreciate that ‘home’ is not only a physical dwelling but also the landscapes and places that evoke a deep sense of gravity and familiarity, as though a permanent thread links all poignant landscapes and houses shes lived within.
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Work Dimensions & Materials
Asparagus Trees - Wool, hessian, yarn, wood, ceramics & metal 230x80cm Feeling at Home (Tapestry) - Wood, hessian, wool 188x150cm
Dinner Table (Installation) - Wool, hessian, yarn, metal & ceramics 150x80x90cm
Dinner Table (Installation) - Wool, hessian, yarn, metal & ceramics 150x80x90cm
