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Spontaneous Combustion

A celebration of difference that is sure to ignite and excite the senses. Trelowarren, situated on the granite outcrop called The Lizard, is the most perfect setting for this special exhibition

About the project

The title ‘Spontaneous Combustion’ encapsulates the essence of the project, which is a promotion of raw creative impulse, the focal points being intuition, passion, compulsion and obsession.

 

Hypothesis

If the boundaries are widened to include a less mainstream and purposely diverse selection of the artistic community, using criteria to ‘fit the theme’, a synthesis can occur This, we believe, will be far more powerful both visually and experientially than events, which tend toward a somewhat safer, more marginalized, sector of our Artist communities. Provided issues to do with quality are considered with care and sensibility toward the ‘whole’ aesthetic, we believe that it is possible to create, interact with, and observe a truly significant cultural event.

 

We hope that you see this exhibition for what it is, in the spirit in which it was intended -A glorious showcase of the passionate and the intuitive, our way of celebrating difference, in dedication to those of us that just are!

For more information please view the following pdf file.

Project Details pdf

 

Event news/contact details

CALL FOR ARTISTS

Would you like to exhibit in St Ives during Aug/Sept 07?

Call for Artists (pdf)

 

Linda Styles,,
linda.styles@cornwall.ac.uk

 

Planned events

Spontaneous Combustion 2
Mariners Gallery,
St Ives

11 August - 7 September 2007

Exhibition details (pdf)

After the success of the first exhibition, which was held at Trelowarren, (24th Sept - 5th Nov 06), the Spontaneous Combustion team have been invited to stage another show in the Members Gallery of the Mariners Church in St Ives between the 11th Aug and the 7th Sept 07, courtesy of St Ives Society of Artists. The gallery space is a vaulted chapel located in the heart of the town by the Sloop car park. It is a public gallery part funded by the Arts Council

 

'Grand Finale'
5th November 2007

11am - 4pm

A 'Combustion" workshop with Sandy Brown, details to follow.

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 Linda Styles - artist profile for Spontaneous Combustion Project