RUMBLESTRIP
G39, Cardiff. Sat 4 May-Sat 13 July
You’ll find a rumblestrip on the edge of a motorway road, for the purpose of awakening drowsy or absentminded motorists from drifting to the hard shoulder. The wheel rolls over the strip and a thunderous rumble shocks the driver back to reality, preventing a crash. Rumblestrip is a collaborative exhibition by six contemporary artists who aim to present pieces that work with that sense of sudden interruption. The artists involved – Jessica Warboys, Nooshin Farhid, James Moore, Paula Morison, Paul Eastwood and Emanuel Almborg – all seek to address that sense of jolting away from a disaster.
One particular emblem of this dark undercurrent will hopefully be seen in Almborg’s documentation of a youth theatre group, who’ve been aiming to link the 19th century Rebecca Riots (where farmers in Wales protested against unfair taxations) to the 2011 London riots, with a focus on time, revolt and repression. Elsewhere, Nooshin Farhid presents a video piece following the journey of a bullet through the street – a simulation caught between the past and the present, searching for an impact. Another highlight will likely be Paul Eastwood’s work. The Wrexham-born artist recently came out of a successful first solo exhibition at Chapter, and uses a mixture of media to investigate how art frames the way we tell stories socially.
Admission: free. Info: 029 2047 3633 / www.g39.org
words Tamzin Wilks