MAKING PORT
by Sophie Giller – Text by Hamilton MAS
An exhibition and PORT TO PORT Showcase.
Celebrating the maritime communities of Lowestoft, Ipswich, and Felixstowe with an evolving and travelling artwork.
Friday 4th September OPENING 6pm – 8pm
Saturday 5th – Saturday 26th September OPEN 11am – 4pm
Hamilton MAS is delighted to invite you to the exhibition MAKING PORT and PORT TO PORT Showcase by Sophie Giller.
PORT TO PORT, a travelling artwork and project, commissioned by The Art Station in collaboration with First Light Festival, SPILL Festival and Hamilton MAS, makes final port this September, having journeyed from the port towns of Lowestoft and Ipswich to Felixstowe over the last two years.
Sophie Giller is an artist whose practice spans sculpture, textiles, and social engagement.
For PORT TO PORT her work involved collaboration with communities in all three Suffolk port towns to create an evolving, thought-provoking installation, that explores identity, storytelling, and place.
Please join us for the exhibition and showcase.
Opening on Friday 4th September 6pm – 8pm.
Meet the artist, experience the work, learn about the project.
Enjoy a drink and share great conversation.
This exhibition takes inspiration from Giller’s research into the maritime history of the ports towns of Suffolk, exploring the past, present and future of these ever changing places, and Giller’s making alongside the people who live, work and travel there. Experimental textile work, exquisite quilting, the process of print, paint and ceramics combine with project work and writing, to create a rich artistic response to in depth social
engagement. Giller will also show new pieces that draw on practice research into the endangered crafts of sail and rope making.
Giller has created the final iteration of Port to Port as an installation comprising twelve large-scale patchwork sail shapes, based on exchange of community stories and pictures, translated into printed textiles. Wooden perching structures take inspiration from boat gunnels, a place of attachment that provides strength, safety and protection. This installation can be viewed at Landguard Trust in mid September.
PORT TO PORT at Landguard Trust
Heritage Open Days 19th & 20th September
Felixstowe Museum Saturday 19th September 11am-5pm
Landguard Fort Sunday 20th September 10am-5pm
MAKING PORT at Hamilton MAS
Exhibition and Showcase 5th – 26th September 11am – 4pm.
PORT TO PORT Family Workshop Sunday 6th September 12pm – 2pm
Do join us and celebrate the arrival of Port to Port in Felixstowe.
The phrase making port in sailing, means arriving, docking or anchoring at harbour or destination port.
It marks the successful completion of a journey.
Port to Port is produced by The Art Station
In partnership with First Light Festival, SPILL Festival and Hamilton MAS
Funded by the Arts Council England Suffolk County Council
East Suffolk Council Harwich Haven Authority Suffolk Community Foundation and Felixstowe Town Council
We look forward to welcoming you.
Hamilton MAS, Bent Hill, Felixstowe, IP11 7DG
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