No Place Like Home: Ambitious exhibition explores the concept of 'home' in the 21st century
No Place Like Home, image by Laura Hudson & Rachel Ara
An ambitious multi-disciplinary exhibition featuring the work of acclaimed UK, international and Jersey-based artists that explores the concept of 'home' in the 21st century.
Wednesday 6 September to Sunday 15 October 2023
At ArtHouse Jersey at Capital House + unexpected locations around the Island
ArtHouse Jersey is launching one of its most ambitious projects to date exploring the concept of ‘home’ with an exhibition of newly commissioned works that will be shown in and outside of its gallery space. Expertly curated, No Place Like Home features the work of local and internationally acclaimed artists and invites Islanders to consider their ‘home’ on a personal, national, global and even cosmic scale.
Launching at ArtHouse Jersey at Capital House with a special celebration event on Tuesday 5 September 2023 at 5.30pm (all welcome), the show will open from 10.30am on Wednesday 6 September and run until 15 October 2023). The exhibition features 23 gallery based artworks and three external installation pieces, all of which explore ‘home’ from the micro to the macro, including considerations around Jersey’s housing crisis and international perspectives of the health of our planet. Whilst we live in a time when this can be a complex and serious subject, the pieces on display are often playful and interactive and invite the viewer to reflect on their own interpretation and experience.
Pictured: A detail of Space as a Premium by artist Will Romeril
No Place Like Home showcases artists working in a variety of mediums from sculpture to tapestry to interactive installations where visitors can make themselves at home in a temporary living room. It will perhaps challenge people’s perceptions of what an art exhibition can be and has been designed to appeal to a broad variety of ages and not just for those with a firmly established interest in art.
Curators of No Place Like Home, Rosalind Davis and Laura Hudson, said: “Rosalind and I wanted to create an exhibition where everyone can feel at home. A key aim of ArtHouse Jersey is to make the arts accessible to the wider community, which was why we were drawn to a subject matter that will mean something to everyone. Home is of course a loaded term, and its connotations will be different for all of us. For many it will be a sanctuary, but for some it may have less positive associations. No Place Like Home builds a rich narrative and delves into personal stories, global issues, childhood memories, and speculative worlds as well as the bleak realities of the current housing market. The artists do not shy away from difficult issues, but rather tackle them with inventiveness, pathos, humour and a generosity of spirit. Alongside the gallery works, three installations will be announced in the coming weeks which will take their place in surprising settings around the Island.”
The Minister for Housing and Communities in Jersey, David Warr, is supportive of the exhibition and its ambitions. He said “I believe that the arts can help shine a light on difficult social issues and encourage debate. That’s why I am delighted to be supporting the No Place Like Home exhibition, which I am sure will prompt healthy discussion on the housing challenges we are facing. I will be taking the opportunity to share some of my plans to help make positive changes to the lives of Islanders.”
Pictured: Home is not a Place by Sasha Bowles, 'For the Attention of the Homeowner' by Justin Hibbs July 2023 & George Bolster - We Are Neither Above Nor Apart From Nature
NO PLACE LIKE HOME TALKS & EVENTS
Curators Tour of No Place Like Home with Rosalind Davis and Laura Hudson. Wed 6 Sept, 1pm at ArtHouse Jersey at Capital House
Curators Rosalind Davis and Laura Hudson will offer an in depth tour of the gallery exhibition, providing insight into the artists works in the show and sharing their approach to the commissioning of new work, curation of the show, the selected individual works and discuss the multiple threads that run through the exhibition both in the gallery and outside at various locations around Jersey. CLICK HERE FOR MORE & TO BOOK.
Ghost in the Landscape: Lisa Traxler in Conversation with Rosalind Davis. Wed 6 Sept, 5pm at ArtHouse Jersey at Capital House
Artist Lisa Traxler talks about the evolution of her sculpture, Ghost Echo, a new public sculpture commissioned by ArtHouse Jersey specifically for No Place Like Home. Ghost Echo is Traxler’s response following an artist's research residency in Jersey last September to investigate ideas of Home. Ghost Echo will be sited at the entrance to Jersey War Tunnels from September 5th in conjunction with the No Place Like Home exhibition. The artist invites you to join her on a journey through the making of a public sculpture and the processes that culminated in Ghost Echo as well as the way her own wartime family history became so integral to the development of this project. CLICK HERE FOR MORE & TO BOOK.
Minister for Housing and Communities David Warr discusses Affordable Housing: Issues and Strategies. Sat 9 Sept, 11am at ArtHouse Jersey at Capital House
David Warr, Minister for Housing and Communities, will be discussing current issues facing Jersey’s housing market and the policies that he is developing to address them.“I believe that the arts can help shine a light on difficult social issues and encourage debate. That’s why I am delighted to be supporting the No Place Like Home exhibition, which I am sure will prompt healthy discussion on the housing challenges we are facing. I will be taking the opportunity to share some of my plans to help make positive changes to the lives of Islanders.” David Warr, Minister for Housing and Communities, Jersey. This will be a unique opportunity to ask questions and learn more about current policies. CLICK HERE FOR MORE & TO BOOK.
Artists Justin Hibbs & Sasha Bowles in conversation with Rosalind Davis. Fri 29 Sept at 5.30pm at ArtHouse Jersey at Capital House
Sasha Bowles and Justin Hibbs have both been commissioned by Arthouse Jersey to create new installations for the exhibition No Place Like Home. They will each discuss their research, ideas, and processes in creating these works. Both complex site-specific large-scale installations contain narratives, histories, and personal objects of significance and reflect on the themes of home where we move from façade to a grounding of reality. In conversation with curator Rosalind Davis. CLICK HERE FOR MORE & TO BOOK.
SoundClash curated by Justin Hibbs. Sat 30 September 1pm - 6pm at ArtHouse Jersey at Capital House
This will be a musical performance with a difference. A must for all vinyl heads, musos, sound artists and people with an interest in how we create narratives, work collectively, improvise or create situations to spark creativity and expression. A SoundClash is where 4-6 people get together and bring a selection of 20 vinyl records to be played one after another, and in response to each other for a defined period of time. Coinciding with the Corn Riots the theme of ‘Protest songs’ will form one of the rounds. Players Justin Hibbs, Peter Liversidge, Stefan Rousseau, David Gaspar, Alix Warwick. Free entry. CLICK HERE FOR MORE & TO BOOK.
Writing Home Poetry Workshop. Tues 3 October, 6pm at ArtHouse Jersey at Capital House.
Following the enormous success of previous poetry sessions, Poet Traci O’Dea will lead a workshop in which attendees will read poems about home and then create their own poems inspired by works in the No Place Like Home exhibition during a relaxed and supportive evening. CLICK HERE FOR MORE & TO BOOK.
Writing Home: poetry performance evening led by Traci O’Dea. Fri 6 October, 6pm at ArtHouse Jersey at Capital House.
Participants from the Writing Home poetry workshop led by Traci O’Dea are invited to read the poems completed during the week in an informal evening event with refreshments. Everyone is welcome to join us for this evening of socialising and poetry reading. CLICK HERE FOR MORE & TO BOOK.
Eddie Wong, Portrait of the Jungle People
No Place Like Home is curated by Rosalind Davis and Laura Hudson and sees ArtHouse Jersey commission new artworks by Ana Čvorović (Bosnia/UK), Sasha Bowles (UK), Justin Hibbs (UK), Will Romeril (Jersey), and Lindsay Rutter (Jersey). Alongside the commissions the curators have selected existing work by artists who resonate with the broad ranging themes of No Place Like Home including: Jananne al-Ani (Iraq/UK), Rachel Ara (Jersey), Jackie Berridge (UK), George Bolster (Ire/USA), Peter Jones (UK), Daria Koltsova (Ukraine/UK), Peter Liversidge (UK), Harriet Mena Hill (UK), Kate Murdoch (UK), Ravelle Pillay (South Africa), Saba Qizilbash (Pakistan/UAE), Martha Rostler (USA), Judith Tucker (UK), Lisa Traxler (Isle of Wight/UK), Joanna Whittle (UK), Eddie Wong (Malaysia/NZ) and Andrea V Wright (UK).
No Place Like Home runs from Wednesday 6 September to Sunday 15 October 2023, ArtHouse Jersey at Capital House, 8 Church St., St. Helier, Jersey, Channel Islands, UK.+ unexpected locations around the Island. Gallery opening times Tuesday to Sunday 10:30am - 6pm. Closed Mondays. Keep an eye on arthousejersey.je for further information and news about the exhibition, installations and events.
