ELEMENTALS Birds

part art installation, part social experiment by Inga and Andy Hamilton with additional works by over 50 international artists 15th March – 28th April, 2012

Opening Reception

Thursday 15th March, 6pm - 9pm

all welcome

Gallery Talk by the Artists

Saturday 14th April, at 2pm

ELEMENTALS Birds is a very special experiment to see if people in the creative arts can physically embody feelings of peace, harmony, and goodwill in their work and tangibly affect the showing environment. Elementals are the manifestations of thoughts that once attached to their creator are fed by further thoughts and actions.

Directly from the Richard F. Brush Gallery, NY, USA, Inga and Andy Hamilton bring Elementals Birds to R-Space Gallery, Lisburn.

During their recent US tour, their project instigated a domino effect across the artistic and medative spectrum. Composers have written music inspired by the artists' birds, in turn, inspiring dancers to choreograph pieces, film makers to film them, and printmakers to produce prints reflecting all of these practices. Meditation sessions will continue to be held amongst the birds here in Lisburn.

The show is also a charitable catalyst, with projects being set up to feed the homeless, plant trees and commit random acts of kindness towards complete strangers.

37 pieces of work have already sold at affordable prices whilst others found new homes through exchange and gifting processes. Three book sculptures have been purchased for permanent collections. Visitors’ comments included such praise as “The work is of a higher calibre than that at the Corcoran in Washington DC”.

We have hundreds of photographs of the installation, which along with the stories behind the works, we are hoping will eventually become a book.

Read about the wonderful things happening because of the show at www.rockpoolcandy.com/elementals_birds Inga and Andy’s work can been seen at: www.ingahamilton.com and www.mytarpit.com

R-Space opening Hours Wed - Sat 11am to 5pm 32 Castle Street, Lisburn, BT27 4XE Tel 02892663179 Mob 07702293191 www.rspaceatthelinenrooms.org.uk Anthea McWilliams E: aspace@thelinenrooms.com Robert Martin E: rspace@thelinenrooms.com