Radiant Objects: encounters in the nuclear age

Fringe Arts Bath Festival : 26 May - 11 June 2023
Venue: Newark Works, 2 Foundry Ln, Bath BA2 3DZ
Open 11am to 6pm 27 May to 10 June / 11am to 3pm on Sun 11 June
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Exhibiting Artists:

Aimee Lax, Angenita Teekins, Bridget Kennedy, Daniel Beck, David Blandy, Gabriella Hirst and Warren Harper, Gair Dunlop, Hanae Utamura, Jennifer Evans, Jonathan Johnson, Kaori Homma, Keeling Curve, Knut Olaf Sunde, Mary Kavanagh, Michael Sanders, Mirka Pflüger, Robin Tarbet, Stop Trident barrels, Teresa Paiva, Veit Stratmann, Veronika Lukasova.

Over the last 80 years the presence of ‘the nuclear’ has reshaped, and continues to reshape, the world around us, both physiologically and culturally. The impact of nuclear weapons and nuclear explosions has led to still-unfolding tragedies.

For many the promise of ‘clean’ nuclear energy has given rise to hope. But at the same time, ‘the nuclear’ proliferates imperceptibly, within our everyday lives: from radioactive office spaces to the branding of crisps; from CND protest signs to x-ray shoe-fittings.

We continue to try to visualise something that can’t be seen, often using science-fiction imagery to comprehend the vastness, depth and longevity of nuclear energy.

This exhibition explores ‘radiant objects’ that are/ were part of the humdrum of daily life but that make visible the quiet spread of nuclear culture.

Curated by Jessica Holtaway

Child of the Atom, David Blandy