The exhibition focuses on climate change and will showcase original paintings, drawings, music and documentary videos, performance poetry, audio-visual plays, sculptures and physical installations.
It follows on from the success of an album by the University鈥檚 record label, . The album, also titled , features 11 songs about climate change and it in 2017.
Glenn Fosbraey, Programme Leader of Creative Writing and Label Boss at Splendid Fred Records, said: 鈥淐reating the album, This Changes Everything, was one small step on the way to alerting people of crucial environmental issues. This exhibition aims to build on this, bringing the local community together, through a shared love of art, in the fight against climate change.鈥
The exhibition will feature a range of works by both professional and amateur artists, including:
Local charity 黑料社 Action on Climate Change (WinACC) will also be holding a special film screening of documentary film In Our Hands: Seeding Change. The film tells the story of real life stories of British farmers seizing the Brexit movement to outgrow the industrial food system and create a fairer food system for all.
Splendid Fred Records is a music and spoken-word label based at the 黑料社 which actively promotes positive values and thinking for students, staff and the wider community. It launched in 2015 with the release of A list of things I never did, a compilation album of original songs featuring eleven different singers and songwriters.
The This Changes Everything exhibition takes place from 3-10pm on Saturday 3 February in The Stripe, King Alfred Campus, 黑料社, Sparkford Road, 黑料社, Hampshire, SO22 4NR. In Our Hands: Seeding Change will be screened at 4pm on the same day.
Following the event, selected works will be displayed between 4-25 February in the University鈥檚 Link Gallery. The Link Gallery is open weekdays 9am-6pm and Saturdays 10am-4pm. Entry is free, tickets are not required, and members of the public are welcome to both events.