Bridgwater artist creates 'accessible' exhibition about nature
Mr Slate said he had the idea of an installation where people can discuss a future without nature."Eventually I came up with a lot of hanging textiles that have been painted with shadows of nature," he added."When I hang my washing out, the trees shadow on my sheets. It's really inspired by that, there are shadows of trees and birds."
Mr Slate added that when Seed Sedgemoor, a collective of local organisations, came to him about the exhibition being in a shopping centre, he was apprehensive."A lot of times it can cheapen your work," he explained."But I didn't have to dumb down the work. We want real work and we want people to either get it or not."They have to see it's available to normal people too."The exhibition is also being supported by the Arts CouncilLaura Hylton from Seed Sedgemoor added: "To Seed it is just really important to work with communities and speak to them about what they want and bring them things for free that people wouldn't have seen before."
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