“Germinator

‘Even tomorrow you will have today’

…is a phrase from a poem by Ocean Vuong — a poem called ‘Headfirst’, which feels apt. That’s how a lot of artists enter the art world. How a seed sprouts from the cracks in concrete.

‘Germinator’ is a head-first exhibition. A group of artists bound together by their restless engagement with the material world, prodding at what’s around them

Tea bags — Cardboard — Oil Paint — Silicone — Old Linens — Clay

Creating worlds, themselves, or versions of it as they go, they question meaning-making as it exists.

Germinator is the process of assembling, disassembling and reimagining fragile and fluctuating relationships between bodies, places and histories. The works question traditional methods of meaning-making in a world that is constantly shifting. And in that process, build a living archive of the present day– a fluid, constantly changing, weird moment in history. So as we move forward, we will still have today.”

“Lucy Vardy's practice centres on the overlooked rituals and residues of everyday life. Working across sculpture and installation, she draws attention to the quiet traces of use-tea bags, textiles, worn surfaces-transforming them into objects of care and contemplation. Through processes of collecting, arranging and re-presenting, her work elevates the ordinary, exploring how memory, touch and repetition shape our relationship to domestic space and the materials that surround us.”

Text from Germinator — Haarlem Artspace press release.