Tuesday September 3, 5-6 pm
BSL: Cathryn McShane
Register: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZEtdumupz4sGNLwmSzZdjlFUH4av1PfzesP#/registration
In conversation with artist Delphi Campbell!
Delphi Campbell is a multidisciplinary sculptor, whose practice is rooted in (soft) self-portraiture, and a graduate of Cardiff Metropolitan’s School of Art and Design and The Ruskin.
Delphi’s relationship with chronic illness is at the core of her work. The objects she produces map out each facet of her being, ranging from clinical diagnoses to favourite TV shows. Campbell’s practice reflects a life lived on an intersection; the raw and ravaging experiences of being a self-proclaimed crippled, mad and queer woman, alongside the unbridled joy and love that exists in these identities.
Sickness and queerness align, allowing Delphi to embrace multiple illnesses in the form of what superficially appears as fun and frivolous, but is a more radical challenge in confronting the narrative of living in an othered body, and ideas of being 'normal'.
Campbell's first solo show, opening September 28th at Cardiff MADE, dives into her lived experiences; expressions of memories, body and mind are translated into individually crafted elements formed into a giant tactile nest, a fleshy, pink iteration which forms more than the sum of their parts. The work’s queer and camp sensibility provides a bright and celebratory take on being disabled, one that makes friends with her pain, like a bright sparkly offer; it is a joyous grasping of her situation that is radical, brave, and most definitely necessary.
Cwrdd is open to all our members. It’s a chance to meet DAC members, share your work, and have important conversations about disability arts. Most of our Cwrdd events also have a guest speaker, creating a space to learn more about their work and experiences while also being able to share your own.