BorderLands
From 15th May until 31st August
About This Event
At a time of increasing polarisation and renewed political tensions, when issues around identity, belonging and territory are being exacerbated and amplified, borders can become the focal point of multiple strains and stresses. The rise of new nationalisms along with that of populism all too often leads to exclusion and a tendency towards isolation.
At the same time, actual geographic transformations and displacement of communities, often induced by climate change, are redefining local and global borders. The online, always ‘on’ world of digital communications, which should have brought the world closer together has instead raised new levels of division. While borders have always helped to delineate cultural, linguistic and historical identities, we are witnessing how they can become useful irritants for the power-hungry, compromising yearnings for a gentler world.
Almost all the works in this exhibition reveal a longing for unity beyond borders and boundaries, inviting us to a redrawing and perhaps a knitting back together of new communal entities.
Presented in partnership with Hay Castle and made possible thanks to a grant from the Colwinston Charitable Trust 30th Anniversary Fund.
Admission / Ticket Info:
Adults £7.50* ArtFund members £3.75 *18 and under FREE Hay Castle Pass Holders FREE Historic Houses Members FREE Friends of Hay Castle FREE
Disabled Access:
The lift gives access to all floors apart from the cellar (the film in the cellar is also on iPads in the Reading Room).
Disabled Facilities:
There is an accessible toilet on the ground floor near the café and a further one on the first floor.
