Open Spaces
Open Spaces-Under Construction, Kubaii, Bocholt, Germany April-May 2016.
Group Exhibition and Residency.
Jill Randall was invited by curator Barbel Mollmann to participate in the international project and exhibition, ‘Open Spaces-Under Construction’, at Kubaii, Bocholt, Germany, along with 14 artists from around the world, April 22nd -May 1st 2016. This was held in an old textile mill in an industrial quarter of Bocholt, Germany. Randall created a series of new Bocholt architectural structures , responding directly and immediately to the place.
Some of the acclaimed series of works, ‘Sheds of Rochdale’ and ‘Sheds of Rossendale’ were also brought to Bocholt, and reconfigured with the new Bocholt sheds in a dynamic sculpture installation.
The exhibition questioned ideas about permanence and transcience, about the passing of time,also and the tide of history.They celebrate renewal and change, and make us aware of life’s impermanence, of the constant state of building, demolishing, flux and change.
The works also make strong links between the shared textile industry heritage of Rossendale and Bocholt , introducing elements from the Rossendale industrial landscape into Bocholt .
In the ‘Age of the Refugee’, the works have poignant nuances, referring to the idea of shelter, refuge, referencing the improvised human shelters constructed from available materials in shanty towns all over the world.
Photography: Jill Randall & Barbel Mollmann.