Groundmouth: Stomach of Silt 

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Stomach of Silt is the first duo exhibition of Groundmouth, a collaboration between Harry Martin and Milly Melbourne, born from The Field artist residency in the old headquarters of the National Coal Board in Derbyshire where they worked and played together for 18 months. Here they developed psychogeographic techniques to tune into the complex layers of historical, ecological, sociopolitical and mythic realities of the building and surrounding landscape.

For the exhibition they use this approach to explore forgotten places of industrial power - Masson Mills, a 1783 cotton spinning mill; the skeletal remains of Willington Power Station; and the River Don, where trash churns in swamps under Sheffield’s abandoned steel factories. They weave voices and knowledge from these spaces to intuitively understand the haunting legacy of industrialisation in all its devastation, beauty and pride, through a sprawling and scavenged installation of sculpture, sound and textile.

Opening night Friday 6th December 6 – 9 (live performance starts at 7)
Exhibition continues Saturday 7 – Sunday 8 (12–4)

Stomach of Silt has been curated by Stu Burke, in partnership with Haarlem Artspace.

There will be a performance on the opening night at 7pm and a drop-in workshop to interact with and respond to the work with the artists on Sunday 8th December 12-4pm.

There will be an illustrated publication of writings available to purchase on the night, as well as a free exhibition text delving into themes of the work by Livvy Punnett.