Ben Llwyd's new exhibition ‘The Utopian Impulse’ at
D-UNIT, Durnford Street, Bristol, BS3 2AW
Open Friday to Sunday 12pm, from Saturday 16 November to Sunday 1 December.
Opening with refreshments Fri 15 Nov from 6pm.
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‘The Utopian Impulse’ invites audiences to rediscover their psychic connection to nature and to experience alternative consciousness through creativity. This exhibition challenges the notion of utopia as a distant dream, suggesting instead that paradise is accessible here and now.
The exhibition includes paintings from a collaboartion with artists Dorry Spikes and Danny May, the short sci-fi art film ‘There is really here’ made in collaboration with Kay Czuba, and ‘Experimental Stations’ utilitarian sculptural works made to enable the collaborations and project.
The Utopian Impulse runs at D-Unit, Bristol, and promises an immersive experience for those who wish to explore the possibility of utopia within the everyday. Supported by the Arts Council of Wales.
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Ben Llwyd, a contemporary artist and lecturer based near St Davids, has dedicated over a decade to exploring utopias in his work. With exhibitions across the UK, including Chapter in Cardiff and The British Museum, his projects such as ‘Gwales’, ‘The Road to New York’, and ‘Empire Kiosk’, consistently interrogate notions of idealised societies and communal migrations.