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ÖRES @oresresidency September 2026, Oct/Nov: You Had To Be There, Observations of the Arctic, Marist University, New York, USA.
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Before & After: Fragments of Origin @camp_membership @plymartwkndr curated: @charsquire & @fox_from_a_meadow Artists: @read.belinda @bettinaamtag @rachlouall @ruthbatemanartist @lauradenningart @angelahilton000 @angelarimmerart @arielle.etheridge @ellen.r.sims Caroline Collingridge Dana Aala @gillmelling.creative @gemmadaniellemackenzie @hannahjenkinson_artist_moostow @a.common.treasury @fisherilya @art.helenelizabeth @katiegoddengreen @janohighway Karen Howse @lisamceleny_art @heatherburwellart @pwilsonsmith @shivakingcreates Sepideh Takshi Marco Dutka @stella.tripp Charlotte Squire @timhuttonart @tinakutter @gmarkleahy
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"During our last week on Örö Island, we have been watching and recording the ‘Shifting Light – Valon siirtymiä’. We have observed the changing landscape and the unexpected encounters that arise as the flora and fauna transition into Autumn, coinciding with a significant decrease in daylight hours. This period builds momentum toward the Equinox and follows the Equilux, which is when day and night are approximately equal at 12 hours each, signalling the start of meteorological autumn." @rachlouall @kaisukoivisto Image 1: Kaisu Koivisto & Rachael Allain "Fishing", Image Credit: Risto Vuorenrinne Image 2: Kaisu Koivisto, Film set-up, work in progress,  Location: Decommissioned military observation point, in the North of Örö island. Image 3: Rachael Allain: Timelapse, Shifting Moth Light.  Image 4: Kaisu Koivisto: gathering footage for the video installation Kimmel - Glimmer in the Örö southern fortifications. Production of the installation is supported by AVEK @avekfi #öres #öresresidency #öröartresidency #artistresidency
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Forty fathoms, forty days in the desert, forty days of rain… SCREENING WATER WORLDS PLYMOUTH ARTS CINEMA @plymartscinema 26 September 8pm Films from the Bathing Places exhibition reflect a spectrum of watery worlds and bodies in bodies of water. A screening of work by: 🌊Rachael Allain @rachlouall 🌊Molly Burrows @mollyburrowsart 🌊Laura Denning @lauradenning2 🌊Bryony Gillard @bryonygillard 🌊Sadie Hennessy @memphishennessy 🌊William Luz @william__luz 🌊Vesna Lukic and Nicole Khayat @nicole__khayat 🌊Sefryn Penrose @everydayelvis and Angela Piccini @aapiccini img: Shoalstone Seawater Baths
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How do you spend a residency on an island where the days keep getting shorter? With sunrise swims, sunset walks and a lot of looking. Two days before the equinox, Rachael Allain and Kaisu Koivisto share their work in progress from Örö: "I have been responding and adjusting to the ‘Shifting light’/ ‘Valon siirtymiä’ on the island, through an embodied practice using a range of methods and recording devices. Every day Kaisu and I walk to the east beach for sunrise swims and then to the west beach for the sunset on the horizon. Watching and experiencing the rapidly decreasing daylight hours as we move towards the Autumn Equinox on 23rd September, when there is equal day and night. I have also been attempting to learn Finnish!" -Rachael @rachlouall Kaisu is gathering footage for a video installation, Kimmel/Glimmer, with support from AVEK. The work continues her exploration of Northern environments and their histories. Koivisto @kaisukoivisto is a visual artist based in Helsinki. In her installations, she works across photography, drawing, sculpture and video. Images: 1. Kaisu Koivisto; stone studies, work in progress.  2. Rachael Allain, work in progress, film still in the sea, by Rachael Allain. Film still from work in progress made during my daily swims in the sea, noting the plethora of wild flora and fauna on the island as we move towards the Autumn Equinox.  3. Rachael Allain, Baltic Blue work in progress.  From a series of Baltic Blue prints made on the fringes between the land and the water on the southeast coast of the island, on the sandy Solkuro beach/ Solkuron uimapaikka, recording the air and sea temperatures and the fluctuating UV levels.  Photo: Laura Böök @unreal_laurabook 4. Kaisu  Koivisto: work in progress. Photo: Rachael Allain 5. Rachael Allain and Kaisu Koivisto, Phone booth. Photo: Kristian Jalava #öres #öresartresidency
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🎬 As part of the 15 years of OSR Projects celebration we are screening short films by OSR Projects alumni Saturday 19 September, 2026 3-6pm. ⏰ 3-4pm Simon Whetham Duncan Poulton & Sally Beets Crab & Bee Deborah Lee Sadie Hennessy Rowan Corkill Gabby Hoad & Megan Calver Rachael Allain ⏰ 4-5pm Karl England Groundmouth Sara Trillo Gabby Hoad & Megan Calver Marcia Teusink Duncan Poulton Simon Lee Dicker Stine Gonsholt and Åse Løvgren ⏰ 5-6pm Sam Jukes Natasha Cantwell Simon Lee Dicker Andy Parker Alexander Stevenson Duncan Poulton Jennet Thomas VENUE: West Coker Village Hall, 94A High St, West Coker, Yeovil Somerset BA22 9AU Onsite parking available and accessible for all.
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BATHING PLACES: WATER WORLDS 8pm 26 Sept Plymouth Arts Cinema @plymartscinema In association with our Bathing Places exhibition (37 Looe Street gallery, open Thursday-Saturday 11-5 until 26th September), this special screening at Plymouth Arts Cinema includes all the artists’ films shown as part of the exhibition, as well as a first screening of Geography of an Archive by Vesna Lukic and Nicole Khayat, whose painting and archival works evoking Khayat Beach in Palestine are included in the exhibition.  These films reflect a spectrum of watery worlds and bodies in bodies of water. Artists connect. In these films, the waters of other seas lap onto the shores of the Sound, bathers from other beaches visit. Water finds its way and we are reminded of our place on a planet. 71% of the Earth’s surface is water-covered and yet pollution, war, climate change imperil so much of that resource. Bathing is an act of immersion. Becoming part of another element. An eternal act yet one not to be taken for granted. In these films, the liquid treasure of these spaces and beings is vividly and variously represented. Head on over to @plymartscinema to book your tickets. And while you’re there, consider getting a membership to the cinema to keep your cosy this winter! Programme running time: 90 mins Rachael Allain - Double Equinox, 2025, 5m @rachlouall Molly Burrows - Moving with the Sun, 2026, 0m13 @mollyburrowsart Laura Denning - Complicit, 2016, 2m; Liquid Song, 2015, 2m17 @lauradenning2 Bryony Gillard - Heatwave, 2025, 5m24 @bryonygillard Sadie Hennesey - The Parade, 2025, 5m16 @memphishennessy William Luz - A Line Made While Swimming, 2026, 5m02 @william__luz Vesna Lukic and Nicole Khayat - Geography of an Archive, 2026, 40m @nicole__khayat Sefryn Penrose & Angela Piccini - Forty Suit/e, 2017/2026, 14m @everydayelvis @aapiccini
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Rachael Allain is an artist-researcher based in the Southwest, UK. Her practice is shaped through an embodied phenomenological exploration of watery sites, often using artist residencies as methodology. She explores liminal spaces and places, in between the land and bodies of water, working with art and scientific data imaging to reveal invisible realms of our visible world. Welcome to Öres! Photo: Allain, R. (2025). Self-portrait in the sea, Plymouth Sound, Digital film still. #öres #öröartistresidency
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Introducing September Artists in Residence Rachael Allain & Kaisu Koivisto! Rachael Allain’s and Kaisu Koivisto’s theme for the residency is “Shifting Light – Valon siirtymiä,” focusing on transient moments of change, growth, renewal and fluctuating daylight hours. The island, its histories, and nature are a location in which our artistic practices meet. Rachael’s interest in intertidal zones fringing the land, above and below the horizon and the Baltic Sea, meets Kaisu’s long-term inquiry into abandoned military structures and how nature takes over. The artists are challenged and inspired by the phenomenological engagement that can only arise from being physically present in a place and the unexpected explorations that can be realised through an embodied, sensorial, lived experience. Individual presentations coming soon! @rachlouall @kaisukoivisto @avekfi Images: Koivisto & Allain, Örö (2026) Koivisto, K, & Allain, R. (2025). Double Horizons, Helsinki/Plymouth, Digital Scan, 35mm colour film, double exposure photograph. (Part of the image) Koivisto, test 2026 Allain, wip 2026 #öres #öresresidency #örö #artistresidency
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NEWTON ABBOT COFFEE lovely port in a little storm and great place to chill for a while, only moments from the station @themaltingspress @jacobdiggle @rachlouall @lucyoldroyd98
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This was such unique and beautiful opportunity to share art and stories with the amazing @hettiejudah last night. Loving her new book I highly recommend it.
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Thank you to everyone who joined us for After Session with @hettiejudah yesterday evening, and to artists @gaters1971 @mirandahousdenartist @rachlouall @william__luz for their presentations. An inspiring evening of shared work and discussion around ‘How to Enter the Art World…After’. It was wonderful to have Hettie share her book with us on her whirlwind tour, do try to catch an ‘After Session’ if you missed ours! The format presented a smooth and laid back platform for candid chat on the various levels of art worlds we can take part in and create.
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Meet the artists presenting at this special event hosted by writer and curator @hettiejudah (link in bio!) Rachael Allain @rachlouall Rachael Allain is a South West UK-based artist and researcher. She uses a multidisciplinary embodied approach to explore sites above and below the horizon, revealing hidden aspects of our visible world. Her work focuses on liminal spaces, particularly between land and bodies of water, in near and distant locations. Rachael is currently undertaking a month-long, self-directed residency at @karstgallery in Plymouth. Miranda Housden @mirandahousdenartist Housden studied sculpture at Falmouth and Chelsea Schools of Art before completing residencies at the British School in Rome and in Prague. She has exhibited across the UK, Europe and in Asia, including solo shows at the Arnolfini Gallery, Bristol, Carine Campo, Antwerp, Sammas Gallerii, Tallinn, Nová Síñ Gallerie, Prague, and group shows at Bangkok Art and Culture Centre and the 2022 Thailand Biennale in Korat. Now based in Cornwall, she continues her multidisciplinary practice including curating exhibitions and producing films on climate resilience. She’s a Fellow of the Institution of Civil Engineers and the Royal Society of Arts. William Luz @william__luz William Luz is an artist and educator who is concerned with drawing, through an expanded practice. He has an MA from Arts University Plymouth where he now teaches across the postgraduate arts programme and is one third of @nous_vous_collective Gary Winters @gaters1971 Gary is an artist living and working in Totnes. His work has had a recent shift of focus and form after a 25 year career in the live art sector, returning to making visual art and a studio practice. He creates work that is knowingly eclectic; a curious marriage of the media leading an idea or an idea explored through a material.
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