Comissioned by At The Library with Sefton Borough Council. Chamomile Circle was the result of a 12 month residency based in Bootle Library Sefton exploring provision for parents and carers of young children. Chamomile Circle is a suite of sessions built around a set of native trees selected because of their historic set of connections […]
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Comissioned by Mostyn Gallery LLandudno Inspired by networks that occur in nature which enable communities of plants and wildlife to thrive, share nourishment and send cross species alerts, cwrdd â mi wrth yr afon aims to intersect, overlay and highlight connecting threads between art, the land and people living in North Wales. Gradually taking shape […]
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Disley’s work is rooted in an ongoing interest in the subject of self-care. This solo presentation of work at Abingdon Studios is conceived as a herbal spell for a 14-year-old girl; by which sculpture, painting, drawing, and video combine as devices intended to be useful, necessary, or pertinent to the needs of a young person […]
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Artist Frances Disley has been working with The Turnpike CIC and members of the Leigh community to establish a healing and sustainable garden for Leigh’s town centre. Using the local ecology as inspiration, Frances has developed a series of planting schemes that occupy the existing 1971 flower beds outside of The Turnpike Centre on Leigh’s […]
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Frances Disley – UnNatural History Artist Commentary from Invisible Dust on Vimeo. Comissioned by Invisible Dust Frances Disley’s sculptures and film-works are a response to her local municipal park, which has offered sanctuary and inspiration to test ideas around the psychological benefits of being around plants, and in particular plants with medicinal properties that […]
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Documentary Epic Luxe single channel video Epic Luxe collaboration with Fallen Angels Dance Theatre 2019/20 comissioned by Turnpike Gallery as part of their Activations programme video work by Carl Davies and photography by Livia Lizar Artist Frances Disley has been working with the Leigh branch of Fallen Angels Dance Theatre to enhance the experience of […]
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Freshly Cut Grass 2020/21 (ongoing) Comissioned by At the Libraries /Sefton Libraries and Rule of Threes Escape from it all for a little while and come on a journey through nature —without leaving the house. Artist Frances Disley has designed a series of online resources to help you escape the stresses and strains of everyday […]
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Frances Disley Pattern Buffer 13 Mar – 21 Jun 2020 Please feel free to sit in the gallery and take time to visit the upstairs space too. Pattern Buffer is an exhibition by Liverpool based artist Frances Disley who has been working in Bluecoat’s artists’ studios ahead of showing with us. She […]
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“Tripleflex am”, single channel video 2019. Performers Bettina Carpi, Rosalind Holgate Smith and Maria Malone. Musical score M T Hall. Performed at Bluecoat. Camera George Ellis. Funded by ACE in partnership with Bluecoat and MDI LEAP Festival. Documentation from live performance at Bluecoat as part of LEAP Festival from MDI. Image credit Jazamin Sinclair. […]
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Documentation from live performance at OUTPUT Gallery, Performer Pei Tong as part of solo exhibition. Image Credit OUTPUT Gallery Frances Disley August 8 – September 1 This summer, OUTPUT gallery is excited to present its first commission with Liverpool-based artist Frances Disley. Through this exhibition, the artist would like to create a space in which […]
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