Exhibition: Ruairí Valentine and Tom Chachewitz: CALL THE CATTLE HOMEBidston Observatory Artistic Research Centre, CH43 7RA
Date(s): 23/08/2025 - 20/09/2025
11:00 am - 6:00 pm
CALL THE CATTLE HOME, exhibition & zine launch
Ruairí Valentine and Tom Chachewitz
23rd-August-20th September, open every Saturday
Artist-researchers Ruairí Valentine and Tom Chachewitz present an exhibition to launch their new collaborative zine, made in response to themes of the 2025 Independents Biennial. CALL THE CATTLE HOME collects both artists’ intertwined experiences of cultural heritage, migration and local mythology as they reflect on the ways in which we connect to ancestors, spirits and the land, here and now. As well as a zine of photos, collages and text; the artists also present a new body of work including textiles, sculpture and sound that chart a line between ancient pasts and modern magick here on the Wirral – including golems made from marine debris, archive material from the computing coven of Bidston and ephemeral documentation of the Wirral’s unique and elusive cryptid, the Poldie.
About Bidston Observatory Artistic Research Centre:
Bidston Observatory Artistic Research Centre (BOARC) is a self-organising study site for research, communality and experimentation.
It is not for profit, and focuses on providing a low-cost, temporary work space for individuals and groups so they can to come together and take the time needed to develop their practices and projects. This can be in the form of nightly stays for up to a month, or day use of the building.
BOARC welcomes a wide diversity of fields, such as art, music and theatre, to philosophy, bodywork, social activism, environmental science, culture and technology.
Based in a historical landmark, it is a space where discussion can easily flow from the kitchen to the sound recording studio, and ideas can bounce between the domes and basement workspace.
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