The exhibition took place 6:07:2024 – 10:08:2024 at Art Central Gallery, Barry, Vale of Glamorgan, and was a Free Admission Exhibition, making the art accessible for all. The exhibition contained works spanning over a 10-year period, of 3 Sound and Visual Immersive installations, 2 online films, Prints, Paintings, Sketches, Ceramic, Wood, and Acrylic Sculptures.
No Word
No Word is an artistic exploration and discovery of how we connect and communicate without using words and language. I nurtured and developed ways of collaborating to produce work on this project. I draw on my own lived experiences of long-term health issues and access requirements, as well as invite other disabled and non-disabled artists and community members to explore a world of alternative communication, and how our art can be the vehicle for communication. The outcome was an online presence and exhibition of works created. Three significant new pieces of work were created over a year, A Mothers Call, Connecting the Dots, and Heart. All works were exhibited as sound and visual installations. This project was funded by the Wales Arts Council.
A Mother’s Call
A Mothers Call is an exploration of connection and communication without using word and language. Lianne says ” I believe that place, space, and our cells are connecting and communicating through codes of energetic frequencies. In this work I allow the transference of codes from the land to communicate with my cellular coding, and my body and voice to be the translation vessel for the new codes. A Mothers Call is the translation of the land and cells performed and presented as a live musical composition using only a Bass and Vocalisation. A Mothers Call was created and performed by Jason Charles Rogers, Bassist, and Lianne Morgan, Vocalisation in response to Lianne Morgan the leading artist’s Heart beat.
Connecting the Dots
In Connecting the Dots the collaborating artists were asked to respond to my recorded and amplified heartbeat. The piece is a live performance, and a collaboration between Dance and Movement Artist Anushiye Yarnell, Lianne Morgan Painting/Mark Making and Sound Artist, and David John Roche Composer and Musician. There were no rehearsals and this piece was created spontaneously, resonating with each other and the environment in the moment. These sessions are aimed to strip away boundaries, expectations, inhibitions, and restraints, fostering a pure exploration of connection through movement, mark-making, painting, dance, music, and vocal expression.
Heart
Heart is inspired by our increasingly disconnected world. I delve into how we connect with each other and our environment beyond the confines of words and language. My goal is to immerse the audience in the realisation that we resonate with one another and our surroundings through ethereal, intangible means. Our cells, bodies, and hearts communicate with others and the environment through frequencies – a symphony of light and energy that transcends conventional language. The Heart, in particular, conveys profound emotions that words cannot encapsulate. The powerful language of the heart surrounds us, transcribing our emotions. I created an audio recording of my heartbeat to catalyze my explorations of connections. The recording was presented as an Immersive Interactive piece and the audiences and viewers were invited to engage and respond.
