Sneak Preview: Breaking a Mare by Christina Thatcher

Image Works at Cardiff University is delighted to welcome photographic artist, Julie Sleaford, and poet Christina Thatcher, for an evening exploring the intricate relationship between humans and horses.

This event will feature a film installation showcasing Julie Sleaford’s photographic project The Problem Horse & Other Stories, a dark meditation on horses, the landscape, still life and performative photographs of herself. Sleaford creates an unsettling, many layered narrative contemplating the human fears and desires that underpin our relationship with horses.

Christina Thatcher will read poems during the evening, inspired by Sleaford’s photographs. Thatcher’s recent work is an investigation of silence, goodness and girlhood in the farm space. Her forthcoming poetry collection, Breaking a Mare, explores the connections between women and horses as well as our response to threat and the things which break us.

In their Q&A session, Sleaford and Thatcher will delve further into the motivations behind their work and the methods they employ, as photographer and poet, to represent themes of identity, power, production, domestication and the natural world. Don't miss this unique opportunity to engage with two artists as they unravel the complexities of ‘The Problem Horse.’

When: 6-8pm, Saturday, May 18th
Where: Chapter Arts Centre, Market Rd, Cardiff CF5 1QE

Based at Cardiff University and open to all, Image Works: Research and Practice in Visual Culture brings together academics, artists, and members of the public to explore images and their meanings in the world. For more information about Image Works or this event, please contact imageworks@cardiff.ac.uk.

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