Tending - Opening Gathering

Join us to celebrate the opening of Turf’s latest exhibition . This Opening Gathering will give you moments to immerse yourself in the exhibition, with offerings from the artists and refreshments.

Growing from seeds planted during , Tending returns to the question of how we notice, care and be in kinship with each other and our environment. Moving from threshold to dwelling, Tending gently shifts our attention from information overwhelm using sensory and material ways of knowing to guide us.

Paintings of mangroves encourage resilient reflections, sonic sculptures translate sound into matter and tactile talismans invite forms of engagement rooted in curiosity and care. Boundaries are softened as works contaminate one another and ourselves, carrying new knowledge from the gallery space out into the world.

Spaces for reading, reflection and dreaming offer moments of rest in a shared environment; pauses intended not as a retreat from the world, but as methods to stay in it. To listen deeply, sense intentionally and dream collectively.

Tending invites you to consider how moving through the world can be nurtured through reclaiming our attention and being in our humanness.

ABOUT TURF:

Founded in 2013 by Croydon locals, Turf is Croydon’s homegrown artist space and the first entirely artist-run contemporary art space in the borough. Based in Croydon’s Whitgift Shopping Centre, we put on free exhibitions 7 workshops, provide affordable artist studios, run a free creative project space for locals & host a number of other local creative organisations and collectives. A registered charity, Turf aims to provide paid opportunities for artists and creatives who might otherwise be undersupported.

KEY ACCESS INFO​

• To help us support you best, please let us know if you have any access needs when booking.
• For access info about getting to Turf and the Turf space, click here.
• Our unit in the Whitgift Centre is 7 minutes walk (0.3 miles) from West Croydon Station and 8 minutes walk (0.4 miles) from East Croydon station.

Turf aims to be a space where all are welcomed & respected. We ask all attendees to align with this spirit when booking and support us in creating a welcoming & collaborative atmosphere together. We ask that everyone is;

• Kind and respectful in our language and behaviour towards others. Turf is a space which is anti racism, sexism, homophobia and ableism.
• Considerate of others’ time; allowing others room to speak & engage.
• Respectful of the space itself as belonging to many people, treating the space & objects with care.

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