News Release for CICATRIX exhibition

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Swindon Museum & Art Gallery 12 SEPTEMBER – 1 DECEMBER 2018

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Announcing the concluding phase of this collaboration, Cicatrix is an international, multimedia WW1 centenary art project. The collaboration of six artists incorporates installation, film, drawing, painting, printmaking, sculpture and sound; showing an alternative insight into the WW1 legacy.

 

Cicatrix reaches out to 3 Commonwealth countries whose troops trained on Salisbury Plain in WW1. These are Australia, Canada and New Zealand, represented here by artists from these nations.

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​Touring since 2014, Cicatrix draws to a close at Swindon Museum & Art Gallery. The exhibition also includes pieces from The Swindon Collection, as selected by all the artists.

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​Cicatrix offers audience participation and panel discussions by arrangement.

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Friends Talk – Cicatrix: Call and Response – Walk and Talk with Katie Ackrill, Thursday 27 September7.30pm – 8.30pm

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The project is supported by: ARTS COUNCIL ENGLAND WILTSHIRE COUNCIL and affiliated to: First World War Centenary Partnership, Imperial War Museum

Notes to editors: For more information contact the curator - Prudence Maltby t. 01722 341235 email: prudencemmaltby@gmail.com
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