Toxic Fragments. Workshop I
Toxic Fragments. Harvesting empathy and coping with ecological grief through touching Year: 2022 Medium: Social engaging workshop Dimensions: Variable Location: Fishing Quarter Gallery. Brighton Seafront. 7th & 10th July 2022 Toxic Fragments is a workshop where participants handle clay and make small objects while talking about the clay’s origins. In this workshop, Arabel is exploring […]
Knife Murders 275/275. England & Wales
Knife Murders 275/275. England & Wales Year: 2021 Medium: Set of 275 rings made of metal from police confiscated knives and other artefacts. Dimensions: variable Exhibition: Blunt Blades, November 2021 – November 2022. The Higgins Bedford. Bedford. UK. This exhibition is realised with the support of The Higgins Bedford, Bedford Borough Council and Arts Council England. Knife Murders […]
Police Confiscated Artefacts
Police Confiscated Artefacts. Set 2 & Set 5 Year: 2014 Medium: Photography, C-type print Dimensions: 594 x 841 mm Exhibition: Blunt Blades, November 2021 – November 2022. The Higgins Bedford. Bedford. UK. This exhibition is realised with the support of The Higgins Bedford, Bedford Borough Council and Arts Council England Police Confiscated Artefacts (2014) is a […]
Blunt Blades Exchange
Blunt Blades Exchange Year: April 2021 Medium: Social Engaging Art Project with support from Women’s Support Centre Surrey and Quiet Down There Dimensions: variable Blunt Blades Exchange (2021) is a social engagement art project wherein police-confiscated knives were repurposed into rings and given to 9 women at the Women’s Support Centre Surrey in spring 2021. […]
Freehold
Freehold Year: 2015 (created under the pseudonym Arabel Rosillo de Blas) Medium: Site-specific installation. Soap tiles, carbolic soap, brick dust on paper and wood, salvaged furniture, hair drawings, mirror, photo transfer, reclaimed doll’s house. Size: Variable Location: Freehold Exhibition (solo). St Albans Museum, St. Albans, UK. July – September 2015. Commissioned by UH Galleries, with support […]
Laced Words
Laced Words Year: 2013 Medium: Video & Audio Dimensions: Variable Location: No1 St Paul’s Square, Alamanac Festival, Bedford, 2013. Commissioned by Bedford Creative Arts Arabel Rosillo de Blas & Kathy Hinde. Laced Words elegantly laced the side of a derelict with light and sound. The work celebrates the craftsmanship of lacemakers and site history in […]
Lace in Place
Lace in Place Year: 2012 Medium: Site-specific Installation. Nylon rope. Dimensions: Variable Location: 1St Paul’s Square. Bedford. UK. From May 2012 – February 2013. Commissioned by Bedford Creative Arts. Photo Credit: Richard Davies Deborah Dean’s text about this work HERE See the making of Lace in Place HERE Lace in Place is a set of […]
Large Lace: A Choreography of People and Pattern
Large Lace: A Choreography of People and Pattern Year: 2012 Medium: Collaborative performance at Bunyan Hall. Commissioned by Bedford Creative Arts, with the production of a large piece of woven fabric. Dimensions: 200cm x 150cm x 20cm Location: Performed at Bunyan Hall, April 2012. Commissioned by Bedford Creative Arts. Large Lace: A Choreography of People […]
Fence ragging
Fence Ragging Year: 2011 Medium: Guerilla textiles. Guerilla action. Social engagement project. Site-specific installation. Textile, fence. Dimensions: 5m x 2m x 0.1m Location: The Big Lunch, July 2011, Midland Road. Bedford. United Kingdom. Project developed in collaboration with artists Kezia Merrick and Dawn Giles. Fence Raggins is a community project created in collaboration with artist Kezia […]
Business as usual
Business as usual Year: 2005 Medium: Social Engaging Project and actions in a local laundromat Dimensions: Variable See the video at:http://www.antennetv.nl/read/antenne_item/id/96820/arabel-lebrus%C3%A1n-i.s.m.-ximena-davalos-en-wasserette-bergweg Please visit the following website for more information:www.kunstroutenoord.nl Wasserette (laundromat in Dutch) is an interactive performance developed in collaboration with photographer Ximena Davalos, as part of the project Business as Usual (June 2005) facilitated […]