Friday 8 May 2009 7 - 9pm   (by invitation only)

This new participatory work continues Simon Pope's exploration of mountain landscapes, recalled from memory and reimagined through dialogue.

For Mountains and Lacunæ, Pope is joined by artist Sarah Cullen, inviting guests to bring their memories of mountains - peaks, valleys, lakes, and forests - into the gallery. Once gathered, guests share their memories with others, talking to each other informally, describing as best they can the mountain scenes that they have conveyed with them. Echoing the evening gatherings of the early Alpine Club, the parlour rooms of the gallery become filled with vast mountain vistas, rendered through speech, embelished through dialogue.

Simon Pope (Exeter, UK) is an artist and Reader in Fine Art at Cardiff School of Art & Design. His recent work explores the interactions of walking, memory and dialogue in the representation of landscape. He represented Wales at the Venice Biennale of Fine Art in 2003. Simon lives in London and works in Cardiff, UK where he leads the MA Fine Art and MFA programmes. www.ambulantscience.org

Sarah Cullen (Toronto) is an artist currently studying towards a Masters in Geography at Queen Mary, University of London. Her current research explores models of collaboration between artists and geographers. Sarah lives and works in London.