Artist Zivarna Murphy speaks with Maddie Rose Hills, founder of Mater.

Join us for our In Conversation event with Zivarna Murphy and Maddie Rose Hills, the founder of Mater, a publishing and research project gathering multi-disciplinary perspectives on what draws people to the materials they spend a lifetime working with.

Maddie Rose Hills came to an interest in materials first and foremost as an artist. After more than a decade of studying and practising as an artist, she developed a close, hands-on relationship with materials and became interested in the deep sensory knowledge that artists build through making.

Alongside her studio practice, Hills curated exhibitions and wrote about art before completing a Master’s in Art & Material Histories, where she combined research with material experimentation. Her practice gradually became more and more interested in asking artists what draws them to the materials they work with - a question she continuously asks through Mater.

Since its founding Mater has commissioned new writing in the form of Texts, (https://mater.digital/texts/) and conducts interviews and re-publishes existing essays through Stories. (https://mater.digital/stories/) The Mater Podcast (https://open.spotify.com/show/3QuU4e66y2jaBeIWjD1P1B?si=1ec33b1ed5604f48) invites artists, makers and researchers to reflect on the materials that shape their practice. Mater hosts in-person activities such as talks, exhibitions, and an artist residency.

Together, these projects form an ongoing investigation into materials, not simply as substances, but as carriers of memory and stories.

https://mater.digital/about/ (https://mater.digital/about/)

Find out more about the exhibition here (https://humberstreetgallery.co.uk/events/i-am-black-because-i-come-from-the-earths-insides-zivarna-murphy/)

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