Peacemakers
Artists Gardner & Gardner are bringing ‘Peacemakers’ to St Giles’ and visitors are welcome to join Peter & Heidi in walking the loom from Wednesday 7th to Wednesday 14th August , between 10am & 5pm. The interactive installation, ‘Peacemakers’ is a circular, wooden French knitting loom, 181cm in diameter, designed and fabricated by Gardner & Gardner.
Its genesis grew out of a sense of helplessness in the face of the annexation of Crimea in 2014 and the work of ‘Peacemakers’ has continued ever since. Bringing together elements of contemporary art practice, craftivism and Christian spiritual accompaniment, ‘Peacemakers’ focusses on peacemaking at a personal and relational level, as a response to the conflict we encounter within our lives and the wider world. It has been hosted by many communities throughout the UK and has taken on a new urgency in response to these troubled times.
The installation offers a quiet, hospitable space, where visitors are invited to join the artists in the repetitive, contemplative, simple action of knitting on the loom and making peace through the sharing of many small actions and kind words.
7th -14th August 2024, 10am-5pm
Everyone is welcome…
Artists’ Bio
Gardner & Gardner is the working name of husband-and-wife artist duo, Heidi Gardner and Peter Gardner. Coming from different disciplines, Heidi from History of Art and Peter from Theology, over two decades, they have built up a contemporary art practice making temporary, site-specific installations and interventions, often set within the context of worshipping communities and their buildings. They work out of a studio in Glasgow, while combining this with Peter's position as the Church of Scotland Minister to the visual arts communities of Glasgow.