Sarah Misselbrook

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Artist @ Riba Rocks
Sarah Misselbrook's Location
Riba-roja d'Ebre, Catalonia, Spain, Spain
About Sarah Misselbrook

I find myself totally immersed in nature, secluded on an olive farm near the rural Catalan town of Riba-Roja d'Ebre, in the Terres de l'Ebre region. I am surrounded by ants and grubs, bee-eaters and wild boars. This place is an amphitheater for experimentation and performance. I begin by walking, running and climbing the hills and rocks, collecting plants and animal bones, while noting the seasons, growth and decay. The fragility of all things is an artistic obsession, with a focus on the circular economy of natural processes. I investigate being in and of a female body, focusing on identity, feminism, strength, power and weakness. The political, social and cultural systems that impose limits on this body with their prescriptions and borders have given way to its connection with the natural world, trees, insects, bones, skulls and rocks. I am an isolated body in a large-scale natural environment, yearning for connection with an audience and questioning whether what I do here is, in fact, heard or seen. With ongoing research into religious and submissive acts within my practice, I play with binary opposites; control and chaos, light and dark, life and death. I use natural and found materials; leaves, rocks, charcoal, earth, always questioning the sustainability of creative practice. Through the use of chocolate, soap, latex, wax, degradable or even edible materials, I attempt to present my obsession with the seductive and repellent nature of human anatomy. I produce monochrome drawings using handmade charcoal from olive wood pruning. I create large scale and site specific installations, using plaster prints of leaves and body parts. Plaster, clinical and white, is juxtaposed against ruined or stained sets of chaotic natural spaces; forest fire sites and cracked and dry soils. Plaster casts break uncontrollably, or are sometimes intentionally destroyed, presenting themselves as part of the creation process, questioning success and failure and reflecting natural chaos. My drawings form a kind of legacy to the lifeless objects that I collect. These drawings are burned to create ash, which is used to make my own paint or to rot my human waste. This space where I work lends itself to live and recorded performance, experimenting with my voice and its echo in the valley. Actions within the build process are recorded; obsessive collecting, tidying, cleaning, burning, drawing, all become part of a performance for the camera. In an attempt to control my surroundings or to make sense of everything, the creative process offers surprising results and connections.

Sarah Misselbrook's Current Company Details
Riba Rocks

Riba Rocks

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Sarah Misselbrook Work Experience Details
  • Riba Rocks
    Co-Founder
    Riba Rocks Jul 2013 - Present
    Riba-Roja D'Ebre, Catalonia, Spain
    Established in 2013, Riba Rocks is a not-for-profit registered association. Riba Rocks is based in an off-grid olive farm we call ‘The Valley’. We are situated close to the beautiful village of Riba-roja d’Ebre in Catalunya, Spain.Our activities include artistic residencies and workshops. The first is ‘La Vall’ based in The Valley, where we create land art, temporary installations and performances. The second is ‘Riu d’art’ and is based in the village of Riba-roja d’Ebre. Visiting artists create large scale murals, ceramic installations and sculptures.Riba Rocks also hosts workaways in The Valley for volunteer projects, including dry stone walling and olive harvesting. We also host students from across Europe on placements through our partner organisations. The placements include illustration, traditional skills workshops and land art.Our music and art festival invites solo artists and bands and DJs from all over the world. They perform in the natural ampitheatre of The Valley across a weekend. Our pop-up artisan events include ‘Mercat d’Artesans’. This showcases local products including our Riba Rocks Olive Oil, as well as live music and workshops. The Riba Rocks weekend festival won ‘Best Festival for Contribution to Sustainability’ at the Iberian Festival Awards. The award recognises the event’s focus on creating an ecologically, socially, culturally and economically sustainable event.With Art, Music and Ecology at the heart of the association, our projects emphasise local, small-scale, sustainable economy. Highlighting local producers including honey, wood-turning and the local bakery.If you would like to visit Riba Rocks or take part in one of our volunteer projects, please contact us. You can also use this form to express your interest in performing at a future event. Or submit an application for our art residency.
  • Grish Art
    Creative Director
    Grish Art Sep 2000 - Present
  • Riu D'Art
    Co-Founder
    Riu D'Art Jul 2016 - Present
    Riba-Roja D'Ebre
    What is Riu d’art?The authentic Catalan village of Riba-roja d’Ebre sees an international exchange of contemporary art, performances and workshops as it hosts the Riu d’art Street Fest. Riu d’art (River of Art) is a village based creative residency which takes place each year.The organisers.The residency is organised by the local not-for-profit association, Riba Rocks. The Riba Rocks association members, along with the Riba-roja residents, welcome local, national and international practitioners to the village.The artists.International and local artists are shown Riba-rojan sites of historical and cultural interest to inspire their ideas and artworks.The visiting creatives make site specific interventions in public and private spaces. These include painted murals on building facades and live performances. As well as sculptures using recycled materials, illustrations on doorways and temporary installations.The Riu d’art Open Air Gallery.Art can challenge us. It can make us ask questions of ourselves. It can change our opinion or confirm our ideas, beliefs and identities. Art can attract or repel us, but it always provokes a reaction.These artworks have culminated in the Riu d’art Open Air Gallery, revitalising areas in the village. The project connects people with each other and with place – map of artworks.We hope to bring people together. We hope to share a creative experience and to leave an artistic legacy for visitors to enjoy.

Sarah Misselbrook Skills

Creative Concept Design Creative Direction Graphic Design Web Design Teaching Guest Lecturing Sculpture Music Festivals Event Management Visual Arts Commissioned Art Social Media

Sarah Misselbrook Education Details

Frequently Asked Questions about Sarah Misselbrook

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Sarah Misselbrook works for Riba Rocks

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Sarah Misselbrook's current role is Artist.

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Sarah Misselbrook attended University Of Southampton, Cyprus School Of Art, University Of Southampton, Nottingham Trent University.

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Sarah Misselbrook has skills like Creative Concept Design, Creative Direction, Graphic Design, Web Design, Teaching, Guest Lecturing, Sculpture, Music Festivals, Event Management, Visual Arts, Commissioned Art, Social Media.

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