What if you could draw time? by Simon Hitchens
Bath Royal Literary and Scientific Institution, Bath, BA1 2HN
Wednesday 13th January 2027 7:30PM
About the talk
Artist Simon Hitchens explores the idea and concepts behind the making of set twelve drawings titled Orbit, drawn at equal intervals over a twelve-month period. These are process-based drawings made in, of and about the landscape - the result of a particular set of conditions, in a particular place, over a particular span of time. They record celestial time, geological time and human time as well as the weather patterns unique to that day and site: a meditation on time and space. Part scientific investigation, part poetic response to the natural world, he will make connections between the human and the non-human, body and rock, what passes and what outlasts, as a means of exploring our relationship with impermanence.
The talk will take place in the Duncan room in Bath Royal Literary and Scientific Institution (BRLSI), 16-18 Queen Square, Bath.
Doors will open from 7:15pm for a 7:30pm start.
About the speaker
Simon Hitchens (born 1967) graduated in Fine Art from the University of the West of England in 1990. He has exhibited internationally since then as well as undertaking numerous large-scale public commissions. He was elected Fellow of the Royal Society of Sculptors in 1998, an RWA Academician in 2017 and is the fourth generation of artist in his family. [https://simonhitchens.com/]
Web: https://simonhitchens.com
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/simonhitchens
Artist Simon Hitchens explores the idea and concepts behind the making of set twelve drawings titled Orbit, drawn at equal intervals over a twelve-month period. These are process-based drawings made in, of and about the landscape - the result of a particular set of conditions, in a particular place, over a particular span of time. They record celestial time, geological time and human time as well as the weather patterns unique to that day and site: a meditation on time and space. Part scientific investigation, part poetic response to the natural world, he will make connections between the human and the non-human, body and rock, what passes and what outlasts, as a means of exploring our relationship with impermanence.
The talk will take place in the Duncan room in Bath Royal Literary and Scientific Institution (BRLSI), 16-18 Queen Square, Bath.
Doors will open from 7:15pm for a 7:30pm start.
About the speaker
Simon Hitchens (born 1967) graduated in Fine Art from the University of the West of England in 1990. He has exhibited internationally since then as well as undertaking numerous large-scale public commissions. He was elected Fellow of the Royal Society of Sculptors in 1998, an RWA Academician in 2017 and is the fourth generation of artist in his family. [https://simonhitchens.com/]
Web: https://simonhitchens.com
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/simonhitchens
Event Details
Doors Open at 7:15PM
From 7:30PM to 9:00PM
