{"id":3446,"date":"2011-08-28T13:49:49","date_gmt":"2011-08-28T13:49:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/locwsinternational.com\/?p=3446"},"modified":"2012-08-21T10:27:04","modified_gmt":"2012-08-21T10:27:04","slug":"mark-folds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/locwsinternational.com\/?p=3446","title":{"rendered":"Mark Folds"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[lang_en]<br \/>\nMark Folds currently lives and works in Newcastle Emlyn, West Wales, UK.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/locwsinternational.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/artworks\/folds\/folds1.jpg\" alt=\"folds\" title=\"folds\" width=\"510\" height=\"334\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-532\" \/><br \/>\nTornado Jet, 2009, Mark Folds<br \/>\nMark Folds&#8217; practice uses a wide range of media including sculpture, performative activity, installation, text, video and &#8216;outstallation&#8217; to explore themes that arise from notions of identity and place. By making small physical changes to a place, Mark anticipates a change in his audiences&#8217; perceptions. By sowing subtle visual seeds, he encourages us to look again, to re-think and re-engage with our environment. His work triggers questions about commonly held and learned perceptions; by turning these on their head he offers an alternative way of seeing.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/locwsinternational.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/artworks\/folds\/folds2.jpg\" alt=\"folds\" title=\"folds\" width=\"510\" height=\"334\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-532\" \/><br \/>\nLovespoon, 2010, Mark Folds<br \/>\nMark Folds work appears in galleries as well as public commissions, these have previously included: &#8216;Environmental Art Project&#8217;, Glastonbury Festival Green Field 2011; &#8216;Red Kite Carpet&#8217;, Cardiff Town Centre, Wales 2010; Manchester University,&#8217; Sculpture Seat Commission&#8217; 2010; \u2018Comfortzone\u2019, Wales, Poland, Germany and France 2009; &#8216;ilovepeckham project&#8217;, Wales and London 2008; \u2018Legend\u2019 Sculpture, Myslenice, Krakow, Poland 2007;Ukraine Culture Institute, KIEV, Ukraine 2006; \u2018Lovesoon\u2019 Sculpture, Myslenice Town Square, Poland 2005.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>[\/lang_en]<\/p>\n<p>[lang_cy]<br \/>\nMark Folds is a Welsh artist, currently living and working in Newcastle Emlyn, West Wales, UK.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/locwsinternational.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/artworks\/folds\/folds1.jpg\" alt=\"folds\" title=\"folds\" width=\"510\" height=\"334\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-532\" \/><br \/>\nMark Folds&#8217; practice uses a wide range of media including sculpture, performative activity, installation, text, video and &#8216;outstallation&#8217; to explore themes that arise from notions of identity and place. By making small physical changes to a place, Mark anticipates a change in his audiences&#8217; perceptions. By sowing subtle visual seeds, he encourages us to look again, to re-think and re-engage with our environment. His work triggers questions about commonly held and learned perceptions; by turning these on their head he offers an alternative way of seeing.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/locwsinternational.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/artworks\/folds\/folds2.jpg\" alt=\"folds\" title=\"folds\" width=\"510\" height=\"334\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-532\" \/><br \/>\nLovespoon, 2010, Mark Folds<br \/>\nMark Folds work appears in galleries as well as public commissions, these have previously included: Environmental Art Project, Glastonbury Festival Green Field 2011; Red Kite Carpet, Cardiff Town Centre, Wales 2010; Manchester University, Sculpture Seat Commission 2010; \u2018Comfortzone\u2019, Wales, Poland, Germany and France 2009; ilovepeckham project, Wales and London 2008; \u2018Legend\u2019 Sculpture, Myslenice, Krakow, Poland 2007;Ukraine Culture Institute, KIEV, Ukraine 2006; \u2018Lovesoon\u2019Sculpture, Myslenice Town Square, Poland 2005.<\/p>\n<p>[\/lang_cy] <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[lang_en] Mark Folds currently lives and works in Newcastle Emlyn, West Wales, UK. 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