Media library - British Ceramics Biennial

Award films 2023 – Nicola Tassie (BSL interpreted)

Boundary End by Nicola Tassie questions the ideas of the spaces we inhabit and the boundaries that are enforced on people and communities.

There are devils in my house by Jasmine Simpson is inspired by 16th Century Hellmouth fireplaces which featured ceramic sculptures of little devils.

Sounding Line by Mella Shaw focuses on the overuse of marine sonar which is having a devastating effect on deep-diving whale species.

Mad in Stoke by Carrie Reichardt is a 1969 Ford Zodiac car covered in mosaic tiles inspired by Stoke-on-Trent’s rich and radical nightlife history.

Beyond Repair by Elspeth Owen addresses the fragility of clay and our desire to mend it when it breaks.

Looking North by Dan Kelly is a series of pots which represents a deeply personal view of London, an ever-changing city.

OUTAGE by Rebecca Griffiths imagines a future landscape in which remnants of the nuclear power industry have been dredged from the North Sea.

Sequenced Ceramics by artistic duo Copper Sounds is an intimate sonic installation in which ceramics are played by mechanical beaters.

Gaia by Rebecca Appleby is her interpretation of the theory that everything is connected.