I’m often asked why we are located here at the end of a peninsula at the far end of the land. I’m not alone in searching for a moments peace from the frenzy of 21st century civilisation, and wondering why our society has become ever disconnected from our natural surroundings and arguably in turn our inner selves. How can disconnection create anything other than crisis? Effects of which can be witnessed far and wide. Here (for me) those concerns quieten a little, the inner beat quickens and the drum beats differently, but nowhere is immune to change. We are human after all. I believe that art offers the potential to join up the dots, offering incomparable insight in to the human condition and our place in the world and who knows, beyond that, the universe – Joseph Clarke, Gallery Director
