Threshold presents Donovan Le Coadou
‘Through the windows of Threshold, you can see propeller blades, wind turbine blades, a wheel, the names of boats and towns. Here, racks, scaffolding, shapes stored and arranged. There, others that wait and turn tirelessly. We could see coral, mushrooms, organic things taking root and rising up, we could even detect a strange wave taking shape on the wall.
Here, we follow a ship, the Wilson Clyde, making several round trips between Belfast harbour and other ports in Europe. Moored at the Clearway quay, the cargo ship's holds are empty, waiting for a load of aluminium to be recycled in Portugal. At last, the big tongs are busy loading the cargo. Yesterday in Lisbon, Portugal, today in Barcelona, Spain, the Wilson Clyde mainly travels between the United Kingdom and Europe, loading and unloading these holds full of crushed scrap, following the course of the different metals and tirelessly continuing the life cycle of the metal. Once the ore has been transformed, it can be recycled ad infinitum.’
Donovan Le Coadou lives and works in Dunkirk. After training as a joiner and carpenter he obtained a DNSEP (Diplôme National Supérieur d’Expression Plastique) from the Ecole Européenne Supérieure d'Art de Brest in 2013. Since 2017, he has been working in the Dunkirk area, questioning the relationship between art and the industrial world. Among his many exhibitions, he took part in the Gigantisme - Art & Industrie triennial in Dunkirk, the Watch this space #8 biennial and the SONJ Festival in Landerneau in 2021. His work can be found in the collections of the Château-musée de Boulogne-sur-Mer and the Frac Grand Large. He teaches at the ESÄ and is a permanent resident artist at Fructôse.
Exhibition dates 7 April – 25 April
Open Monday/Tuesday/Thursday/Friday
10am-4pm
5 North Street
Belfast
BT1 1NA
Threshold is a street-view gallery space in the two window boxes of Flax Art Studios at 5 North Street. Regular exhibitions have been programmed since April 2023.
Threshold is an opportunity to respond to the uniqueness of this space, with its large window displays in the oldest part of the city.