Jam – an exhibition of works by Dominic Snyder
The work for this exhibition at the Glad Café stems initially from an intense and sustained period of exploratory and experimental drawing in a context of dance and movement. This grew through collaborative work with contemporary dancer Penny Chivas, working under the name of The Snyver Project. Together they identified a common interest in their work and found ways to share and merge the kinaesthetic dialogue of their respective creative practices. Over a period of some four to five years they have jointly created many live performances fusing together the processes of Chivas’s dance and movement with Snyder’s drawings, and developments in print and sculpture. These have been presented at venues including Peacock Visual Arts Aberdeen, the CCA Glasgow, The Glasgow Print Studio and a Conflux event at Summerhall Edinburgh.
Chivas introduced Snyder to the activities of Glasgow’s Contact Improvisation Community, @TheGlasgowJam. This created opportunities for further drawing in response to live movement, with realisations and methods of how to try and make some sense across the two activities. Snyder has collaborated and worked with @TGJ through leading workshops in drawing movement. He also participated in the New Jammers programme, run by @TGJ and funded by Creative Scotland, which trained contact improvisation facilitators. He designed the logo for @TGJ, now widely familiar with Glasgow’s contact improvisation community and worn by many on printed t-shirts. A new edition of these, in red, will be on display and available throughout this exhibition.
The works on display cover a wide period and range, carried out in a variety of media; drawings, prints, paintings, sculpture and some digital works. They are a celebration of what has been a very fertile creative period and Snyder welcomes the opportunity to display them at the Glad Café.