Yesterday evening I was discussing plans for a joint exhibition with Rodney Bailey to take place at St John's over our Patronal Festival weekend (5th-7th October).
Rodney trained in Visual Arts and Design and Public Art at Chelsea College. His work is concerned with identity, communication and the difficulties we face in communicating our identity and nature to each other in a respectful and sincere way. In his work he hopes to give the audience an aspect of himself that is normally hidden from view.
Rodney works in a variety of media and styles, some of which can be viewed at his website. He will also be exhibiting in the Eye Play exhibition at Bankside Gallery from Wednesday 29th August to Sunday 9th September 2007. A preview of this exhibition can be viewed at the Eye Play myspace site.
Rodney is a District Leader with the Buddhist organisation Soka Gakkai International (which means 'Value Creating Society'). He practices the Buddhism of Nichiren Daishonin and seeks through SGI to build bridges through dialogue and cultural exchange.
An interesting aspect of our collaboration will therefore be the dialogue between our two sets of beliefs. Our initial link has been Rodney's links with St John's; he is the son of one of our Churchwardens and came to services here as a child.
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