Pop-up exhibition and illustrated talk by artist and folklorist Eric Verkade, exploring the folklore of Sussex through medieval-inspired manuscripts, part of the Weird Worthing Folk Fringe.
Eric Verkade brings Under the Crossroads to The Yard on Sunday 8 November, from 3:30pm to 6:00pm. It's a pop-up exhibition and an illustrated talk, both on the same afternoon, so you can walk through the work and then hear him talk through it. The whole thing is part of the Weird Worthing Folk Fringe, a programme that pulls together medieval art, folklore and the hidden histories of Sussex.
Verkade is an artist and a folklorist, and his work here is built around medieval-inspired manuscripts that explore the folklore of Sussex. He draws on the intricate beauty of medieval books — the detailed borders, the carefully laid-out pages — and uses that style to give new life to the stories, beliefs and traditions woven into the local landscape. If you've ever looked at an old illuminated manuscript and wondered how that kind of thing might look if it were applied to the folklore of our own backyard, this is exactly that.
The exhibition is framed around the idea that crossroads have long been places of mystery, and that's the thread that runs through the work. It's less about a single story and more about the folklore of the county, the kind of local lore that often stays tucked away in the margins. The illustrated talk gives you a chance to hear him talk through the pieces and the research behind them, so you get the context as well as the images.
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It's at The Yard, Unit 6, Dominion Trade Centre, BN14 8NT, in Worthing, on Sunday 8 November from 3:30pm to 6:00pm. The exhibition and the talk happen together, so you can spend as much or as little time as you like with the work before the talk gets going.
