Vraiqu’sie

An art exhibition celebrating Jersey’s seaweed, ‘vraic’, and the tradition of gathering it, through sculpture, song, video and Jersey Heritage objects.

An art exhibition celebrating the humble seaweed known as ‘vraic’ that festoons the rocks around Jersey.

Using sculpture, costume, sound, song, movement, video, art, creative writing and objects from the Jersey Heritage collections, the exhibition honours the traditional act of ‘vraicking’ (collecting seaweed from the shore) and celebrates the connections between humans, non-humans and the environment.

Reimagining the communal act of vraicking, the artists recreate the horse and cart, birds, crustaceans and the seaweed to explore the reciprocity, balance and care of life on the island’s shoreline.