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Their work seeks creative ways to articulate care-centred practices for people of colour, with an approach grounded in solidarity and liberation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTo coincide with the \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/mostyn.org\/event\/darch-heaven-in-the-ground\/\" title=\"DARCH Heaven in the Ground on show at Mostyn Gallery in Llandudno\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eexhibition Heaven in the Ground at Mostyn\u003c\/a\u003e DARCH have complied a reading list of books which share similar themes and ideas to their own practice.  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eHeaven in the Ground\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is a soundwork and installation which tells the story of the earth underneath our feet, and the bedrock as a great connector which holds all histories (prehistoric, colonial, personal) as well as possible futures. 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