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Public Discussions and Film Screenings in Glasgow and Edinburgh

Sat, 04 Oct 2008 12:07:41 GMT

STRUGGLES IN THE CITY – Public Discussions and Film Screenings OCTOBER 2008 Glasgow / Edinburgh

Eastwards Ho! A New Urban Frontier?
A series of films addressing conflicts over urban space, regeneration and privatisation.
market gallery – 334 Duke Street, Glasgow, G31 1QZ
10 – 18 October
Gallery Open: Tues – Saturday 12 – 6pm
Open by Appointment – Monday 13th October 12 – 6pm

Introductory talk by Simon Yuill: Friday 10 October 7pm

‘Given to the People’ (2008), Simon Yuil. “Pollok Estate was given to the people in 1939, once given it cannae be ungiven, it can only be stolen.” Colin Macleod, Pollok Free State.
http://www.giventothepeople.org

‘The London Particular: The Occupation’ (2001) & ‘The London Particular’ (2004). The sordid reconfiguration – through gentrification – of life, death, and work on the fringe of the city of London.
http://thelondonparticular.org/items/video.html

‘Five Ring Circus’ (2007). Scathing documentary about the false promises of the 2010 Vancouver Olympics, and the social, economic and environmental impacts of the event.
http://www.thefiveringcircus.com

‘Polly 2: Plan for a Revolution in Docklands’ (2006), Anja Kirchner and David Panos. Mixing popular forms (Brecht, the Western), Kirchner and Panos pursue a dramatic canvas for their critical take on regeneration.
http://www.anjakirschner.com/polly2/main.html

‘The Spectacle’. A series of community based films challenging the rhetoric of regeneration in the east end of London.
http://www.spectacle.co.uk

Organised by Variant collective
http://www.variant.org.uk
http://www.marketgallery.org.uk/

Saturday 11 October 1pm
Glasgow Games : Genuine Legacy or Gentrification?
A Public Discussion convened by Libby Porter
http://www.pnuk.org.uk/
market gallery – 334 Duke Street, Glasgow, G31 1QZ
Guest Speakers: Petra Biberbach and Jo Winterbottom

Free Market : markets 324 gallery space will be open for use as a resource area with a book table and chairs and tea and coffee facilities. If you would like to arrange a group visit or if you are doing research or studying and have an interest in any of the events please call: 0141 556 7276 or email: market@marketgallery.org.uk

http://www.marketgallery.org.uk/

DOCUMENT 6 :
International Human Rights Documentary Film Festival

CCA, 350 Sauchiehall St, Glasgow
http://www.cca-glasgow.com
Wednesday 15 – Sunday 19 October
Document 6 brings films from around the world to inform, challenge and inspire a local audience, supporting film makers whose work has international resonance as an act of witness.
Full details will be posted at:
http://www.docfilmfest.org.uk

‘TRIAL OF THE SPIDER ‘

Transmission Gallery is pleased to present a screening of the film by Anja Kirschner and David Panos, followed by a discussion between the artists and Rebecca Gordon-Nesbitt
Transmission – Floor 4, 48 King Street
Saturday 25th October 7pm
Doors open 6.30pm
Trail of the Spider transposes Western genre motifs and the suppressed racial history of the American West (where one in three cowboys were black or Mexican) onto the transforming landscape of East London. Questioning and re-imagining the Western’s portrayal of the “Vanishing Frontier” , the film extends the metaphor to the material and psychological conditions of the present.

Recreating the epic panoramas of the Western in Hackney Marshes, the Thames Gateway and Essex, on landfills, wastelands and gravel pits linked to the construction of the 2012 Olympic Park, the film allegorizes the shifting and shrinking space for collective social and political agency, self-determination and dissent in an urban reality increasingly dominated by volatile financial speculations, private interests and the spectre of the Olympic gold rush.

Working with a large cast of actors and non-actors (many of whom are themselves residents of East London), the film explores the compromises and ordeals of a population facing this new order. Many of the film’s verbal exchanges are rooted both in historic sources and the collective experiences of the players and filmmakers (linked in many cases through political activism and friendship), opening up a discursive field in which past and present are held in an uneasy suspension.

http://www.anjakirschner.com/trailofthespider.html

http://www.transmissiongallery.org/

Cities as Battlespace: the new military urbanism

Professor Stephen Graham, University of Durham, will be speaking on the role of cities within the war on terror.
Wednesday 29th October 3pm
Room 5.10.
Department of Geography and Sociology
University of Strathclyde
Graham Hills Building, 50 Richmond Street
Glasgow G1 1XN
Part of the seminar series at the Department of Geography and Sociology, University of Strathclyde.

RESISTING REGENICIDE : STRUGGLES IN THE CITY
“Our relationship to the built environment is perhaps the most crucial element to the quality of community life.”
1.00–5.00pm Saturday 1 November
CCA, 350 Sauchiehall St, Glasgow
http://www.cca-glasgow.com
and 7.00–9.30pm Sunday 2 November
The Forum – ACE, 17 West Montgomery Place, Edinburgh, EH7 5HA
http://forumcollective.wordpress.com

Free discussions bringing together representatives of community & activist groups – including local groups from Glasgow, Edinburgh, London and Manchester – to share their experiences of community-based engagement in the planning processes of urban regeneration and the built environment.

A strong dimension connecting the diverse groups is their shared concerns for community video as a basis for connecting people.
Mark Saunders The Spectacle, Martin Slavin Games Monitor, Nick Durie Glasgow Residents Network, Carl Taylor Hackney Independent, Libby Porter Planners Network UK, Neil Gray Variant, Jonathon Atkinson Open Manchester, Anthony Iles Mute.

http://www.metamute.org
http://www.spectacle.co.uk
http://www.openmanchester.org.uk
http://www.gamesmonitor.org.uk
http://www.pnuk.org.uk
http://glasgowresidents.wordpress.com
http://www.hackneyindependent.org
http://www.variant.org.uk

Organised by Variant collective

Upcoming Events: University of Dundee Exhibitions Department

Sat, 04 Oct 2008 11:51:06 GMT

DATES FOR YOUR OCTOBER 2008 DIARY…

October listings from the University of Dundee Exhibitions Department, at Duncan of Jordanstone. This is a huge list with a wide variety of projects, exhibitions, screenings, studio visits etc etc…

EXHIBITIONS DEPARTMENT
University of Dundee Exhibitions Department, Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design, 13 Perth Rd, Dundee DD1 4HT t:01382 345330
exhibitions@dundee.ac.uk www.exhibitions.dundee.ac.uk

OPENING TIMES///Cooper Gallery, Lower Foyer Gallery, Matthew Gallery, Bradshaw Art Space: Mon-Fri 9.30am-5pm, Sat 10.30-4.30pm

1. EXHIBITION/// 4 October – 1 November
Cooper Gallery
Copy Wrong
SIC Technology, Adam Zaretsky and The pFARM Collective, Paul Vanouse, The Institute for Post Natural History.
In the current climate of collaborations between art and science, this exhibition investigates the practices of four artists predominantly based in USA. Focusing on the rights and wrongs of ownership and reproduction in relation to new technologies, this unorthodox body of work questions the role of science and art in our lives. SIC Technology’s film ‘SERVEX’ presents a sci-fi future for the Scottish population. Adam Zaretsky and pFARM are based in Woodstock, New York. Their performances, farm and laboratory combine three subcultures of biotech company, sado-masochism and organic farming. Copy Wrong is curated by Caz McIntee.

2. OFFSITE PROJECTS///
Exhibitions Department at Cupar Arts Festival, Old St Columbas School, 15 Millgate, Cupar, Fife
Opening Hours: Mon-Sat 10- 5pm, Sundays 12- 5pm
PREVIEW///
Fifeman Alan Grieve, Peter Haining, Jason Nelson, Kevin Reid Friday 10th October, 7- 9pm EXHIBITION/// 11 – 26 October
An unconventional exploration of the psyche of ‘Fifeman’ by four male artists all hailing from towns in Fife. All four artists utilise myth, storytelling along with the people and places of Fife in their work. All Fifemen attended Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design, Dundee.

3. EVENTS///
Lower Foyer Gallery and Offsite
There is no I
Organised by A.R.T with Jessica Ramm and Kezia Merrick
A series of informal events become an investigation into what collaboration can mean. We look at collaborative partnerships, group
activism and artists working with communities. This event series has been co-organised by A.R.T – University of Dundee’s Art Society –
with two 4th Year Fine Art students Jessica Ramm and Kezia Merrick. For more details please see www.exhibitions.dundee.ac.uk.

7 October, 11am -12 noon, Lower Foyer Gallery
Alexander & Susan Maris: film and talk
Alexander & Susan Maris introduce their film ‘Silentium’ (2007, 26 mins) and talk about their practice. With the permission of Film and
Video Umbrella and specifically for the benefit of the students at Dundee, they will be showing a standard definition ‘preview’ of the work.

7 October, 5 – 7pm, Lower Foyer Gallery Dalziel + Scullion studio visit. Booking required as places are limited : exhibitions@dundee.ac.uk
This event offers the chance to see films then visit Dalziel & Scullion’s studio based in Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design and speak to the artists.
http://www.dalzielscullion.com/

8 October, 5-7pm, Basement, Drouthys, 142 – 146 Perth Road, Dundee DD1 4JW
Collaboration and community – Eva Merz / Monika Vykoukal
We hear from artist Eva Merz about her socially engaged practice then Peacock Visual Art’s curator Monica Vykoukal gives us an overview of activist collaborative practice.
Eva Merz, founder of the New Social Art School, a small group of artists and non-artists, works with people from various communities: artists, skateboarders, street beggars, and women in prison. With a ‘personal-becoming-political’ approach the projects are inspired by social issues and the people who take part in the process. For more info check: www.newsocialartschool.org
http://www.peacockvisualarts.com/
http://newsocialartschool.org/evaM.html

9 October, 12.30 – 1.30pm, Lower Foyer Gallery
Tracy Mackenna and Edwin Janssen
Lunchtime event. Booking required, as places are limited: exhibitions@dundee.ac.uk
An informal meal will provide the context for discussion about
collaborative practice and the week’s events.
http://fineart.dundee.ac.uk/research-staff/people/prof-tracy-mackenna/research.jsp
http://fineart.dundee.ac.uk/research-staff/people/edwin-janssen/research.jsp

9 October, 5 -7pm, Basement, Drouthys, 142 – 146 Perth Road, Dundee DD1 4JW
Ganghut talk
An opportunity to hear from GANGHUT about how they have developed since forming four years ago including their newest venture at Scottish Sculpture Workshop, which is their most ambitious build project so far.
http://www.ssw.org.uk/ganghut/profile/
http://www.myspace.com/ganghut

4. CLOSING EVENT///
Lower Foyer Gallery
Friday 24 October, 5-7pm
Skills Swap Shop
20 October – 25 October work in progress on show in the gallery. Skills Swap Shop is a project initiated in response to an increased
emphasis in society and education on theory and digitalisation, which leads to moving away from craft and skills. The group, who are all members of the BDes in Textile Design, will lead and take part in workshops where they can share their skills and learn new ones with members of the public and other students and staff. Watch our website for details of classes so that you can get involved.

5. EXHIBITION///
Matthew Gallery
Deviants
Until 24 October
Deviants presents curious works that deviate wildly from what we think of as traditional craft. We are presented with playful, mischievous and
bizarre aberrations of familiar objects including pieces by Jill Crowley, Carol McNicoll, Richard Slee and Hans Stofer. Accompanying the
exhibition is an alternative gallery guide written by the Dundee-based writer and artist The Lonely Piper. This is a Crafts Council Touring
Exhibition and has been selected by the ‘Past, Present and Future Craft Practice’ research team who are exploring new directions, practices and perspectives in contemporary craft and are based at the University of Dundee. http://www.futurecraft.dundee.ac.uk/

6. EXHIBITION///
Bradshaw Art Space
Concrete Fact
Until 17 October
Towards the development of Dudhope Concrete skatepark. A factual / creative collection, curated by Daryl Smith, a 1993 DJCAD graduate from School of Design. The exhibit will feature selections from approximately 30 years of documentation of skateboarding environments around Dundee, architectural models, mediated recent designs, video work and more.

7. PREVIEW///
Bradshaw Art Space
Friday 24 October, 5-7pm
Whispers
EXHIBITION/// 25 October – 21 November
Fourth year Fine Art student, Heather Chan, has devised an experimental project where all participants make a work in response to another
participants work in a sort of chain reaction. The works on show are made by a large group of students from across all disciplines within the
college in various media. The exhibition will be the unveiling of all works displayed in sequence.

UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE MUSEUM SERVICES EXHIBITIONS
Contact: museum@dundee.ac.uk www.dundee.ac.uk/museum

1. EXHIBITION/// In the Footsteps of Isabella Bird: Adventures in Twin Time Travel
Lamb Gallery, Tower Building, University of Dundee. 2 October – 28 November
Mon-Fri 9.30am-8.30pm Sat 9.30am-4.30pm
As part of the Japan-UK 150 celebrations, the University of Dundee Museum Services presents an exhibition of photographs by Kiyonori
Kanasaka, a professor of geography from Kyoto University who was a visiting professor in Dundee in 2007. Prof Kanasaka has travelled the
world following in the footsteps of the daring Victorian lady adventurer Isabella Bird. His stunning photographs explore both change and
continuity in some of the most spectacular places on Earth.

2. EXHIBITION/// Paul Reid Exhibition
Tower Foyer Gallery, University of Dundee
Until 4 November Mon-Fri 9.30am-8.30pm Sat 9.30am-4.30pm
Paul Reid graduated from Duncan of Jordanstone College with first class honours in 1998, and has since become established as one of the country’s most distinctive artists. His paintings are classical in their subject matter yet still compellingly relevant to modern audiences. This exhibition presents a selection of his finest work over the past decade.

3. CULTURE DAY /// Come to Your Senses!
Baxter Conference Suite, Tower Building, University of Dundee
5 November, 1 – 6 pm
The annual Culture & Arts Forum showcase event focuses this year on the senses, and features a truly interdisciplinary mix of talks,
performances, films and exhibitions. Full programme to be announced soon – check out the website at www.dundee.ac.uk/museum/caf.htm

4. EXHIBITION/// Medical Impressions
Tayside Medical History Museum, Medical School Foyer, Ninewells Hospital
Until 4 October Mon-Sat 9am-5pm
A special collaborative exhibition by the University of Dundee Museum Services and the Department of Special Collections, University of St Andrews, as part of the celebrations to mark 500 Years of Printing in Scotland.

VISUAL RESEARCH CENTRE
DCA, 152 Nethergate, Dundee, DD1 4DY
www.vrc.dundee.ac.uk
OPENING TIMES/// The VRC is open Wed – Fri 10.30am – 5.30pm
(also Sat & Sun 12.30pm – 5.30pm but only during public projects in Centrespace) Please contact Sam Bain: 01382 388064, s.bain@dundee.ac.uk or visit:
http://www.vrc.dundee.ac.uk/Visual_Research_Centre/whats_on.html

1. EXHIBITION/// IT’S IN THE AIR – Felix Hess
10 – 12 October
IT’S IN THE AIR is part of KYTN, DCA and Arika’s festival of sound and image, exploring as many different ways in which artists, filmmakers and musicians can investigate the border between what you hear and what you see. Felix Hess is a unique crosser of the boundaries between
science and art. The trained physicist wrote his doctorial thesis on the aerodynamics of the boomerang. The calls of frogs in Australia, Mexico, and Japan inspired him to use electronic components to construct devices simulating the communication behaviour of living systems. His
research on sound finally led to interest in hidden phenomena like infrasound. The result: wondrously poetic installations that allow us to
experience hidden energy fields with our senses. IT’S IN THE AIR, created out of small flags of Japanese rice paper, makes visual the eddies, movements and air pressure fluctuations that happen on a micro
level in a given space and alludes to sound as a relational, physical fluctuation. www.arika.org.uk

2. VRC MICRO CINEMA
The REWIND Collection of conserved video works is available for viewing by booking the new VRC Micro Cinema.

3. CENTRE FOR ARTISTS’ BOOK COLLECTION
The Centre for Artists’ Books is a space dedicated solely to artists’ books, the first combined archive and exhibition space of its kind in the United Kingdom. The CAB collection is now available to view on-line. Please visit: www.vrc.dundee.ac.uk/CAB/cab.htm
Appointments can also be made to view the collection during VRC opening hours.

To book the Micro Cinema or to view the CAB collection please contact Sam Bain, details above.

1. FESTIVAL/// Kill Your Timid Notion Festival
10 – 12 October Day pass: £10 Festival pass: £25

AT DUNDEE CONTEMPORARY ARTS
152 Nethergate, Dundee DD1 4DY 01382 909900 www.dca.org.uk
Gallery Opening Times// Tues – Sat 10.30am – 5.30pm, Thurs until 8.30pm Sun 12noon – 5.30pm FREE ADMISSION TO GALLERIES
To book talks or events or for further information please call DCA box office on 01382 909900

KYTN is one of Europe’s leading festivals of sound and image, exploring the many different ways in which renowned experimental
filmmakers and musicians investigate the borders between what you hear and what you see through immersive live performances and film screenings.
For this, the fifth KYTN, a three-week exhibition precedes the festival weekend.

2. EXHIBITION///
20 Sept – 9 Oct, Free
Taking flicker as our theme, the Kill Your Timid Notion exhibition presents two internationally renowned artists who fill DCA’s huge gallery space with installations which are alive with sound and movement.
Kjell Bjørgeengen is a visual artist who works with a wide range of musicians. His intricate flicker works are an intense and mesmerising
experience. Kjell (pronounced Shell) is one of the leading contemporary artists in Norway, producing impressive large scale ambitious works that transform the gallery to a theatre of flickering light.

Trained as a painter, Paul Sharits (1943-1993) moved into presenting his work in film as an attempt to translate ideas of music into a visual
medium. He was one of the primary innovators of Structural and avant-garde cinema which culminated in his colour ‘flicker’ films and larger multi-projection installations. He radically pioneered the shift of film works into gallery and museum spaces. For this exhibition we will be presenting Sharits’ work Epileptic Seizure Comparison (1976).

For more details of the full KYTN Festival programme, please visit www.dca.org.uk or go to www.arika.org.uk where you can browse
films, photos from previous KYTNs as a taster of what to expect.

University of Dundee’s Visual Research Centre hosts three events as part of KYTN 08.

3. SALON///
SEE HEAR
10 October, 10.30am – 5.30pm
DCA Cinema
Free
A day of presentations and discussions on the theme of audio visual perception in the context of experimental music, film and art.

4. EXHIBITION///
IT’S IN THE AIR
Felix Hess
10 – 12 October Centrespace
See VRC for full listing

5. SCREENINGS///
MICRO NOTIONS
10 – 12 October REWIND Micro Cinema
MICRO NOTIONS is a programme of screenings of work taken from the REWIND Artists’ Video in the 70s & 80s collection. MICRO NOTIONS
presents a range of work which compliments the KYTN festival and will explore the relationship and boundaries between sound and vision in
these early adventures.

For more information about programme details and screening times,
http://www.vrc.dundee.ac.uk/Visual_Research_Centre/whats_on.html

HANNAH MACLURE CENTRE
University of Abertay Dundee, Top Floor Student Centre, 40 Bell St, Dundee DD1 1HG t:01382 308324 free admission, open to the public 9.30am – 4.45pm Monday to Friday,
www.abertay.ac.uk/exhibitions exhibitions@abertay.ac.uk

1. EXHIBITION/// Hidden Artisan
Until 7 November
An expose of creative talent from the staff of Abertay University

2. EVENT/// Monomania
Every second Wednesday, 5:30 – 7:30 pm
An informal art get-together exploring different themes. 1st October – Open Session
We provide some materials and advice on technical assistance, but encourage people to bring their own. It is free and open to all! (Under-18s must bring a responsible adult)

3. CINEMA/// Movie Club
Monday 6pm – 10pm, meeting every 2 weeks
Movie Club is for people who have a passion for film. It is free and open to University Staff, students and the general public.

Other events in Dundee
WASPS
WASPS OPEN STUDIOS WEEKEND 2008///
14 locations TWO days ONCE a year
Aberdeen | Dundee | Edinburgh | Glasgow I Irvine | Nairn | Newburgh | Paisley | Selkirk
Meadowmill Studios West Henderson Wynd, Dundee, DD1 1DA
For more information please visit: waspsstudios.org.uk
Saturday 4th October 11am–5pm, Sunday 5th October 12noon–5pm
Hundreds of artists in Wasps’ studios across Scotland will open their doors and showcase
a wide variety of work including: painting, printmaking, photography, ceramics, textiles,
digital media, jewellery, glass, installation and sculpture.

Entries Sought for Creative Graduate Prizes

Fri, 03 Oct 2008 12:24:12 GMT

jotta.com – the new digital community for the arts founded in partnership with Central Saint Martins and The University of the Arts, London and Creativepool.co.uk – the UK’s leading online creative recruitment site have become media partners for the Creative Graduate Prize.

The online visual arts awards were launched in 2005 by web/print/live arts platform Medium Magazine and creative agency/think tank/incubator Societás to recognise the best emerging illustrators, photographers and artists worldwide. Annually attracting entries from creative graduates internationally, past winners have come from as far a field as a remote province in rural China, Washington DC and Cardiff.

Creative Graduate Prize Categories:
Best Static Art (all genres of static 2D art)
Best Moving Art (all genres of moving art)
Best Installation Art (all genres of static and moving 3D art)

Deadline: 30th October 2008

The awards jury is made up of innovators from the international creative industries, all of whom are creative graduates themselves including Illustrator Jason Brooks, contemporary artists Stuart Semple and Tessa Farmer, Penny Martin of SHOWstudio/London College of Fashion, photographer Ellis Scott, Design Laboratory/Jotta.com Director Yann Mathias, McCann’s Head of Innovation Justin Champney, digital artist Eileen Botsford and awards founders Laurie Cansfield publisher of Medium Magazine and Melissa Sterry founder and CEO of Societás.

2008 sees the addition of a new award category for Installation Art, adding to the existing award categories for Static Art (illustration, photography) launched in 2005 and Moving Art (short film, animation) launched in 2007.

Entrants are invited to submit original works to the theme of ‘Identity’. The deadline for entries is 30th October 2008 and all submissions will go through jotta.com. The winners of the Creative Graduate Prize will be announced in November.

For more information on the Creative Graduate Prize contact:

Contact: Melissa Sterry

Tel: +44 (0) 870 910 4904
Email: press@societas.ltd.uk
Web: www.societas.ltd.uk

Electron Club Open Day

Fri, 03 Oct 2008 11:58:06 GMT

Saturday 18th October 2008 2pm – 5pm, free of charge at the Centre for Contemporary Arts (CCA), 350 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow, G2 3JD
tel: 0141 352 4900 (CCA box office)
email: info@electronclub.org

The Electron Club is a voluntary run space where people interested in things like free open source software, circuit bending, hardware hacking, computer recycling, streaming, audio and video editing, green technologies, and amateur radio can meet, use equipment, and share and disseminate their skills and ideas. Every so often we have a free public Open Day where people can come along and see what goes on there, get involved if they wish, or just chat with people and eat some of the homemade baking that will be on offer.

This year’s Open Day will include presentations, talks, workshops, and displays from Electron Club projects and people including: Glasgow Green Map, B.R.I.D.G.E, and Dorkbot Alba and others.

Live improvised performance from the (subtle) Noise Orchestra.
For more info please see: http://www.electronclub.org

Mischa Kuball at The third Biennial of Contemporary Art of Seville.

Fri, 03 Oct 2008 11:54:35 GMT

Mischa Kuball, PAR+RS featured artist during Gi’08 is exhibiting as part of the third Biennial of Contemporary Art of Seville (Biacs3). the Biennial will be held from 2 October 2008 to 11 January 2009, and invites visitors to view this autumn’s greatest showcase of contemporary creation under the title ‘youniverse.’

Art, science, technology, architecture and the environment will come together in a macro-exhibition that branches out from its headquarters in Seville to the city of Granada and features the creations of over 150 artists from around the world. ‘youniverse’ is a project based on the interactivity of each individual with the universe. The visitor will be invited to interact with its contents to discover a new universe of which he/she will be a part. The public will be the protagonist.

Peliminary opening Program for the 3rd International Biennial of Centemporary Art of Seville:

Press Preview in Sevilla: Wednesday, 1st October 2008.
Official Opening of the Biacs3 in Seville: Thursday, 2nd October 2008. 12:00 am.
Official Opening in Granada: Friday, 3rd October 2008. 12:00 am.

Open doors at the CAAC (from the 3rd till the 5th of October; Friday 10 am – 8 pm / Saturday: 11 am – 8 pm / Sunday: 10 am – 3 pm).

Curatorial Team

Peter Weibel, general director of the ZKM Centre for Art and Media of Karlsruhe, Germany.
Wonil Rhee, guest curator of PS1MoMA 2009, Korean curator.
Marie-Ange Brayer, director of the Regional Centre of Contemporary Art of Orleáns, France.

For more information:
www.fundacionbiacs.com/
www.mischakuball.com

Alex Hetherington at The Colony Room, New Langton Arts, San Francisco

Fri, 03 Oct 2008 11:46:02 GMT

PAR+RS blogger Alex Hetherington will be performing at The Colony Room, New Langton Arts, SF, on Saturday October 4th 2008.
$5 entry, memberships available.
Events 8/8.30pm

Alex Hetherington will present a video performance, Duet based on the song structures and self-determined language of the Scottish pop group The Cocteau Twins. Here he employs technology to re-manipulate his voice while using video technique in an attempt to recreate the secret language of twins Jennifer and June Gibbons. Be prepared to be moved in unexpected ways. Alex is a performance innovator, writer and curator who is supported by The Scottish Arts Council. Recent projects include Skank Bloc Bologna #1, TART, SF, US; Live Art Falmouth, Falmouth, UK; File 2008, Sao Paulo, Brazil; Videoholica, Varna, Bulgaria; Meddle with the Devil and House/Lights, Falkirk, UK and Edinburgh International Festival 2008.

Sponsored by Trumer Pils and Duchamp Winery
The Colony Room,
New Langton

http://www.newlangtonarts.org/
1246 Folsom Street
SF CA 94103: 415 626 5416

artSPACE Perth: October Holiday Programme

Sat, 27 Sep 2008 14:24:32 GMT

artSPACE in Perth are offering an October Holiday programme on the following dates: Wed 8th, Thursday 9th, Friday 10th October 2008; Wednesday 15th, Thursday 16th, Friday 17th October 2008. 10am – 3pm each day.

Each day will be fun packed with a combination of clay, mod roc sculpture, painting with acrylics and watercolours. Weather permitting, some activities will be held outdoors so bring warm clothing. This programme is being offered at the special price of £15 per day so early booking is essential!

PRICE: £15.00 per day

BRING: snacks, lunch, waterproofs

AGE : 5 – 12 years

artSPACE
96 Glengarry Road
Perth
PH2 0AB

http://www.artspace-scotland.co.uk
Tel. 01738 587 565

Invisible Oil: Peacock Visual Arts, Aberdeen

Thu, 25 Sep 2008 16:18:23 GMT

A new commission by Austrian artist Ernst Logar investigates the invisible, yet vital locations of the oil industry in Aberdeen.

Exhibition Runs: 04 October – 15 November, 2008.
Opening Friday 3 October, 6 – 8pm.
Artist’s Talk Saturday 4 October, 2pm. All welcome. Admission Free.

Austrian artist Ernst Logar engages with oil and its significance as the basis of our modern civilization. The exhibition interweaves the material of crude oil and the diverse economic, political and social levels of the North Sea oil industry in a range of artistic media.

Aberdeen, the UK base for North Sea oil and gas extraction, is a centre of the global energy sector, yet the activities of the industry are largely hidden from public view. “Invisible Oil” aims to make key locations of the oil industry in Scotland publicly visible. In new photographs, sculptures, drawings and prints, Ernst Logar maps some of the key political, economic, technological and social spaces and reveals their interconnections and relations.

For more information visit: www.peacockvisualarts.com and www.logar.co.at

To download the artist’s statement, click here

Peacock Visual Arts
21 Castle Street
Aberdeen AB11 5BQ
t: 01224-639539
f: 01224-627094
e:info@peacockvisualarts.co.uk
Open Tues – Sat 9.30am – 5.30pm

Alt-w awards announced

Mon, 22 Sep 2008 10:44:58 GMT

Following the exhibition Alt-w: New Directions in Scottish Digital Culture at the Centre for Contemporary Art in Glasgow, New Media Scotland have announced the recipients of the 2008/09 Alt-w awards.

8 projects in total have been successful, with a wide variety of digital practices represented – from a mechanical ‘band in a box’ (Cybraphon by Ziggy Campbell, Simon Kirby & Tommy Perman) to Aeolia by Sarah Kettley  – a project which explores the nature of space and place and will examine the concept of a bodily connection with the land.

Here at PAR+RS we are particularly pleased to announce that among the winners are our regular blogger Alex Hetherington-
and web based artist Ben Dembroski who will soon be appearing in an exclusive interview on the site to talk about his work.

Alex’s award winning work is called ‘A Million Lies; Once and Only Revealed After Death’ and researches the nature, psychology, construction, philosophy and consequences of lying. ‘A Million Lies’ includes the construction of personality, identity and personal truth, and will explore cultural forms that employ fakery, sham, scams and deliberate misinformation. This research will lead to exploration of these themes both online and through performance. For more information take a look at: www.alexhetherington.com

Ben Dembroski was nominated for project2891 (see www.dembroski.net ). Project2891 is system that encourages engagement from less technically experienced artists in the development of both hardware and software solutions for nodal device art installations. The simple user interface will provide control of connected hardware, as well as other nodes via the Internet. A series of free workshops will explain how to use the system and suggest how it might be modified for creative applications.

Well Done All!

For more information go to: http://www.mediascot.org/alt-w

'Dragons Den' for Arts and Business

Mon, 22 Sep 2008 10:23:14 GMT

To promote the CashBack for Communities grant scheme, Arts and Business Scotland is planning two “Dragons Den” style events called “Art of the Pitch”. The first to be held in Glasgow on 1st December at City Halls 6pm – 9pm.

Three businesses: Elphinstone; ScottishPower; Standard Life, will each be represented by a “dragon” with a sponsorship budget of £7,500 to spend.

Six shortlisted arts organisations will make a five minute sponsorship pitch on an arts project which meets the aims and eligibility criteria of the CashBack for Communities scheme (arts activity for 10 -19 year olds primarily aimed at the target groups set out in the guidelines).

Props, art activity, images, any medium can be used during the pitch except PowerPoint. If a project is chosen by a dragon then their £7,500 business investment will be matched by a £7,500 CashBack for Communities grant bringing a total of £15,000 worth of sponsorship to the arts project.

The deadline for applications is Wednesday 1st October. For full details of how to apply please download the Application Form or for more information contact 0131 220 2499.

A&B members will be invited to make up the audience for what the organisers hope will be a fun yet informative evening. A second event will be held in Aberdeen in early 2009

East Lothian: New Civic Pride Fund

Wed, 17 Sep 2008 14:56:21 GMT

East Lothian Council have announced a new Civic Pride Fund, intended to support communities with local projects.

Deadline: November 30th 2008.

The fund has a total of £50k and can award grants of up to £20k. Projects may be supported which:

Make a material difference to the appearance of the town, village or community

Celebrate something special/unique about the town, village or community

Give the town, village or community are a sense of place or identity

Demonstrate community support and involvement.

For more information please contact:

The Landscape and Countryside Manager
East Lothian Council
John Muir House
East Lothian
EH41 3HA

or email: A McCrorie, Head of Finance at: amccrorie@eastlothian.gov.uk

RBSS Launches New Public Art Award

Wed, 17 Sep 2008 10:46:04 GMT

The Royal British Society of Sculptors (RBS) has launched FIRST@108 – a new award designed to identify and nurture future talent in public art.

Public sculpture is currently enjoying an extraordinary resurgence of activity with a string of high-profile projects capturing the public imagination and garnering widespread media attention.

The FIRST@108 award, worth more than £10,000, will promote excellence, innovation and best practice in one of the fastest growing areas of the international art scene. The competition represents a unique opportunity for emerging artists to develop the specific skills and experience required to compete for important large-scale sculpture commissions at a time of unprecedented public, private and commercial interest.

FIRST@108 is open to sculptors of any age and nationality working in any style or media who have yet to achieve recognition as practitioners of public art. The award is designed to replicate the demanding procedures and detailed requirements encountered in most public art commissions and will help ambitious artists focus on an area of public art that is entering one of its most exciting phases in recent memory. To that end, the winning artist will be both challenged and supported throughout the production process.

In order to invite multiple interpretations and encourage innovation and creativity, ‘INTERACTION’ has been chosen as the theme of the inaugural award.

The judging panel will be chaired by the President of the Royal British Society of Sculptors, Professor Brian Falconbridge and include the sponsor of this year’s award George Iacobescu, Chief Executive of Canary Wharf Group plc together with Mark Davy, Director of Futurecity, Sean Henry, Sculptor and Isabel Vasseur, Public Realm Curator.

The short listed artists will be exhibited from 21 – 30 January 2009 in the RBS Galleries, 108 Old Brompton Road, South Kensington SW7.

For further information contact Julie Beech on 020 7373 5554 education@rbs.org.uk

Royal British Society of Sculptors

Committed to the pursuit of excellence in the art form, the Society aims to inspire, inform and engage people of all ages and backgrounds with sculpture, to support the development of sculptors’ professional and creative practice and to promote good practice.

Further information: www.rbs.org.uk

Canary Wharf Group Public Art Programme

Canary Wharf Group plc is a property development company focused on the construction, management and leasing of office/retail space at Canary Wharf. It has a dedicated public art programme and commissions include a light installation by Martin Richman, railings by Bruce McLean, floor works by Emma Biggs, sculptural works by Ron Arad, Danny Lane and Wendy Ramshaw, and photographic lightboxes by Catherine Yass. Ann Elliot curates the ‘Sculpture in the workplace’ exhibition programme at One Canada Square and Jubilee Park.

Further information telephone 020 7418 2257

Sir Norman Rosenthal: "Banks fall over: Art triumphs."

Tue, 16 Sep 2008 09:25:22 GMT

The Guardian Newspaper is this morning reporting that the credit crunch seems to have passed the commercial art world by, as all 96 lots in the Sotheby’s auction of Damian Hirst’s ‘greatest hits’ sold yesterday for a total of around £70.5m.

Hirst’s personal curation of the auction has been much discussed, with his two representing galleries -Jay Jobling’s White Cube and Larry Gagosian in New York – standing back to (grudgingly, some claim) allow Hirst to sell his work here independently, without them taking a percentage.

Hirst’s practice has long focussed on the relationships between death, desire, and money, and last year his diamond skull sold to a consortium for £50m, making it the most expensive piece of contemporary art ever. Yesterday, even the catalogue for the sale was selling for £200.

For the full article by Maev Kennedy visit: The Guardian

Lead Artist Opportunity at Maternity Unit Extension

Tue, 09 Sep 2008 16:02:20 GMT

A freelance Lead Artist / Curator and Project Manager of Art and Therapeutic Design is sought for the Southern General Maternity Unit Extension – a new neonatal and foetal medicine facility in Glasgow.

Deadline: 5pm Monday 22nd September 2008.

NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde seeks to contract a Lead Artist/ Curator and Project Manager to influence the development and installation of art and therapeutic design enhancements within the architecture, interiors and landscaping of the new Neonatal, Foetal Medicine Facility as part of the Glasgow Southern General Maternity Unit Extension.

The expected building completion date is September 2010. The commissioners require the proposal to be developed via an art, architecture and health dialogue.

It is important that applicants have experience of working in a Lead Artist/ Curator and Project Manager position and have an interest in Maternity, Foetal Medicine and Neonatal care. The role/s will require experience and skills in art and therapeutic design visioning and realisation, coordination of art contracts, consultation involving staff and community engagement, fundraising, publicity and budget control skills.

Application Submission date: 5pm Monday 22nd September 2008

Candidate Interviews: Tuesday 30th September 2008

Start Date: October 2008 with freelance availability until December 2010

Fee: £32,000, payable in stages, inclusive of travel and expenses

Location: Southern General Hospital Glasgow

Reporting to: Maternity Art and Design Sub Group

To request an information pack or to register your expression of interest in this project please contact Sarah Lewsley on 0141 201 4876 or email, sarah.lewsley@ggc.scot.nhs.uk.

Applied Art Residencies at Ruthin Craft Centre, Denbighshire, Wales

Mon, 08 Sep 2008 18:43:48 GMT

Ruthin Craft Centre and Safle are inviting artists to apply for a 3-month residency to research and take forward their practice in any discipline informed by the applied arts. A focus on the application of the arts in the public realm will be encouraged. The objective of the residencies is to give the artists as much opportunity to practice their art as possible.

Application Deadline: 29th September 2008

It is imperative that the artist is able to work freely and confidently and there is a hope that having once established a working pattern and context that the artist will feel able to set aside time to interact with the staff, visitors, arts students and other professionals on an appropriate level and timescale.

Each residency studio is 45m with modern facilities etc. They are not equipped for a specific artform as it is envisaged that there will be a wide range of disciplines represented in the studios and specific equipment for the studios will be discussed with the artists prior to the start date.

It is expected that the artists will have the opportunity to contribute to the overall exhibition programme of the Centre or to convert their studio into an exhibition space at the end of the residency.

The new Ruthin Craft Centre, designed by architects Sergison Bates, is arguably the most important recent development in Applied Arts in the UK, in that it not only provides over 350 sq metres of exhibition space, but creates a stimulating working environment with a programme that is committed to exploring all aspects of the applied arts.

Budgets
Each 3 month residency carries an artist’s budget in the region of £7000 plus other print, publicity and exhibition costs.

Ruthin Craft Centre will assist in finding accommodation in Ruthin town as there is no accommodation on site.

Timescale
Two opportunities are offered for residencies of 3 month duration commencing in November 2008 and January 2009.

Selection process
There are no restrictions as to where the artists currently work, be it local or international. Submissions can be from a wide range of disciplines from within the applied arts, and related activity such as time-based media or work for the built environment etc.

The artists will be selected from an open submission by a steering group drawn from Ruthin Craft Centre, Safle and other partners.

Please send:
1) A CD or DVD of images or other visuals, saved as a powerpoint presentation or similar – a maximum of 10 images or 10 minutes of video.
2) A letter of no more than two pages outlining why a residency in Ruthin will be beneficial to your practice, how you will ensure that any outcomes are recorded or presented and how your work relates to the focus outlined above.
3) A CV of no more than 3 pages.

To:
Ruthin Applied Art Residencies
Safle
Unit 4,
Sovereign Quay
Havannah Street
Cardiff
CF10 5SF

Application Deadline: 29th September 2008

info@safle.com
www.safle.com
www.ruthincraftcentre.org.uk