http://artsway.ehclients.com/ en jack.lewis@artsway.org.uk Copyright 2011 Mon, 10 Jan 2011 12:00:41 GMT http://www.artsway.org.uk/programme/artsway-associates/visit-the-artsway-associates/emilia-telese/ http://www.artsway.org.uk/programme/artsway-associates/visit-the-artsway-associates/emilia-telese/#When:11:00Z Dates for your diary Effect and Exchange - Aftermath and effects of cuts in culture The Cass School of Art, London Metropolitan University, Central House, London Wednesday 15 June 2011, 4.00 – 8.00pm As part of the Cass Degree Shows 2011 series of events and talks, Emilia Telese will deliver the talk Arts and Cuts: a comparative study of worlds' arts infrastructures. For more information and to find out how to attend please click here.   News In January 2011 Emilia Telese worked in partnership with Medway Council and the University for the Creative Arts, preparing and advising them on Kent’s first Artist Resource Centre.The Resource Centre opened on 14 January 2011 and more information can be found here. Emilia has a range of exhibitions coming up in 2011, as well as a series of talks scheduled, and plans afoot for a public art commission from the John Hansard Gallery, Southampton. The ArtSway Associates programme are also funding Emilia to take part in a Creative Papermaking training course which will inform her current practice and projects. Limited Edition Prints Back to the 80's, 2010 Emilia Telese has recently completed a limited edition of prints for ArtSway’s online shop, which were shown at the exhibition Get Real at Rochester City Art Gallery (15 October 2010 – 9 January 2011).  As part of the exhibition, Emilia presented her live performance and installation of PERFECT 10—which deals with image obsession narrow ideals of beauty perpetrated by contemporary media. You can view Emilia’s limited edition prints here. Four Senses Walk On Saturday 24 July 2010, ArtSway Associate, Emilia Telese, led 20 participants blindfolded through the New Forest as part of the Cultural Olympiad’s Open Weekend 2010. Plant experts Dr Alexandra S Penn, Science and Engineering of Natural Systems Group (SENSe),ECS, University of Southampton, and Sara Jane Glendinning, a herbs and natural healing expert from Brighton, accompanied us on the walk through Sway and into the open Forest, alerting us to plants and flowers of interest and asking us to touch and smell them before informing us if their properties. Radio Sofia Emilia continues to host Radio Sofia, a radio programme on non-mainstream Italian culture. It is now being aired every Tuesday afternoon from 3pm on Radio Reverb, from Brighton. Artist Talk: Local to Global Complementing ArtSway’s New Forest Pavilion presence in Venice, ArtSway hosted an Artist Talk by Emilia, Local to Global. Emilia spent the afternoon of 6 June at ArtSway, discussing her professional practice and its development, her artistic career, and how she balances the two. She also presented the exclusive UK premier of Life of a Star (her 2005 Venice performance), marking the official opening of ArtSway’s New Forest Pavilion in Venice. Mon, 10 Jan 2011 11:00 GMT http://www.artsway.org.uk/programme/artsway-associates/visit-the-artsway-associates/charlie-murphy/ http://www.artsway.org.uk/programme/artsway-associates/visit-the-artsway-associates/charlie-murphy/#When:11:00Z News Charlie Murphy is busy finishing her new website, which is soon to be launched. As well as researching new projects for this forthcoming year, she is currently in discussion with the Wellcome Trust on the possibility of an exhibition of her glass sculptures to take place in autumn 2011. In December 2010, she met with the independent Producer, Simon Chatterton, for an extremely productive and positive one-to-one mentoring session. Charlie and Simon Chatterton discussed her practice and ways of taking it forward. Show Pony Parade On 23 July 2011, Charlie Murphy led Show Pony Parade, as part of the Cultural Olympiad Open Weekend. Adults and children joined Charlie in making their very own New Forest pony costumes, and participated in a parade and photo shoot in the New Forest. The event celebrated the equestrian aspect of the Olympics and the custom of achievement through rosette and prize giving, as all participants were awarded with an original rosette made and signed by Charlie Murphy. To Kiss A Sailor Charlie Murphy's recently presented aerial show To Kiss a Sailor can now be viewed in the video below. To Kiss a Sailor weaves an evocative love story between a sailor and his landlocked lover through a stunning range of aerial and dance choreographies. The story explores the hardships and the romance experienced by all those touched by life at sea in the historic surroundings of Liverpool's famous Albert Dock, where it was performed as part of 2010's Liverpool's On the Waterfront Festival. Charlie is currently seeking partners and contexts to further develop the show. To Kiss a Sailor - Showreel from Charlie Murphy on Vimeo. Limited Edition Prints Charlie Murphy now has a number of glass kisses and limited edition photographic works available to purchase through the Own Art scheme on Culture Label. You can view the works here.  Cut Glass # IV, 2006 The Anatomy of Desire Charlie Murphy's The Anatomy of Desire, the culmination of ten years of work and kiss-in events, was presented at text+work, the Arts University College at Bournemouth in February 2010. The exhibition includes a large number of glass sculptures of kissing casts as well as casts of intimate spaces. These are accompanied by a large-scale projection of the video of Kiss (1999-2009). The opening night included a live performance of the score by Jorge Queijo with cello by Tara Franks, which was commissioned by ArtSway and Charlie Murphy. A major publication accompanies Charlie's Anatomy of Desire solo exhibition, and includes three newly commissioned texts by Luce Irigaray, major Belgian feminist and cultural theorist; Leonore Tiefer, New York-based author and sexologist; and fellow ArtSway Associate, artist and writer, Alistair Gentry. Copies of the publication can be obtained from the ArtSway shop. Following the exhibition, Charlie was invited to present an Artist Talk and a live body casting session at the Science Gallery, Trinity College Dublin. You can view images and video material of the casting session here. Installation view of The Anatomy of Desire at the Gallery, the Arts University College at Bournemouth, 2010 Kiss-in at The Dana Centre Charlie Murphy’s Kiss-in event, which took place at the Dana Centre last month, was a hugely successful and fun evening. You can view images and read BBC coverage of the Kiss-in here. The Big Wheel Charlie Murphy’s, The Big Wheel, was staged on the Millenium Bridge in July 2008 as part of the Big Dance Festival. The event was a huge success, and involved the participation of three local gym clubs and cheerleaders from Devon. A video of the event can be viewed here. The Big Wheel from Charlie Murphy on Vimeo.   Sun, 09 Jan 2011 11:00 GMT http://www.artsway.org.uk/programme/artsway-associates/visit-the-artsway-associates/hannah-maybank/ http://www.artsway.org.uk/programme/artsway-associates/visit-the-artsway-associates/hannah-maybank/#When:11:00Z Dates for your diary Hannah Maybank: Mute Strength Gymnasium Gallery Berwick Barracks, Berwick-upon-Tweed / Berwick Gymnasium Fellowship artists 2010/11 11 June - 31 July 2011 News Following Hannah Maybank's Berwick Gymnasium Fellowship, we are delighted to announce that her new series of paintings and watercolours based on the surrounding landscape and in response to her location in Berwick-upon-Tweed can now be seen until 31 July 2011 as part of her solo exhibition, Mute Strength at the Gymnasium Gallery Berwick Barracks. An interview on her time in Berwick-upon-Tweed can be read on infesting.net Hannah Maybank has received support from ArtSway Director, Mark Segal, on funding applications, and a studio visit from poet and critic Cherry Smyth was organised and funded by ArtSway Associates, which led to the essay Gathering Life, featured in ArtSway's New Forest Pavilion 2009 catalogue. Currently, the ArtSway Associates programme is contributing towards a number of print training sessions for Hannah. She has met with and received critical feedback from arts professionals, namely Alex Sainsbury, Director Raven Row, London, and Pete Kosowicz, Thumbprint Editions. The ArtSway Associates programme are also contributing towards the development of Hannah Maybank's website. She recently led a Portfolio Day with ArtSway Curator, Peter Bonnell, as well as a children’s painting workshop as inspired by the Christopher Orr exhibition. Drawing exhibition at Gimpel Fils, London Hannah recently exhibited some of her ink drawings at Gimpel Fils, London, which she complemented with a talk on her time at Berwick-upon-Tweed as Artist in Residence. The exhibition ran from 11 November 2010 to 15 January 2011. Churchside Pines Pair, 2008. Courtesy the artist and Gimpel Fils, London Artist Residency We are extremely pleased to announce that ArtSway Associate Hannah Maybank, has been selected for the prestigious Artist Fellowship scheme at  Berwick Gymnasium Gallery in Berwick upon Tweed, Northumberland. The residency started in autumn 2010 and will come to a conclusion in spring 2011. During her time as Artist in Residence, Hannah has been working on a new body of work, which includes paintings, panoramic ink drawings, and watercolours, all in response to her location. This new body of work will be exhibited in June 2011, in the exhibition Hannah Maybank: Mute Strength. Berwick-upon-Tweed under the snow. Photograph taken by Hannah Maybank, 2010. Print Training The ArtSway Associates programme is funding Hannah to receive training in print making from Thumb Print Editions, London, with one-to-one advice and mentoring. The training sessions will include an overview of different printmaking methods, with a focus on etching. ArtSway's New Forest Pavilion Hannah Maybank was one of the five artists who were part of ArtSway’s New Forest Pavilion at the 53rd International Art Exhibition–la Biennale di Venezia in June 2009. She exhibited new versions of The Visit (2009) and The Invitation (2009), versions of which were shown at ArtSway in 2008. An accompanying essay by poet and art critic, Cherry Smyth, was commissioned by ArtSway for the accompanying catalogue, ArtSway’s New Forest Pavilion. ArtSway’s New Forest Pavilion is available to purchase from the ArtSway shop. The Visit, 2009. Courtesy the artist and Gimpel Fils, London Artist Talk at Gimpel Fils, London Hannah Maybank’s solo exhibition at Gimpel Fils (26 November 2009 - 16 January 2010) was complemented by a pre-Christmas ArtSway Xtra coach trip to see the exhibition and attend Hannah’s talk, which covered her working methods, her influences and inspirations. Sat, 08 Jan 2011 11:00 GMT http://www.artsway.org.uk/programme/artsway-associates/visit-the-artsway-associates/dinu-li/ http://www.artsway.org.uk/programme/artsway-associates/visit-the-artsway-associates/dinu-li/#When:11:00Z News Dinu Li's Crescendo (2010) is currently being exhibited at Alternative Space Loop in Seoul, Korea, with an accompanying catalogue due to be published soon. He continues to work on the third and final part of his filmic trilogy, Nation Family, and recently had a mentoring session with Simon Groom, Director of Modern and Contemporary Art, Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art to talk about his practice and his professional development. Yesterday is History, Tomorrow is Mystery at QUAD, Derby Crescendo, 2010. Single channel DVD projection with sound. Featuring past, recent and newly commissioned works by QUAD, Yesterday is History, Tomorrow is Mystery (3 July – 5 September 2010), a solo show by Dinu Li, was presented at QUAD, Derby in summer 2010. Yesterday is History, Tomorrow is Mystery continued Dinu’s research into the structures defining contemporary China's cultural development, through a range of mediums including video, animation and performance. The accompanying catalogue can be purchased from the ArtSway bookshop. Dinu Li Jury of Videoholica 2010 Over the course of summer 2010, Dinu was asked to sit on the jury for Videoholica 2010. Dinu flew out to Varna, Bulgaria, in August, and spent a few days there, working with the non-profit organisation and with other artists, curators, and art professionals on their selection panel. Artist in Residence at OCT Contemporary Art Terminal From August to November 2009, Dinu was Artist in Residence at OCT Contemporary Art Terminal in Shenzhen, China. He used this time to research the final part of his trilogy, Nation Family, and to develop some public-based performance works centred on corruption in China and in the world at large. ArtSway's New Forest Pavillion Installation view of Family Village, 2009, ArtSway's New Forest Pavillion, Venice. Dinu’s Family Village was exhibited at ArtSway’s New Forest Pavilion, as part  of the 53rd International Art Exhibition-la Biennale di Venezia. Upon returning from Venice, Dinu Li was invited to exhibit nationally and internationally: Family Village was shown Danielle Arnaud, London, in September 2009, and The Mother of All Journeys (8 – 22 July 2009) at the Diorama Gallery in Arles, France. Family Village at The Arts Institute Bournemouth Dinu Li’s solo exhibition, Family Village, and its accompanying publication, was launched in March 2009, at text+work, the Arts Institute at Bournemouth. The launch was followed by a panel discussion between the artist, Peter Bonnell, Curator, ArtSway, and Stephanie James, MA Course Leader, the Arts Institute at Bournemouth, and chaired by Professor Jim Hunter, Head of Visual Arts, the Arts Institute at Bournemouth. Family Village, 2009. Family Village was researched and developed in Chengdu, China, and was enabled as part of a partnership between ArtSway and the Arts Institute at Bournmeouth. Family Village is the second part of Dinu Li’s planned trilogy, Family Nation. The first part of the trilogy, Ancestral Nation, was presented at ArtSway in autumn 2008. The planned trilogy is part of Li’s exploration of what is signified by the word ‘country’ in Chinese Dinu’s solo exhibition at the Arts Institute at Bournemouth was complemented by an ArtSway Xtra coach trip on Saturday 23 March, to attend a talk by Dinu Li and view Dinu’s exhibition. The accompanying publication, Family Village, contains a critical text by Professor Gerard DeGroot and the artist in conversation with Teresa Gleadowe. It is currently available from ArtSway’s bookshop. Fri, 07 Jan 2011 11:00 GMT http://www.artsway.org.uk/programme/artsway-associates/visit-the-artsway-associates/anne-hardy/ http://www.artsway.org.uk/programme/artsway-associates/visit-the-artsway-associates/anne-hardy/#When:11:00Z   News Anne Hardy iwas recently Artist in Residence at Camden Arts Centre, where she built a new 'set' in the Artists' Studios using everyday, found materials and drawing on memories of previous studio inhabitants and their activities. More information on the residency can be found here. A coach trip to visit Anne whilst in residency was organised by ArtSway Xtra in the spring, when Anne welcomed us and gave our audience a tour and a talk of her studio and the work in progress. Prime, 2009. Diasec mounted c-type print, 134 x 164 cm. Courtesy Maureen Paley, London. Two-Dimensional Sculpture by Francesco Manacorda Anne Hardy and ArtSway Associates commissioned Francesco Manacorda, independent curator, to write a text on Anne's work. The completed piece, Two-dimensional Sculpture by Francesco Manacorda, is available to read on Anne's website. Copenhagen Photo Festival Anne Hardy’s work was part of the Day and Night exhibition at the Copenhagen Photo Festival (12 May 2010 – 20 May 2010), during which she was interviewed by Sebastian Quedenbaum for the Kopenhagen newspaper—you can read the full length interview here. ArtSway Associates: The Programme So Far Anne Hardy is currently spending time in her studio, working on ideas for forthcoming shows and towards her Artist Residency at Camden Arts Centre. Mark Segal, ArtSway Director, has conducted a number studio visits and is working with Anne on developing partner projects over the course of the next year. Thu, 06 Jan 2011 11:00 GMT http://www.artsway.org.uk/programme/artsway-associates/visit-the-artsway-associates/elpida-hadzi-vasileva/ http://www.artsway.org.uk/programme/artsway-associates/visit-the-artsway-associates/elpida-hadzi-vasileva/#When:11:00Z Dates for your diary Compulsive, Obsessive, Repetitive 2 July – 18 September 2011 Towner, Eastbourne Group show featuring Elpida Hadzi-Vasileva's work. Pied à Terre | Artist in Restaurant: The Wish of the Witness 7 September – 31 October 2011 Pied à Terre, 34 Charlotte Street, London W1T 2NH Raison D'être | Site-Specific Commission 2010 - 2011 SouthGate Project, Bath News Reoccuring Undulation, 2011, Salmon skins on zinc plated tiles, 960 tiles of 20cm x 20cm Throughout the summer months, Elpida Hadzi-Vasileva's work can be seen in the group exhibition, Compulsive, Obsessive, Repetitive at the Towner, Eastbourne. Compulsive, Obsessive, Repetitive is a group show of six artists who obsessively use small-scale repetitive processes to create large-scale sculptural installations. Hadzi-Vasileva is exhibiting ‘Reoccurring Undulation’, a work made from 960 salmon skin tiles that have undergone intense cleaning and preserving processes to reveal the latent beauty of this discarded matter. Elpida Hadzi-Vasileva has been commissioned to develop new site-specific artworks for Parkside Place in Cambridge. Parkside Place is designed to be one of the most central and prestigious new developments in Cambridge for years; it is a prime residential development in the heart of Cambridge. The scheme developed by Grosvenor, has been designed by Glenn Howells Architects, building contractors, Willmott Dixon, Art Consultants, InSite Arts Ltd. Elpida is also one of the contributing team members to Artchitecture, a collaborative project between artists, architects, and engineers, in association with Solent Centre for Architecture + Design Ltd in Southampton. Elpida has received mentoring from James Lingwood, Co-Director, Artangel, on the development of her practice, and a series of further meetings are scheduled across 2011. Earlier this year she also took part in a two day taxidermy training workshop, which will be very useful to her practice! Pied à Terre's first ever Artist in Restaurant  This September two Michelin-starred restaurant Pied à Terre will present an exhibition of works by Elpida Hadzi-Vasileva, following an eight-month residency. Hadzi-Vasileva is Pied à Terre’s first ‘Artist in Restaurant’ - an annual residency scheme for emerging artists. The Wish of the Witness will comprise ten sculptural and installation works made primarily using raw materials sourced from the restaurant kitchen, including scallop skirts and corals, quail carcasses, sheep testicles, fish skins, bones and ladies clutch bags and purses made out of testicle sacs. The resulting works are carefully balanced between the beautiful and the brutal, recomposing decomposition into beautiful forms. The Wish of the Witness follows a period of in-depth research by the artist, in close collaboration with the chefs and influenced by the restaurant’s daily routines and menus. You can keep up to date with Elpida's residency, her thoughts, and observations, as she continues her ARTISTS TALKING-Exposing Visual Artists' Practice blog. Raison D’être, SouthGate Project, Bath Raison D’être for SouthGate Shopping Centre, Bath, is currently in its third phase of development. The proposed work, commencing later this year, is influenced by the Bath Abbey Fan Vaulting, designed by Robert and William Vertue, with reconstruction (c.1860) by George Gilbert Scott, and the history of theatre and fashion of Bath. As the artist comments: “The main inspiration behind Raison D'être was the history of Bath being regarded as a sacred place since ancient times, the hot springs being the focal point for legend, pilgrimage, worship, healing, enjoyment and commercial activity for thousands of years.” For Raison D’être, Hadzi-Vasileva is creating 12,000 petal shapes, each 20cm x 10cm, made out of specially designed stainless steel woven cloth. The petals are then joined together using steel strips that will create an edge, which will be gilded with 23.5-carat gold leaf. The structures will be positioned under two arched bridges, creating an intriguing and beautiful canopy. Inherent Beauty Installation of Inherent Beauty, 2010, Public Room, Skopje Elpida recently unveiled new work during her solo exhibition at the Public Room, Skopje, Macedonia: a stunningly beautiful tapestry like wall, created from hand crafted tiles made from hundreds of pigs’ stomachs. Photographs of the exhibition, titled Inherent Beauty, can be viewed on Elpida’s website. Motectum Elpida Hadzi-Vasileva’s solo exhibition, Motectum (Thursday 30 April – Sunday 31 May 2009), marked the end of her year-long Artist Residency at Gloucester Cathedral. Gunna Dress, 2009 Motectum took inspiration from Thomas Tallis’ (1505 - 1585) remarkable 40-voice Spem in Alium, and drew on the history of the cathedral, its cloisters, and Gloucestershire’s natural habitats. Presenting a sound installation of pre-recorded human and bird voices and live relay in the Cloister, and portrait heads made out of chickens', pheasants' and ducks' heads.  The opening night's performance confused the discarded and the ceremonial in a gown made out of chicken skins. An ArtSway Xtra coach trip took place in May 2009 to view the exhibition and to attend a talk by Elpida. We Are Shadows We Are Shadows, 2008, Unit 2, London During August and September 2008, Elpida could be found at Unit 2 Gallery, where she created the on-site installation and subsequent exhibition, We Are Shadows (3 October - 1 November 2008). Commissioned by Unit 2, Elpida created a large ‘veil’ structure from halal chicken skins which was suspended from the ceiling of the gallery. Elpida used the location of Unit 2, (located opposite what is often considered to be London’s East End most famous street, Brick Lane) to produce this site specific work through the exploration of the area and its relation to food, migration, cultural identity, memory and history, all of which are central to Elpida’s practice. More information as well as a specially commissioned essay by Alison Wilding can be found on Elpida’s website. An ArtSway Xtra coach trip took place in October 2008 to view the exhibition and to listen to Elpida talk on We Are Shadows. Wed, 05 Jan 2011 11:00 GMT http://www.artsway.org.uk/programme/artsway-associates/visit-the-artsway-associates/alistair-gentry/ http://www.artsway.org.uk/programme/artsway-associates/visit-the-artsway-associates/alistair-gentry/#When:11:00Z News Alistair Gentry's two recently developed performance videos, Stendhal Syndrome and Abyssinian Gold [Vexations, After Horace De Vere Cole], which were shot and edited in HD using the studio, facilities and equipment at KINO KINO Centre for Art & Film, Norway, where Alistair was Artist in Residence in winter 2010/11, will soon be available as full HD productions for exhibition. Until then you can see the performance video of Stendhal Syndrome here and read about the these new projects on Alistair's website. Alistair has also been regularly writing his Career Suicide blog, writing on the exhibitions and art projects that he comes across during his travels. Read some of his reviews here: Career Suicide. Stendhal Syndrome [2011] from Alistair Gentry on Vimeo. Market Project Alistair is a member of the artist-led economic research group Market Project, an independent arts collective from the east of England, founded by Alistair Gentry alongside eight other artists. Market Project researches new methods and opportunities for professional and economic development both within and beyond the established art economy in the UK and globally. The nine artists collectively focus on pragmatic, sustainable improvement of every artist’s ability to make a living from their practice. The project is funded by Arts Council England’s Grants for the Arts. Career Suicide: Ten Years as a Free Range Artist by Alistair Gentry In his recently self-published book, Career Suicide, Alistair Gentry narrates some of the most enduring and testing experiences of his life as a Free Range Artist, while giving his readers some possible answers on the great mysteries of the art world and that crucial insight into what it's really like to be an artist. ArtSway organised a launch of Career Suicide, which took place at the Betsey Trotwood, London. Career Suicide by Alistair Gentry is available to buy and to download here and you can even read an excerpt before buying. Magickal Realism Premieres at Colchester Arts Centre Alistair Gentry’s Magickal Realism premiered at Colchester Arts Centre on 24 February. An ArtSway Xtra coach trip from London to Colchester took place on the occasion of this premiere. "It was fascinating, there was so much material there. He could make 3 shows from it- an exhibition, a theatre production and a BBC3 one-off documentary! I am still thinking about it the next morning. Thanks again for a fascinating night out". [Audience member] Magickal Realism Following support from the ArtSway Associates programme, Alistair was awarded an Arts Council England Grants for Arts in 2009 for his new live video / live performance project Magickal Realism. Magickal Realism forms part of a much larger, long-term project reconnecting contemporary art with traditional British forms and genres. Magickal Realism premiered at Colchester Arts Centre in February 2010, it was shown at Southampton Solent University in May, and was performed on the Isle of Wight, at the Brading Roman Villa on 30 October 2010 before going on to the Kasseler Dokfest in Germany. Magickal Realism: Elizabethan Metaphysics [2010] from Alistair Gentry on Vimeo. Limited Edition Artworks Alistair been making limited edition busts of Dr John Dee, which can be seen as part of his Magickal Realism performance. These are currently available to buy directly from Alistair’s website or through the Own Art scheme by clicking here.           Alistair to lead Sculpture Workshops at Hardley School, Hampshire In Spring 2010, Alistair led a series of sculpture workshops at Hardley School, Hampshire. The workshops were organised by ArtSway as part of Find Your Talent, for which Alistair was invited to contribute to a four-day workshop on contemporary three dimensional and sculptural art with Hardley School’s sixth form pupils. The workshops focused on encouraged inclusion and an interest in art and cultural topics. Alistair Gentry Artist Talk In March 2009, ArtSway welcomed back Associate Alistair Gentry, who gave a talk about the use of documentary formats or idioms for non-documentary purposes in contemporary art. The talk coincided with Jordan Baseman’s solo exhibition at ArtSway, Dark is the Night, and focused on how the use of documentary formats has been used in the films of Jordan Baseman and in Alistair’s own work. Tue, 04 Jan 2011 11:00 GMT http://www.artsway.org.uk/programme/artsway-associates/visit-the-artsway-associates/simon-faithfull/ http://www.artsway.org.uk/programme/artsway-associates/visit-the-artsway-associates/simon-faithfull/#When:11:00Z   Limbo Earlier in the year, the ArtSway Associates programme provided Simon Faithfull with some research and development time to look into and test some possibities for an iPhone App, resulting in his recently released Limbo, a new App. for iPhone, iPod touch and iPad. Wandering the world over the last 10 years, Faithfull has made hundreds of digital drawings using a Palm Pilot or iPhone that record his presence in a particular place, at a particular moment, somewhere on the surface of the planet. Limbo is commissioned by Film and Video Umbrella, with support from the ArtSway Associates and Cuttlefish. Further information can be found on the website version here: Simon Faithfull's Limbo. Sub Art Projects Simon spent the majority of summer 2010 taking part in an underwater residency in Croatia, as part of the Sub Art Projects. The project includes an underwater museum and residencies for international artist across the year. As part of the residency, Simon experimented with making underwater work, producing footage of an underwater journey, which may be used at a later date for one of his projects. Liverpool to Liverpool Liverpool to Liverpool, 2010 Simon Faithfull's drawings, made during the course of Liverpool to Liverpool - a journey by container ship from Liverpool, UK to Liverpool, Canada – have been sandblasted into the stone pavings and etched into the glass arches at the entrance to Lime Street Station as a permanent artwork for Liverpool. This first major public art commission was unveiled outside Liverpool Lime Street Station on 22 April 2010, where Simon also delivered a public performative lecture. To view a full article on Simon’s journey Liverpool to Liverpool please click here. Gravity Sucks Gravity Sucks (17 July – September 2009), Simon Faithfull’s solo exhibition at the BFI in summer 2009, brought together for the first time the complete series of Simon Faithfull's Escape Vehicles: an assortment of balloons, insects and rockets that offered the viewer the idea of freeing themselves from the constraints of gravity. ArtSway organised an Xtra coach trip to the opening of the event, which was accompanied by a performative lecture by Simon Faithfull. Going Nowhere was published by Film and Video Umbrella and supported by the ArtSway Associates programme, to coincide with the exhibition. It features essays by Alain de Botton, Steven Bode, Philip Hoare, Lisa Le Feuvre, and Robert Macfarlane. Going Nowhere is available to purchase from the ArtSway shop. Mobile Research Station No. 1 Mobile Research Station, 2009 In the summer and autumn of 2009, a group of researchers spent time on location in Mobile Research Station No.1 in Berlin: a half hi-tech Antarctic Research Station / half rusty-broken-dumpster. Simon Faithfull, was one of the group of eccentric researchers who investigated the wilderness and urban zones of uncertainty that still lie at the centre of Berlin…You can find out about Simon’s subject of research and his subsequent findings here. Mon, 03 Jan 2011 11:00 GMT http://www.artsway.org.uk/programme/artsway-associates/visit-the-artsway-associates/boredomresearch/ http://www.artsway.org.uk/programme/artsway-associates/visit-the-artsway-associates/boredomresearch/#When:11:00Z Dates for your diary Gateways. Art & Networked Culture KUMU Art Museum, Tallinn, Estonia 13 May - 25 Sept 2011 News The ArtSway Associates programme recently commissioned Alessandro Ludovico, founder of Neural magazine, to write an essay on boredomresearch's body of web-based works, on the occasion of their Strange Cargo commission and their newly launched ASPIRATIONstorm. The essay features in the exhibition's accompanying catalogue, which is available through ArtSway and boredomresearch. boredomresearch are spending the summer working on their new website, and preparing for another busy year ahead. They will be participating in the symposium Stretching New Boundaries: Participation in Visual Arts, on 22 September 2011, Folkestone, organised by Strange Cargo. For further information please click here. ArtSway Associates have contributed towards research and development time for boredomresearch to look into the potential of an iphone app, as well as a one-to-one mentoring session with independent curator Honor Beddard. By This Time Next Year By this time next year... was commissioned by Strange Cargo as part of Stretching New Boundaries. By this time next year...  asked viewers to put hurry on hold and make an active commitment to achieving a personal goal; to take a moment to reflect and the time to dream. By this time next year... included ASPIRATIONstorm, the latest addition to boredomresearch’s collection of software tools designed to fight the rush of contemporary life, as well as Real Snail Mail, the world's only webmail service to rely on live snails to deliver e-mails. Brilliant Cloud Formation Installation view of Brilliant Cloud Formation, 2010, Millais Gallery boredomresearch's new body of work and venture into limited edition print artworks was unveiled to the public on the occasion of their solo exhibition, Brilliant Cloud Formation at the Millais Off-Site Projects, Southampton (29 October – 19 December 2010). In their print works, Brilliant Cloud, hundreds of bands of vibrant colour combine to create cloud like formations. Inspired by patterns formed in agate they are neither cloud or rock but play with the space between these two very opposite substances. You can view images of Brilliant Cloud on boredomresearch’s Flickr account here. Beyond Cinema: Moving Image Informatics boredomresearch were guest speakers at the one day symposium, Beyond Cinema: Moving Image Informatics, held at and organised by Southampton Solent University (13 November 2010). The symposium explored how the traditional practices of cinema and the moving image have been irrevocably altered by the Internet and digital media. Lost Calls of Cloud Mountain Whirligigs A solo exhibition at [DAM] Berlin in April 2010, saw the presentation of Lost Calls of Cloud Mountain Whirligigs. Lost Calls of Cloud Mountain Whirligigs was also shown as part of the 2010 ARCO International Art Fair Festival in Madrid (17 – 21 February 2010) alongside some of boredomresearch’s other generative works. Lost Calls of Cloud Mountain Whirligigs, 2010. Courtesy of [DAM] Berlin/Cologne Real Snail Mail ArtSway Associates worked with boredomresearch to develop a Real Snail Mail™ brochure, used to bring attention to the project. The Associates programme contributed towards the production costs of a large scale version of Real Snail Mail for its presence at LABoral Centro de Arte y Creacion Industrial in Gijón, Spain, as part of the group exhibition, Process as Paradigm (23 April - 30 August 2010). Real Snail Mail was subsequently launched as an educational version at Gloria Fuertes Infant School in Gijón, Spain, where boredomresearch ran some workshops with the pupils (aged 3 – 6). You can see how the children have been looking after the Real Snail Mail and what they have been up to here. Real Snail Mail went intercontinental and flew—well, boredomresearch remotely installed Real Snail Mail—to Bejiing, at the Today Art Museum, for the group exhibition Stadt am Rande (16 – 28 August 2010). You can keep up to date with Real Snail Mail via the dedicated blog and see the project featured in TIME magazine, and on Newsround. Real Snail Mail, 2008. Courtesy of [DAM] Berlin/Cologne Sun, 02 Jan 2011 11:00 GMT http://www.artsway.org.uk/programme/artsway-associates/visit-the-artsway-associates/anna-best/ http://www.artsway.org.uk/programme/artsway-associates/visit-the-artsway-associates/anna-best/#When:10:59Z News Since relocating to a rural place in 2008, Anna Best has been working to re-establish herself in the new environment. ArtSway Director, Mark Segal, has carried out a number of studio visits to offer Anna professional and critical input, and set up a series of dates across 2011 to continue the process. Anna is currently working on a long-term, sustainable project, Road for the Future. The project is proposed as a Sustrans bike Trailway along a decommissioned rural railway in West Dorset, and a series of events are planned around it to explore issues around sustainable transport, food and commons. You can find out more information on Anna’s website. Anna has also had a series of meetings with Paula Orrell, Curator, Plymouth Arts Centre, across 2010 and 2011 who will continue to act as a mentor throughout 2011, helping Anna to draw from and develop her current practice. Invest in Road for the Future Anna Best is currently fundraising for Road for the Future by a crowdfunding raffle (see image above). If you would like to invest in this project, you can purchase a raffle ticket for £2 each or 5 for £10. There are no prizes, but we will post you your raffle ticket, and you will be supporting contemporary public art on the site of a potential trailway. Please see www.roadforthefuture.info for futher information or visit the ArtSway Shop to buy tickets. Picnic in the Park   In the summer of 2010, Anna Best organised Picnic in the Park, in Maiden Newton, Dorset, and presented the international phenomenon, Phil Minton's Feral Choir alongside The Quangle Wangle Choir. You can view a video of the afternoon and the choir in action here. Phil Minton's Feral Choir, Dorset, 2010  Picnic in the Park was organised as part of Anna Best’s long term, sustainable project, Common Projects - Road to the Future. More information on this ongoing project can be found on Anna’s website. Vauxhall Project Vauxhall Pleasure ArtSway Associate Anna Best collaborated with composer Paul Whitty to present Vauxhall Pleasure: an examination of the past and present soundscape of Vauxhall Cross gyratory, former site of Vauxhall Pleasure Gardens. Anna Best and Paul Whitty charted the relationship between political protest and entertainment, traffic and pedestrians, pollution, breathing and song of the Vauxhall Cross gyratory. Re-inventions of Arcadian Songs by Thomas Arne (1710-1787) met with the thunderous roar of the internal combustion engine in a film, installation and performance. Anna Best's Buddleia You can purchase a number of Anna Best’s films on limited edition DVDs from ArtSway’s selling website here. Sat, 01 Jan 2011 10:59 GMT