On 25 February, Eastside Projects welcome their latest exhibition, ‘Again, A Time Machine‘, featuring Jonathan Monk, Slavs and Tatars, Dora Garcia, The Happy Hypocrite, which is ongoing until 16 April.
‘Again, A Time Machine’ is part one of a five part touring exhibition from Book Works, allowing artists to play with words, creating work which begins to anticipate the past, forecast possible histories and re-visit alternative futures.
New commissions for Eastside Projects sees the start of a poster project by Jonathan Monk, the reimagining of a Polish–Iranian solidarity by Slavs and Tatars, readings of Dora Garcia’s All the Stories, artists’ talks, The Happy Hypocrite-Say What You See: a cycle of readings co-hosted by An Endless Supply and Maria Fusco, and a newspaper.
The exhibition comes with a string of events, starting with an artists talk from Jonathan Monk on the opening weekend;
Jonathan Monk, Book Talk: No. 4
26 February, 3–4.30pm, Free entry
In the spirit of ‘Curating the Library’ (founded by Moritz Küng at deSingel in 2003) Monk has been invited to select publications to become part of the Eastside Projects Library. Monk will discuss how each title informs his practice and his selections will be on display at Eastside Projects throughout ‘Again, A Time Machine’.
Check the website or join their Facebook page for more info on both.
Since we last told you about The Post-Industrial Revolution, Polish artists Kamila Szejnoch, Christian Costa and MASH/HER/DIP have arrived in Digbeth and are currently undertaking their residency at The Lombard Method.
The project is being documented over on the Post-Industrial Revolution blog, introducing the artists involved and the research they’ve been doing. They also have a few events coming up in association with the final exhibition;
Artists’ Talk
Thursday 17 February 2011, 6.30 – 8pm
Eastside Projects, 86 Heath Mill Lane, Digbeth, Birmingham, B9 4AR
For further information visit http://www.extraspecialpeople.org
Preview
Friday 18 February 2011, 6-9pm
The Lombard Method, 68a Lombard Street, Digbeth, Birmingham, B12 0QR
Admission free
Exhibition
Saturday 19 – Sunday 27 February 2011
Open Thursday – Sunday from 11am -6pm
The Lombard Method, 68a Lombard Street, Digbeth, Birmingham, B12 0QR
Admission free
Parent & Children Workshop
Sunday 27 February 2011, 11am-12.30pm*
The Lombard Method, 68a Lombard Street, Digbeth, Birmingham, B12 0QR
For more information, also check out their website.
First up, Fierce are in need of volunteers to lend a hand throughout this years festival, which runs from 22 – 27 March. You’ll need to be available to volunteer for at least five shifts during the week, and will be treated to free shows at the festival, a Fierce t-shirt, valuable experience for your CV and the opportunity to meet lots of interesting people.
For full information and to download the application form, visit the Fierce website. The deadline for applications is 11 February.
Eastside Projects also need volunteers to contribute around the gallery. We posted the flyer on CiB’s tumblr yesterday.
VIVID‘s ‘In Association With…’ scheme for emerging and mid-career artists and producers is currently open for submissions. This is a bit of a late mention, as the deadline’s tomorrow (28 Jan), but still, worth a mention.
And finally, some information on Worcestershire Contemporary Art Show, which is taking place throughout May and June. They’re currently open to submissions for exhibitors;
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ESTABLISHED ARTISTS
ARTISTS THAT GRADUATED UP TO 2 YEARS AGO
ART STUDENTS
INTERESTED? EMAIL ME A BRIEF STATEMENT ABOUT YOU AND YOUR WORK BEFORE 11TH FEBRUARY 2011 – ccdesignuk@yahoo.co.uk
Capital’s first Festival of New Writing took place, International Project Space launched a new film programme and the final ARC of 2010 took place with Important Artefacts.
Brilliantly Birmingham kicked off together with the fifth annual FLUX exhibition, Aedas Presents launched a new monthly art programme and Art of Ideas finally arrived with a host of associated events running over four days.
The We Are Birmingham Shop opened its doors with a drinks reception, Chris gave a debrief of the Arts Council briefing on funding and the West Midlands creative jobs board, Jobplot, returned with a fresh makeover.
November also saw the launch of The Pilot Project, Jennifer Tee’s exhibition, Memento Park opened at Eastside Projects, and Chris attended the wedding of the year.
Lucy McLauchlan returned with her paintbrushes to add something a little interesting to the Moseley Road hoardings, while VIVID launched their latest project, Language, and as December approached, the Christmas fairs sprung into action.
As winter kicked in, we bid a Blonde Farewell to Ikon Eastside, got crafty with Craftspace, said hello to Creative Central and looked ahead to Flatpack and Fierce’s joint 2011 venture.
The CiB Shop wound up after three hectic months, with Pete announcing the impending announcing the impending closure. Before that, INKwell popped into the shop for some screen printing, the City of Culture bid got it’s send-off and The Story Exchange popped in.
The Created in Birmingham closed its shutters for the last time at the end of the month. Someone kissed the feedback book:
International Dance Festival Birmingham came to an end too, while Ian looked forward to what was in store at the 2010 BASS Festival and I had a peek at the Lichfield Festival’s line-up.
RoguePlay left the Custard Factory, I noticed Writing West Midlands for the first time, Ikon announced their series of ‘Favourite Things’ talks, the Daze-Ray exhibition occupied a corner of the Jewellery Quarter and IPEX took over the NEC.
hobbypopMUSEUM spent some time at Eastside Projects, the annual Cure Leukemia Art Auction took place, Ben Javens made a tea towel, end-of-year-show season started up and there was a photography exhibition at the Custard Factory.
I went to visit the flashy gizmos at University of Birmingham’s Heritage and Culture Learning Hub too.
Since waving goodbye to Jennifer Tee, Eastside Projects now welcome the debut of ‘Memento Park’ from Carey Young. Launching on 26 November, the exhibition runs until 29 January.
Commissioned in conjunction with Cornerhouse, Manchester and mima, Middlesbrough, the exhibition surveys a decade of the artist’s practice, which focuses on the interconnections between economic systems, legal language and contemporary culture.
Transforming the Eastside space into three cinemas, Young’s videos Memento Park (2010), Uncertain Contract (2009) and Product Recall (2007) will be screened alongside further monitor based video works, a series of cameraless photographs, and three further text works which will complete the exhibition.
Read about the exhibition in full over at Eastside Projects.
A few new exhibitions opened in Digbeth over the weekend, we missed a mention of the launch but luckily they all run until November, so there’s still plenty of time to take a look.
Jennifer Tee: Local Myths at Eastside Projects
Exhibition continues to 6 November 2010
Eastside Projects presents the first UK solo show by Amsterdam-based artist Jennifer Tee, including existing sculptures, and a 3.5 metre tall carved marble column that will be a long-term work in the gallery, eventually to be located in a permanent site in the Eastside area.
AVPD: Hitchcock Hallway at Ikon Eastside
Exhibition continues to 14 November 2010
Ikon Eastside presents Hitchcock Hallway, an installation by Danish artist duo AVPD, whose work typically consists of complex spatial and perceptual experiments that analyse the ways in which people respond to their environments.
Jamie Shovlin: Hiker Meat at Grand Union
Exhibition continues to 13 November 2010
Grand Union is proud to present an exhibition of new work by London-based artist Jamie Shovlin. His latest project Hiker Meat examines the degree to which a film director (or artist) has control over their works’ intended message, exploring the inherent tension within any creative endeavour.
An artist’s talk with Jamie Shovlin will take place on 12 November.
While I’m at it, I may as well give a mention to the other exhibitions which have recently opened at Ikon Brindley Place, Kitagawa Utamaro, Donald Judd and Anthony Goicolea, which are also running until 14 November.
So if you haven’t already heard of this programme, read on, because artists this sounds Amazing (yes, it deserves a capital).
Extra Special People (ESP) is a membership programme run by Eastside Projects, for anyone who would benefit from engaging with a dynamic, ambitious, artist-led environment.
ESP members are offered a range of opportunities to develop their practice and career through critical group discussions, practical support and guidance, exhibition and residency opportunities, networking events and one-to-one support from established arts professionals and ESP staff. Dialogue between members is generated through a weekly programme of informal and formal event including seminars, talks, film screenings and visits to projects, exhibitions and events in other UK cities.
There are a number of opportunities currently available, visit the website to read more and apply, along with a rundown of this months programme of events.
For more information on attending events and joining ESP, contact info@extraspecialpeople.org.
Fancy an all expenses paid trip to Malysia? Download the info here (Word doc) and get your application in sharpish – the deadline’s been extended from 20 August to 27 August, in case you read the form and were wondering.
This isn’t just some jolly, by the way. Here’s what the project is about:
We would now like to select an artist who either actively practices a faith from West Midlands to be hosted by artist led gallery in Kuala Lumpur. An alternative faith host to that of the artist will allow the artist sufficient access to places of worship, historical archives and individuals who are prepared to enter into a meaningful dialogue with the artist during the course of their research. The artist is not necessarily required to create a piece of work and more details are contained in the brief.
One artist will be selected from the West Midlands region in the UK, nominated by Eastside Projects, Difference Exchange and Sarah Allen. They will be resident at the Temple of Fine Arts in Kuala Lumpur and will engage various communities including Hindus, Taoists, Buddhists and Confucianists.
This is a new initiative from Difference Exchange called IFICAN (Inter-faith, Inter-cultural Artists Narratives), although their website is giving me nasty warning notices at the moment for some reason so I can’t tell you much more about them.
Another Turning Point meeting is being held on 11 August, 6:30-8pm at Eastside Projects for those of you who missed the previous one.
These informal meetings are the first stage in a process to develop a Visual Arts Strategy for the West Midlands and will feed in to the Working Groups.
The TPWM Steering Group has identified Artist Support and Development as a key priority for the Strategy. The purpose of the meeting is to look at how we do this for the West Midlands and to outline progress to-date.
This is a free public event, if you are unable to attend views are welcomed through the feedback page of the new Turning Point West Midlands website .
Eastside Projects‘ latest exhibition ‘BOOK SHOW’ is opening 2 July, with free entry 6-9pm, and continues until 4 September. The show is curated by James Langdon and Gavin Wade, and includes works by 2006 Turner Prize winner Simon Starling, along with John Latham, American artist Nina Katchadourian, and Zurich-based artist Rollo Press.
‘Book Show’ is an exhibition of artworks, objects and structures that address the physical form of the book. The starting point for the exhibition is Ulises Carrión’s provocative series of aphorisms ‘The New Art of Making Books’ (1975).
Eastside is open for you to nosey around Thursday 12 – 6:30pm, Friday & Saturday 12 – 5pm, with free entry.
On 29 July, 6-9pm, the gallery will also host the launch of ‘Book’, a book edited by James Langdon.
‘Book’, functions as a mobile extension to the exhibition. Including a facsimile reprint of Ulises Carrión’s ‘The New Art of Making Books’ as it originally appeared in the journal Kontexts; an illustrated text by James Langdon and additional works, both existing and newly commissioned.
For more information, check out the Eastside Projects website here.
I’m not usually one to pander to titles with an obscure mix of upper- and lower-case letters in them, but for this I’ll make an exception.
hobbypopMUSEUM is a new solo exhibition at Eastside Projects by the Düsseldorf- and London-based artist group of the same name formed by Sophie von Hellermann, Christian Jendreiko, Matthias Lahme, Dietmar Lutz, André Niebur and Marie-Céline Schäfer in 1998.
As a group they have created potent site-specific installations, fusing painting with sound, performance and film. Here’s some more on them:
hobbypopMUSEUM installations can be seen as textures woven out of figures linked together by iconographic and formal criteria. Their arsenal of figures spans histories of painting, drawing, photo, film and sound to words, performance, sculpture and architecture. Which form the figures take, depends on a basic confrontation with the conditions of site and chemistry of the group.
Eschewing the socio-political agenda typically associated with collective artmaking hobbypopMUSEUM stake their identity on the theatrics of fantasised scenarios and the strong narrative trail or journey through their exhibitions and happenings as a long-term ‘fight for ideas’.
The exhibition opens at Eastside Projects on 7 May at 6pm and will run from 8 May to 12 June 2010.
