Jo Hodges has been commissioned to make an 'out of the gallery' work for the conference. She is interested in exploring the psycology of deeply personal objects such as handbags. This work is an extension of a project she developed for the Gallery of Modern Art in Glasgow in 2006.
Jo's work spans film, performance and installation. She is specifically interested in out of gallery work for 'accidental' audiences.
Thursday, 28 February 2008
Wednesday, 20 February 2008
Tuesday, 5 February 2008
Bookings
Conference fee for the two days is £75, which includes dinner on Friday and lunch on Saturday. To book your place, please complete a booking form (see link on the right hand side of page) and return it with your full conference fee to Blanche Titterington at Gracefield Arts Centre, 28 Edinburgh Road, Dumfries, DG1 1JQ.
Friday, 1 February 2008
Christian Barnes and John Kennedy
Currently lead artists for the Falkirk Helix Living Landmark project, Christian and Johns' previous public art projects include devising and curating Lost Plots, the international competition organised by Tees Valley Arts and Middlesbrough Council to commission a 2 mile long art work along the A66 corridor in the heart of Middlesbrough.
www.vistaprojects.co.uk
www.landlab.co.uk
www.vistaprojects.co.uk
www.landlab.co.uk
The Audible Picture Show
We are pleased to announce that on the Friday evening of the conference Matt Hulse will join us to present The Audible Picture Show - Original audio works for dark cinemas.
Curated and Presented by Matt Hulse, The Audible Picture Show is a growing collection of works submitted by a diverse range of people responding to the challenge of creating short works of audio for 'a dark cinema'. It evolves and adapts to each new context of presentation, incorporating wherever possible works by local artists. In this way, the show absorbs a little of the flavour of its journey and builds up an intriguing archive that can be re-presented in new environments, to fresh ears, mapping & weaving a sonic pathway. The result is a unique and entertaining experience giving the mind's eye a welcome stretch.
Curated and Presented by Matt Hulse, The Audible Picture Show is a growing collection of works submitted by a diverse range of people responding to the challenge of creating short works of audio for 'a dark cinema'. It evolves and adapts to each new context of presentation, incorporating wherever possible works by local artists. In this way, the show absorbs a little of the flavour of its journey and builds up an intriguing archive that can be re-presented in new environments, to fresh ears, mapping & weaving a sonic pathway. The result is a unique and entertaining experience giving the mind's eye a welcome stretch.
Tom Littlewood - Ginkgo Projects
Tom Littlewood will be speaking on Friday 7th. Tom is director of Ginkgo Projects, an independent art and design management consultancy, which brings artists and designers together with private and public sector clients to implement projects that promote a wider understanding of the role of creativity and culture in the every day working and living environment.
Visit www.ginkgoprojects.co.uk
Visit www.ginkgoprojects.co.uk
Thursday, 31 January 2008
Judith King
Judith King, an independent curator specialising in contemporary art within an historical context, is confirmed as a speaker.
Judith’s presentation will focus on the series of projects she has curated for English Heritage at their Northumberland site, Belsay Hall Castle and Gardens since 1996. These are major arts, architecture and design projects that invite artists to respond directly to the architectural, social and individual narratives that lie within this extraordinary place. Belsay includes a fourteenth century castle, seventeenth century manor house and nineteenth century Greek revival style country house, stripped of all furnishings. Fashion designers, architects, performers and film directors have all made new commissioned installations, films, audio and sculptural works that together form a curated project. The Sitooteries, Sitting Pretty, Fashion at Belsay and the latest project Picture House have gained national and international recognition and increased visitor numbers and new audiences for English Heritage and the Northumberland region.
Judith’s presentation will focus on the series of projects she has curated for English Heritage at their Northumberland site, Belsay Hall Castle and Gardens since 1996. These are major arts, architecture and design projects that invite artists to respond directly to the architectural, social and individual narratives that lie within this extraordinary place. Belsay includes a fourteenth century castle, seventeenth century manor house and nineteenth century Greek revival style country house, stripped of all furnishings. Fashion designers, architects, performers and film directors have all made new commissioned installations, films, audio and sculptural works that together form a curated project. The Sitooteries, Sitting Pretty, Fashion at Belsay and the latest project Picture House have gained national and international recognition and increased visitor numbers and new audiences for English Heritage and the Northumberland region.
Monday, 28 January 2008
Angus Farquhar - NVA
Our keynote speaker for the conference is confirmed as Angus Farquhar, founder and creative director of NVA, an environmental arts charity based in Glasgow. Since it's foundation in 1992 NVA has built a reputation through the delivery of temporary and permanent artworks across Europe, often in challenging rural locations. NVA's mission is to encourage international, pioneering artists to collectively produce highly complex and ambitious site-specific events, festivals and interventions. Visit the website for details of past and present projects.
The Storr: Unfolding Lanscape, NVA, 2005
The Storr: Unfolding Lanscape, NVA, 2005
Wednesday, 23 January 2008
Claudia Zeiske - Deveron Arts: The Town is the Venue
Freelance curator and cultural activist Claudia Zeiske is confirmed as a speaker. Her interest lies in linking issues of local concern to the wider universal, international agenda. She works freelance and deliberately without a gallery. Among other things she is the Programme Curator of the international Artists at Glenfiddich Residency Programme and founding Director of Deveron Arts in Huntly, where the town is the venue.
Charles Monkhouse
Derbyshire based artist Charles Monkhouse is confirmed as a speaker at Out of the Box:
Charles Monkhouse, Evening Glory, Coniston
"I am an artist living and working in the Derbyshire Peak District. While previously producing gallery based sculpture, over the last few years I have returned to land based preoccupations which now dominate my practice.
The transition was at first partial, starting with a sculpture residency in Parsley Hay railway cutting in Derbyshire, for Year of the Artist. But after the success of Sites of Meaning, working with the community of Middleton and Smerrill, and a light work on the Old Man of Coniston, Cumbria for FRED 2005, the transition is complete. I am now developing two major projects.
Companion Stones works with poets and artists exploring the legacy of the Derbyshire Guide Stoops, stones erected in the eighteenth century to guide hapless travellers across treacherous moors. At a time when the future role of peat moors, not least in trapping carbon dioxide, is increasingly vital, Companion Stones aims to produce other directions to the future.
Night Stations is a programme of residencies, workshops and installations exploring the nocturnal landscape. Informed by local stakeholders and communities, Night Stations works under the cover of dark to reveal what is hidden by the light of day: presenting a series of visual koans to challenge the picturesque gaze.
The challenges of working on the land are quite different to those of the gallery. Even small tracks of land can have many stakeholders, each with a different point of view. While these interests initially appear to be obstacles, with a change of attitude and approach they can become opportunities: where local knowledge and values can enrich rather than frustrate the artistic cause. "
The transition was at first partial, starting with a sculpture residency in Parsley Hay railway cutting in Derbyshire, for Year of the Artist. But after the success of Sites of Meaning, working with the community of Middleton and Smerrill, and a light work on the Old Man of Coniston, Cumbria for FRED 2005, the transition is complete. I am now developing two major projects.
Companion Stones works with poets and artists exploring the legacy of the Derbyshire Guide Stoops, stones erected in the eighteenth century to guide hapless travellers across treacherous moors. At a time when the future role of peat moors, not least in trapping carbon dioxide, is increasingly vital, Companion Stones aims to produce other directions to the future.
Night Stations is a programme of residencies, workshops and installations exploring the nocturnal landscape. Informed by local stakeholders and communities, Night Stations works under the cover of dark to reveal what is hidden by the light of day: presenting a series of visual koans to challenge the picturesque gaze.
The challenges of working on the land are quite different to those of the gallery. Even small tracks of land can have many stakeholders, each with a different point of view. While these interests initially appear to be obstacles, with a change of attitude and approach they can become opportunities: where local knowledge and values can enrich rather than frustrate the artistic cause. "
Charles Monkhouse
Charles Monkhouse, Evening Glory, Coniston
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