SATURDAY 29 APRIL 06
TEMPORARY. EVENT. NOTICE.
DISCO_R.DANCE
bar floor and basement
as much live music as we can cram into one day
mothboy
lazy susan
blaubac
u-born
carthage
isnaj dui
andrew bailey
xylitol
keep the peace
fade-in
dj prophane
dancon1
pete stormcrow
leftside23
mark everett
also including world peace fashion show...
SUNDAY 30 APRIL 06
8-10 WELCOME TO WORMWORLD
open mic poetry
>>basement
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AxArt.network presents:
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TUESDAY 02 MAY 06
open keyboard
PIANO NIGHT
new art on the bar wall
MARK RATHMALL
Mark Rathmell will be displaying his innermost
genitals on the bar wall. He will be displaying ALL
his genitals, including rare Japanese artefacts.
Come and see Mark Rathmell's genitals,
before he dies.
new art in the library
Photographs by
PETTER BUHAGEN and
MARTHE FJELLESTAD
new art in the vaults>>>
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STRANGE ATTRACTOR vs.
DISINFORMATION present
CIRCUIT BLASTING - electromagnetic sound installation
in The Foundry sub-basement / strong rooms. The Foundry,
84 Great Eastern Street, London EC2A 3JL (intersection of
Old Street and Great Eastern Road), 2 to 14 May 2006.
5pm-ish till late every day except closed Mondays.
Admission free.
http://www.strangeattractor.co.uk.
CIRCUIT BLASTING - it's a bit like circuit bending,
only ALOT less subtle..." (last seen live at Fovea
Gallery, Dorkbot and Camden Arts Centre).
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THURSDAY 04 MAY 06
new art in the basement...
TEXT-ME-UP-FIVE
TRACEY MOBERLY
DANNY POCKETS
DUNSTAN BRUCE
JAIME RORY LUCY
MORIA MINGUELLA'S MESSAGING SERVICE
Living in an especially adapted environment in our
coats, shirts, bags and so on, it frequently
ventures out... attaching itself to our ear, hip or
hand...
AND WHEN WE DON'T WANT TO BE VOCAL... It allows our
journey to become less boring, our seated or
standing relaxation time less thought provoking. I
DON'T WANT TO WASTE MY BRAIN CELLS ON THOUGHT
REGURGITATION - I can communicate - I can
communicate personally - no-one may be aware of my
surroundings or my thoughts - but i can express that
thought - my thought may not be 'thought out' but i
can express it in comfort - at ease in the most
public of public places and ... nobody will know -
nobody can see - i can say it - i can receive it.
THE USE OF ME IS CHANGING THE ETHNOLOGICAL CLIMATE
AS YOU READ ... How many new, mediocre, old
relationships can i breakdown? How many tedious
marriages can i destroy? How many lives can i
rebuild? How many barriers can i break to make the
person at the other end re-build their lost
confidence in aspects that would never arise -
before this art of communication.
What we say in a text message we would rarely
communicate verbally, face to face - by phone - by
e-mail or by letter. SHORT-SWEET-SUCCINCT. A sad
moment - an idle moment - a happy moment - a limited
amount of characters to say what? ... 5 people,
their interpretation.....
THE WORK
Tracey Moberly
'TEXT-ME-UP-5' Tracey is using 'TEXT-ME-UP-5' to
redefine the language and intimation of text between
the sexes!
This is her 5th version of 'TEXT-ME-UP!'
exhibitions, all previously solo shows with invited
interactions. The artist has saved and documented
every text that she has received since 1999.
Tracey has two bodies of work in this exhibition.
'STITCH-ME-UP-5!' consists of 5 Victorianesque
samplers examining the language of intimation,
inviting comparison with Victorian values and the
womans' place in the 21st century.
She has used a selection of her 2005 texts from a
quintessential English dandy, a Soho sex shop
proprietor and an ex-rock star's banter with his
assistant.
A parallel is drawn between the disposable
instantaneity of the text message and the
meditative, solitary, ponderous, intricate craft of
cross stitching.
The authors of these texts and creators of the
narratives will have forgotten their disposable
words.
Danny Pockets
Danny Pockets initiation to the world of visual
engineering came circa 1974, it wasn't until 1979
however, when he became a founding member of the
Universal Racket Press, that he really started
paying attention. He has been doing so ever since.
His work is informed by the landscape, by the
palimpsest of our surroundings, by renewal and
decay: As one door opens, another one closes.
For this show he has produced a series of
"Collapsing Sky" etchings, teamed up with the
Universal Racket Press once again, this time in a
unique new painting venture. He has also produced a
collaborative work with Tracey Moberly. In 2000,
unbeknown to each other, or without even knowing
each other, climbing from the wreckage of disastrous
relationships, the two documented every text and
began exhibiting Danny at Whitechapel Open; The
Business Design Centre and The Foundry, London and
Tracey at The Castlefield Gallery, Manchester; The
Foundry, London; The Zion Arts Centre, Manchester;
93 Feet East, London etc.
Danny & Tracey have collaborated on a
visual/audio piece titled 'Waterfall Blue Laps The
Passion Pink Shore...' The collaboration of texts
form the basis of a play, currently being explored
as a television drama. A number of radio programmes
have also been broadcast of the work .
Dunstan Bruce
Me and my mate Bono
Sage? Saviour? Puppet? Or prat?
A collection of intimate and illuminating text messages
received from Bono Vox, lead singer of U2.
Dunstan Bruce, ex vocalist and member of anarcho pop
cabaret troupe Chumbawamba continues his fascination
with all things Bono.
Trying to mix pop and politics is like walking on a
knife edge.
Having been vilified for daring to involve one with
the other Dunstan is fascinated in seeing how Bono
has attempted to marry the two.
Interested in the contradictions, problems and
hypocritical nature of someone so rich and powerful
pressing flesh with mass murderers, warmongers and
the corrupt and corpulent big business bosses bono
swings from brave campaigner to naïve puppet.
Inspired in part by the work of Aleksander Mitic and
Tony Dosen on their website
http://www.bonothepuppet.com
Dunstan has decided to show the world his many and
varied text messages received from Bono Vox in an
attempt to get to the bottom of what makes bono
tick.
Pompous pious prick or playful polymath/ Or both?
Jaime Rory Lucy
Jaime Rory Lucy. Video artist and V.J has worked
with: Synergy, Orbital, Exit festival, Bollywood
Brass Band among many, many others.
Here he presents his new work;
'From Plato to Nato.'
Moira Minguella
Moira Minguella's Messaging Service is generously
supporting this exhibition with the supply of an
interactive texting facilities for the duration of
the show. Ms Minguella has also promised to make a
personal appearance and will make herself available
for a limited number of press interviews. We are
extremely grateful for her agreement to participate
in this exhibition.
artists websites:
http://www.sanderswood.com
http://www.billybangs.co.uk
http://www.pickapocket.org
http://www.sanderswood.com/moira_minguella
SUNDAY 07 MAY 06
8.00-8.30
ANDREW BAILEY
STAND UP
"an endearing yet deeply disconcerting performance
artist whose dislocated sense of fun seems to come
from a different planet"
-william cook gaurdian guide
8-10
WELCOME TO WORMWORLD
open mic poetry
TUESDAY 09 MAY 06
new art on the stair well RADION YEFIMOV
new art on the far wall AL
open keyboard
PIANO NIGHT
WEDNESDAY 11 MAY 06
New art on the far wall
AL STEPNEY
Exhibition launch : 7pm - 11pm
Supporting musical incidentals
from various disco_r.dant fnuk-ers + pnuk-ers.....
SUNDAY 14 MAY 06
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STRANGE ATTRACTOR vs. DISINFORMATION present
CIRCUIT BLASTING
LIVE PERFORMANCE
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8-10 WELCOME TO WORMWORLD
open mic poetry
TUESDAY 16 MAY 06
new art in the vaults JASON SYNOTT
nwe art in the library LOISE FOSTER
new art on the bar wall CLIVE
open keyboard
PIANO NIGHT
SUNDAY 21 MAY 06
8-10 WELCOME TO WORMWORLD
open mic poetry
TUESDAY 23 MAY 06
new art on the far wall OLIVIA JANE RANSLEY
new art on the stair well CLIVE
open keyboard
PIANO NIGHT
THURSDAY 25 MAY 06
Clive - incidental music / opening night
SUNDAY 28 MAY 06
8-10 WELCOME TO WORMWORLD
open mic poetry
TUESDAY 30 MAY 06
open keyboard
PIANO NIGHT
>>basement
EVRAH, STEVE and a bit of LIVE PAINTING
THURSDAY 01 JUNE 06
>>basement
analog-digital
FRIDAY 02 JUNE 06
SATURDAY 03 JUNE 06
SUNDAY 04 JUNE 06
8.00-8.30
ANDREW BAILEY
STAND UP
"an endearing yet deeply disconcerting performance
artist whose dislocated sense of fun seems to come
from a different planet"
-william cook gaurdian guide
8-10
WELCOME TO WORMWORLD
open mic poetry
>>basement
wirelessfm art festival
TUESDAY 06 JUNE 06
open keyboard
PIANO NIGHT
SUNDAY 11 JUNE 06
8-10 WELCOME TO WORMWORLD
open mic poetry
TUESDAY 13 JUNE 06
open keyboard
PIANO NIGHT
SUNDAY 18 JUNE 06
8-10 WELCOME TO WORMWORLD
open mic poetry
TUESDAY 20 JUNE 06
open keyboard
PIANO NIGHT
SUNDAY 25 JUNE 06
8-10 WELCOME TO WORMWORLD
open mic poetry
TUESDAY 27 JUNE 06
open keyboard
PIANO NIGHT
>> basement
EVRAH, STEVE and a bit of LIVE PAINTING
THURSDAY 29 JUNE 06
>>basement (till Saturday)
ARTNOTOIL
http://www.artnotoil.org.uk
Climate chaos is set to have a catastrophic effect
on all of us, while hitting the poorest hardest. Oil
is a curse that also fuels war, poverty and
environmental destruction. Yet the companies most
responsible are profiting handsomely, and they are
still welcome it seems in many of our most
prestigious public galleries and museums. Why?
Art Not Oil is an exhibition and a campaign,
committed to showing powerful political/ecological
art, to seeing an end to oil sponsorship of the
arts, and to helping build movements for climate
justice both here and throughout the world. As well
as work that looks at the negative impacts of fossil
fuels, we welcome work that looks at positive
alternatives and solutions. Send us your art - turn
your visions, nightmares, anger and hope into
creative resistance!
email info@artnotoil.org.uk
web
http://www.artnotoil.org.uk
http://www.nationalpetroleumgallery.org.uk
07708 794665
Art Not Oil is a project of London Rising Tide:
http://www.londonrisingtide.org.uk
See also
http://www.climatecamp.org.uk
Shell is the new sponsor of the Wildlife
Photographer of the Year Award: we're lost for words
(temporarily)
http://www.nationalpetroleumgallery.org.uk/shell
SUNDAY 02 JULY 06
8.00-8.30
ANDREW BAILEY
STAND UP
"an endearing yet deeply disconcerting performance
artist whose dislocated sense of fun seems to come
from a different planet"
-william cook gaurdian guide
8-10
WELCOME TO WORMWORLD
open mic poetry
TUESDAY 04 JUNE 06
open keyboard
PIANO NIGHT
>>basement (until Sunday)
draw_drawing_
Thanks to everyone who participated in the first
show
draw_drawing_ in 2004.
The participants came from all over the planet; 400
people sent me about 1000 drawings.
We had all kind of feedback and praise.
The opening night was beautiful, we had a lot of
guests and lots of London Biennale artists.
The night culminated with performances by David
Medalla Adam Nankervis and Ernesto Sarezale, Claudia
Balduzzi, Luna Montenegro and Adrian Fisher.
The success naturally was trigged by the collective
efforts conducted by everyone to collaborate
side-by-side representing the particular modes of
expression found in the different geographies.
I couldn't not mention the optimistic wishes of
Liliana Mercenario Pomeroy, form Cuernavaca
capturing the essence of the project.
We had all kinds of visitors hosted by Cecilia
Madureira, who invigilated the gallery.
The visitors loved it. A Graphic Design teacher
complemented on the relevance of having a show with
such variety of mannerisms; from different
consideration of support, mediums towards many
distinct inventiveness of making the line. As he
said to me:
'I should bring all my students to make them aware
what a drawing can be.'
The response was so overwhelming that it made me
think about doing it again.
giacomo picca
draw_drawing_2
You are invited to take part in the exhibition
'draw_drawing_2' as part of the London Biennale
2006.
The exhibition will take place at The Foundry, 86
Great Eastern Street, Shoreditch, London EC2A 3JL,
between 4th and 9th July 2006.
The event is open to anyone who reads this.
All you have to do is to make any drawing and send
it to me by post, to:
draw_drawing_2 19 Rumford House, Bath Terrace London
SE1 6PW England
You can send as many drawings as you like, at any
time and it will be included in the exhibition.
Also, you can forward this email to anyone who would
like to participate in it.
I would ask you to make a line drawing in any medium
and any size not bigger then A3 (~30 cm x 44 cm),
put your name, the date, the place and country where
you are drawing on the same side of the drawing.
If you want your name to be included on the
invitation card, I have to receive your drawing by
the 12 June 2006 otherwise; your name will be
included in the electronic card.
I am going to send as many cards as I can but if you
want me to post some cards to you, could you please
send me a stamped addressed envelope or give me an
idea of another way to reach you.
After the exhibition, the drawings are not going to
be sent back but you can arrange to collect them.
The drawings are going to be stored as a collection.
If you need to contact me, click the link contact
at:
http://www.giacomopicca.com/
Performances: The exhibition will have 5 opening
nights with performances. You are invited to send me
an intention of performance and a proposal as soon
as possible for schedule due to limited time for
each night.
The intention of this exhibition is to follow the
journey of information through digital
pathways-internet, see how far it propagates and how
it returns-via post as a means of representation.
It is an investigation into how the 'universal'
written words open responses from experiences
inhabiting particular spaces. How subjective
experiences from different places are shared with
other spaces: geographical spaces or mental spaces.
It is an attempt to find out if a line really
defines a boundary, if it is a sign for differences
or similarities.
As Heiddeger quotes:
_a boundary is not that at which something stops
but, - the boundary is that from which something
begins its essential unfolding_
The boundaries of the Gallery will not be an end,
not the final showing of the drawings. The visiting
public will be invited to represent their own
experiences and desires also - making and adding
drawings throughout the show. The juxtaposition and
accumulation of images that speak of the differences
in realities intends to celebrate the diversity of
cultures and societies and their individuality
mediated through a common language, drawing.
The idea is also to just appreciate a sense of joy
mediated through the mark making and accumulation of
lines, resulting in a drawing made by different
people.
Will we re-define notions of space by the process of
accumulation?
The exhibition is going to be held in July 2006
during the London Biennale 2006, reflecting the
spirit of its founder, David Medalla.
_ _ ...check back later for more info!
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