TUESDAY 21 JULY 09
new art on the far wall
MARK OBSTFELD
Some years of late night experiments with the images I
collect in everyday life, these are a few of the
results- the flipside of my work as a photographer.
Originally inspired by the street art around Shoreditch
before I ever lived here, I started to play with photos
of grafitti and got more and more involved. Inspired
also by the moment of wakefulness from sleep, when
slivers of dream still remain in the mind, and with
tongue planted very firmly in cheek, these are some
results from hours of intense photoshopping. From
overseas trips to the asphalt of London town, anything
is a potential piece of art- once the idea forms, I am
only limited by my own abilities. Everything displayed
originally comes from a photograph.
THURSDAY 23 JULY 09
new art in the vaults...
SUNDAY 26 JULY 09
WELCOME TO WORMWORLD
open mic poetry
sign up by 8pm
perform 8.30-9.30pm
one-day exhibition in the basement...
TUESDAY 28 JULY 09
new art in the vaults
NICHOLA LE SEUER
new art in the library
BRADFORD BAHAMAS
new art on the bar wall
HATTIE MURRAY
TerrorBull Games presents the launch of 'Crunch - The
Game for Utter Bankers'. Their notorious first release,
'War on Terror, the boardgame', was banned from the
high street, branded 'sick' by the press and
confiscated by the police. Now designers Andy Tompkins
and Andrew Sheerin, together with illustrator Tom
Morgan-Jones, are launching 'Crunch' to mark the
collapse of our beloved financial system - and where
better to celebrate than in the basement of a former
bank? There will be games, prizes and plenty of
extravagant waste. Come along and discover the up-side
of the downturn. Music will be provided by DJ
Paedophile Stepdad.
http://www.crunchthecardgame.com/
FRIDAY 31 JULY 09
12-1PM
tune in to...
THE FOUNDRY LATE LATE BREAKFAST SHOW
broadcast live on
RESONANCE 104.4FM
streamed live on
http://www.resonancefm.com
archives on
http://www.sanderswood.com/radio/
music by
GAGGLE
A unique gaggle of 22 girls that sing songs about crows.
Although they look like something you might stumble
upon in a back room in Persia 1946, they have
actually just flown from their fourth concert and
are a breath of fresh squawks in these days of
formatted music.
SATURDAY 01 AUGUST 09
SLOW SOUND SYSTEM AND HIGHPOINT LOWLIFE RECORDS
6-11pm. Free entry
Highpoint Lowlife records and the slow sound system
take over upstairs at the Foundry this Saturday. On
offer: future garage and bass explorations from the
anonymous and hotly-tipped Spatial (infrasonics),
plus jazz, Middle Eastern modes, electro-accoustics
and ambient minimalism from John Farah (Dross:tik),
worked out in real time on the Foundry's grand
piano. HPLL and slow sound system DJs fill in the
gaps.
http://www.highpointlowlife.com
http://www.slowoundsystem.net
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ABOUT THE ARTISTS
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SPATIAL
'Exceptional post-Burial/future-garage productions
... '80207' is an absolutely killer slice of crisp
and spacious garage dub progressions, sounding like
the perfect union of Andy Stott's techno dub
fixation crossbred with Burial's swung patterns and
2562's chrome plated production gloss, but adds old
skool rave strafes and some cybotronic mechanics of
his own for a truly shocking cut. The flipside
numbered '70810' rewrites the formula even further.
Starting with a El-B fashioned rhythmic framework,
Spatial reinforces the rhythm with slashing
brushstrokes to remove any unneccessary beats, and
douses the whole thing with a ghostly atmosphere
reminiscent of Burial or Andy Stott's finest. It's
either the end of a vintage year for garage
futurisms or the start of a very promising 2009,
either way, this is just awesome.' Boomkat
http://www.infrasonics.net
http://www.last.fm/music/Spatial
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JOHN KAMEEL FARAH
Free improvisation, jazz, electroÐacoustics, Middle
Eastern modes and ambient minimalism mixed up with
drum&bass and techno. Halfway between the concert
hall and the decks ... John Kameel Farah is a
TorontoÐbased composer, pianist, electronic
musician and visual artist. He studied composition
and piano performance at the University of
Toronto.Ê In 1999 he studied privately with Terry
Riley in California. Farah performs regularly in
Toronto, and has performed his music at festivals
and venues across Europe, USA, Canada, the
MiddleÐEast, South Korea and Mexico. In 1999 and
2002, he visited the Edward Said National
Conservatory in the West Bank, giving performances
and masterclasses in Ramallah, East Jerusalem and
Bethlehem. TorontoÕs NOW Magazine distinguished him
as its Best Pianist of 2006. In 2007 he was the
visual artist in residence at the Trane Studio in
Toronto.
'His work speaks of the ancient past and
unperceivable future, the micro and the macro,
antibodies and heavenly bodies and astral
bodies...' Montreal Mirror
http://www.johnfarah.com
http://www.myspace.com/jkfarah
http://www.last.fm/music/john+farah
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SLOW SOUND SYSTEM
New electronica, soundscaping and relaxed audio.
Lie down and be counted.
'Quality avant chillage' BBCi
'Unadulterated bliss' Resonance FM
http://www.slowsoundsystem.net
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HIGHPOINT LOWLIFE RECORDS
We are a London based record label enthused about
all forms of new sound. Our releases range from
glacial drone and engulfing digital sprawls through
to half-step bass heavy hip hop, head nodding
distorted noise, and anything else that doesnÕt
sound quite right!
http://www.highpointlowlife.com
NOISE=NOISE
computer workshops
SUNDAY 02 AUGUST 09
REELNEWS
activist film screenings
TUESDAY 04 AUGUST 09
new art in the library
SHESH
From music to fashion to visual arts, shesh spreads
his message fusing and flipping several mediums
including music, fashion and visual arts.?
Taking inspiration from a wide variety or sources
such as 1950s & 60s advertising, musical imagery,
iconography & celebrity and comic book culture, the
work examines the links between fashion,
advertising, and urban graffiti art, all striving
to be get fame with a view to being ubiquitous. In
questioning and subverting the idea of fashion and
branding, the work itself becomes the very subject
matter it references.
"Basically I like writing my name loads of times..."
new art on the far wall
JENNIFER NEW PAINTINGS (until 16 August)
Intrigued by the glossy and alluring nature of high
fashion and beauty advertising, and by society's
embrace of this unattainableæideal, I respond with a
series of paintings inspired by these images. I
simultaneously build and deconstruct these icons of
perfection through the layering of paint, using the
original photograph as the starting point, but
deviating from it with abandon. While some details from
the photograph are emulated, most others dissolve into
chaotic and bold abstraction. My paintings are a
journey away from the illusion of perfection, allowing
the viewer to see what's not supposed to be seen.
http://www.jenniferlouise.weebly.com
opening night Thursday 6 August
WEDNESDAY 05 AUGUST 09
computer workshop in the basement
FACTORY
THURSDAY 06 AUGUST 09
new art in the vaults
MARTA KAPUSCIK - drawings
SUNDAY 09 AUGUST 09
>> basement
EVER ORCHID
artist performance
TUESDAY 11 AUGUST 09
open keyboard
PIANO NIGHT
if you have a tune, just turn up and play
New art on the bar wall
ADRIAN MARS
New art in the vaults
ARIN SHIRATORA
New art on the stair well
CAT ROISSETTIER
poetry in the basement
OPENNED
Featuring:
Harry Gilonis
Chris Goode
Dominic Lash
Josh Robinson
Tom Jenks
Francesca Lisette
Luke Roberts
WEDNESDAY 12 AUGUST 09
computer workshop in the basement
FACTORY
TUESDAY 18 AUGUST 09
open keyboard
PIANO NIGHT
if you have a tune, just turn up and play
New art on the far wall
MEIKO KOKUTA
New art in the vaults...
STÉPHANIE BUSSON |
SABINE JAMME
Opening on Thursday 20 August at 7.00pm with maybe a performance
http://www.lhistoiredeloeil.co.uk
http://sameplayer.free.fr
WEDNESDAY 19 AUGUST 09
computer workshop in the basement
FACTORY
TUESDAY 25 AUGUST 09
open keyboard PIANO NIGHT
if you have a tune, just turn up and play
New art in the library ALLEGRA EMANUELLA
New art in the vaults HANNAH SHARPE
WEDNESDAY 26 AUGUST 09
computer workshop in the basement
FACTORY
new art on the bar wall SIMON MACK
opening night
THURSDAY 27 AUGUST 09
new art in the basement
NURIA ALVAREZ
SUNDAY 31 AUGUST 09
WELCOME TO WORMWORLD
open mic poetry
sign up by 8pm
perform 8.30-9.30pm
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