art now showing
on the street wall
NOEONITA
on the stair well
GUY THOMPSON
on the bar wall
CLLUSTER FITS
TUESDAY 16 FEBRUARY 10
open keyboard
PIANO NIGHT
new exhibition in the vaults
GROUP OF EMERGING ARTISTS
SATURDAY 20 FEBRUARY 10
new art on the far wall
COLSTER
TUESDAY 23 FEBRUARY 10
open keyboard
PIANO NIGHT
new exhibition in the vaults
MICHELA NICCHIOTTI
sound art event in the basement
EXTENDED PLAY
Simon James French, Sebastian Aker, Manabu Shimada,
James Stephen Finn, Kacper Ziemianin, Alex Anderson,
Peter Smith, Mika Sellens and others...
THURSDAY 25 FEBRUARY 10
open keyboard
PIANO NIGHT
new art in the vaults
TOM SPICER
SATURDAY 27 FEBRUARY 10
>>bar floor
DISCO_R.DANCE
>>basement
keith courier presents...
RAGWORM
SATURN STAR WHEELS
DENISE WILLIAMS
SUNDAY 28 FEBRUARY 10
WELCOME TO WORMWORLD
open mic poetry.
arrive by 8. You will get a slot.
Performance 8.30-9.30
hosted by PORNO PAUL
TUESDAY 02 MARCH 10
open keyboard
PIANO NIGHT
new exhibition in the vaults
Three to Four
The reinforced strongroom of the Foundry Bar is a
reminder of the building's past as a bank, as well
as an expression of its present as a centre for
socialising, arts and creativity in this exciting
and energetic part of London.
A wind harp on the Foundry's roof is 'played' as the
strings hum with the movements of air across them or
are plucked by drops of rain and snow. The harp also
responds to the vibrations of the building itself
and the urban activity around it - slamming doors,
passing traffic, planes flying overhead.
The sounds heard in the strongroom are the sounds of
the vault resonating to this activity. The
vibrations also translate into a pulsating,
ever-changing wall of pure colour distilled from the
physical qualities of the space.
The unique voice and character of the Foundry
normally go unheard and unseen, but Three to Four
allows the building to speak, an expression of the
space and its surrounds.
http://www.outputarts.com/
experimental live stream...
[mp3]
SUNDAY 07 MARCH 10
RADIO JOY
Ten years ago Tracey Moberly produced a show at the
Foundry in Hoxton whose title LOVES DIRTY HABIT came
from a Band of Holy Joy song. The premise as I
remember it was that we set a thousand pink balloons
up in to the night sky with a mobile phone number on
and a request for any balloon finders to text in
their 'Love's Dirty Habit'. The answers would be
stuck on the gallery walls in the basement of the
Foundry. The new language and future of
communication was uppermost in our minds but we also
wanted to throw a great party. The opening night was
a blur of pink balloons and scuzzy texts that were
zapped in from the hinterlands of London. It was a
great night and a supreme show if memory serves.
Tracey has kept the project very much alive and a
decade on we revisit the notion. Nicola Jayne
Maskrey and Inga Tillere will take Tracey's texts
and set about visualising them from a new
perspective. The Band Of Holy Joy will play a live
set from a collection of songs they are about to
release called Troubled Sleep, songs which are very
much about Love's Dirty Habits: Betrayals, lustings,
casual sexual murderings that kind of low and grand
déclassé behaviour. As the Foundry is about to close
its doors soon we would love to make this event as
memorable as the first. Indeed... We want your texts
and we want you to come. 7th March is the date 8pm
is the time and the Foundry is the place. On
Valentines Day we will issue a number. We want you
to use it.
Radio Joy will broadcast the entire evening. The DJ
Gavin Martin will spin the songs to keep the night
flowing.
Also with
ANDREW BAILEY
TUESDAY 09 MARCH 10
open keyboard
PIANO NIGHT
new art on the far wall
THREAD
Photo exhibition by Henrique Pavia
new art on the stair well
DORK
new art in the library
DOE(x)
Hertzian Drifting. A narration on third landscape
The DOE(x) is a multidisciplinary project started on
april 2009 in Prague. Basically the project skills
explore some layers of urban context. From the
concrete experience on the physical space to
spectral geographies of the hertzian space.
I will use the space on the library like an
headquarters. Here I will show the material of my
exploration along the Lea Valley.
I will play EM interferences and sounds recorded
along the river. I will exhibit images, sketches
and notes about the exploration.
The audiovisual performance is a narration using the
collected materials of the city (EMF and VLF data,
video, audio and GPS tracks).
DOE(x).Layers and definitions.
Hertzian space definition
The dreams of electronic objects are made from
electromagnetic radiation. These dreams radiate
outwards from the object, creating a new, invisible,
but physical environment that we call Hertzian
space. It is here that the secret life of electronic
objects is played out, secret not only because we
rarely glimpse it, but also because we are only just
beginning to understand it.
(Anthony Dunne and Fiona Raby)
Defining Liminal Space
Liminal space is a place on the Threshold. This
threshold is the idea of ambiguity and ambivalence.
This in-between space allows active exchanges of
ideologies, concepts and methods of working. Liminal
indicates a transition from one state or space to
another. The 'liminal space' might also be read as a
metaphorical realm where ideas and concepts:
artistic, political, cultural, social or otherwise,
are in constant states of contestation and
negotiation. These Thresholds and windows are
boundaries between inside and outside, public and
private; as a in a car, we experience space in
motion, constantly adjusting our perspective.
The Hertzian space of cities, once the territory of
governmental agencies, private enterprise, and
networks of ham radio operators, has evolved into a
dynamic and contested site, where many competing
interests are beginning to shape a new information
overlay. In addition to and, indeed, beyond the
established frequencies of radio waves carrying
radio and television programs, police
communications, and other wireless signals, today's
urban data clouds are made up of "a new kind of
data, collective and individual, aggregated and
discrete, open and closed, constantly logging
detailed patterns of behavior" (Hill 2008)
This is the behavior of the street: constantly
enacting new spatial relations and organizational
adjacencies that are every bit as architectural as
the formal articulations of bricks and mortar that
constitute the traditional city. That this urban
ballet of people, data, and space is predominantly
non-visual should be less a detracting factor than
an intellectual challenge to those invested in the
design of urban space. Beneath the threshold of
public vision, a new city is emerging, one requiring
new methods and techniques by which we can
productively engage in its design and formation.
As with other aspects of the physical world, such as
land, water, and air, the electromagnetic spectrum
is a limited resource. A big parts of the wireless
spectrum have become effectively reserved for
private use, a kind of "public" space exists in the
form of the industrial, scientific, and medical
(ISM) radio bands. Because communication devices
using the ISM bands must tolerate any interference
from ISM equipment, these bands are typically given
over to uses intended for unlicensed operation,
since these devices typically need to be tolerant of
interference from other devices anyway. ISM
frequencies such as the 2.4 GHz band are set aside
for license-free use by systems and devices such as
WiFi, Bluetooth, cordless phones, and wireless
surveillance cameras, and it is within this
frequency range that a number of recent projects
have attempted both to probe and to shape this new
public terrain.
The dreams of electronic objects are made from
electromagnetic radiation. These dreams radiate
outwards from the object, creating a new, invisible,
but physical environment that we call Hertzian
space. It is here that the secret life of electronic
objects is played out, secret not only because we
rarely glimpse it, but also because we are only just
beginning to understand it.
I will walk along the Lea River with:
Lorenzo Tripodi (berlin) - researcher in urban studies and media activist
Salvatore Livecchi (italy) - audio artist
The past and future platform:
July 2010 Platform #4 DOE(x)
Paivascapes#1 - Nodar Artist Residency Center - Portugal
March 2010 Platform #3 DOE(x)
Lea Valley Exploration.
Performance and Exhibition at The Foundry - London - UK
July 2009 Platform #2 DOE(x)
The Incredible 10 - Dresden - Germany
April 2009 Platform #1 DOE(x)
Hertzian walks - Enter4 - Prague
>>basement
JERICHO ORCHESTRA
THURSDAY 11 MARCH 10
>>basement
installation by
ALISTAIR NEWTON
DECASIA
A one-off expanded cinema night of found
footage films with a soundtrack remixed live.
The films will have a live accompaniment by the
Camarillos who will be performing live - mixing in
spoken word, cello, vocal abstractions illbient
soundscapes, glitchy sfx, echoey field recordings
and live loop manipulation.
There will be two performances one at 7pm and one at
9pm. A night of unsettling fun is guaranteed.
SATURDAY 13 MARCH 10
>> bar floor
VINYL PLEASURES
>> basement
NOISE=NOISE
TUESDAY 16 MARCH 10
open keyboard
PIANO NIGHT
new art in the vaults
SAJ
new art in the basement
FOUNDRY EQUINOX 2010
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From 16th to 21st March a series of activities in
celebration of Spring Equinox will take place
downstairs in the Foundry. Alongside still image
displays and invocation of St Agnes Well, expect
film, poetry and music.
Spring Equinox is the space within the spiral
through which the momentary APPEARANCE OF BALANCE
between sunlight and darkness gives way once more to
the OVERT WILDNESS of growth and renewal. It is a
time to be conscious that what's past is prologue,
that the seasons are as transient as ourselves, and
that the best - if we prove up to it - is yet to
come. Anticipate the unexpected to arise
from...............
.....
THE EQUINOX PLOT!
Further details to be announced.
new art on the Far Wall
BROKENSOUNDMUSIC
Sleeve artworks for
Rachael Dadd's Moth In The Motor mini-album
http://www.brokensoundmusic.com/moth.htm
TUESDAY 23 MARCH 10
open keyboard
PIANO NIGHT
new art on the far wall AKME04
TUESDAY 30 MARCH 10
open keyboard
PIANO NIGHT
new art on the bar wall BLURREAL
new art in the library CHLOE EDWARDS
SUNDAY 04 APRIL 10
WELCOME TO WORMWORLD
open mic poetry.
arrive by 8. You will get a slot.
Performance 8.30-9.30
hosted by VIZ the SPOON
TUESDAY 06 APRIL 10
open keyboard
PIANO NIGHT
new art on the bar wall
SIMON BARNA
new art in the vaults
SPEED of REACTION
http://www.speedofreaction.com
An interactive adventure throughout the streets of London.
Mobile phones, QR codes, roller skates, films and
fast reactions help your team solve puzzles and push
you to ask your own questions.
That was the game and now we have the exhibition
that follows it. The game's players are the
co-authors of the project. Producing material that
will be the basis of this exhibition. You also get a
taster of how to crack the codes.
Minus the roller skates.
new art in the basement
including works by
CLARE JACKSON
ANTIONETTE HARDING
SATURDAY 10 APRIL 10
>>basement
AMPERSAND
TUESDAY 13 APRIL 10
open keyboard
PIANO NIGHT
new art in the basement
ANNALISA BRAMBILLA
http://www.annalisabrambilla.com
new art in the vaults
Three conversations shared over a pint...
...We're still here, feel free to join.
Featuring:
SARA FISHER
FROSO PAPADIMITRIOU
SCOT BRADBURY
TUESDAY 20 APRIL 10
open keyboard
PIANO NIGHT
new art in the vaults
TOMSILAV TEREK
TUESDAY 27 APRIL 10
open keyboard
PIANO NIGHT
new art in the vaults
ANNA LOUISE HALE
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