Foundation Stone Ceremony and other events

Some things that I am involved in over the next couple of weeks, please do come along:

Foundation Stone Ceremony

19th June, 5pm at Siobhan Davies Studios

Over the past few months I have been working with architect, Sarah Wigglesworth to create a site-specific art work for Siobhan Davies Studios and on 19th June at 5pm a special ceremony will mark the installation of Foundation Stone. This event is part of the London Festival of Architecture.

Gesamtkunstwerk 2010 Debut Salon Show

Private view: 18th June, 6.30-late at the Hackney Rose

Exhibition continues: 19th - 27th June, Friday-Sunday 12-6pm (or by appointment 07931439942)

The first exhibition of the Gesamtkunstwerk 2012 project brings together all the artists involved in this ‘total artwork’ which will manifest itself as an artist’s road trip across the United States in 2012. This international troupe of artists, musicians, writers, filmmakers, etc. will be art, make art, and exhibit art and more from the West to the East coast in the summer of 2012.

Whitstable Biennale Satellite Programme

19th June - 4th July

2010 Whitstable Biennale Satellite Programme (www.thewhitstablesatellite) . For this I have made a new work, The wall is down that parted their fathers; you can find out more information about it by following this link - http://thewhitstablesatellite.com/disseminated/party-wall/

Please find more information below,

Best wishes

Laura

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LAURA WILSON

		London Festival of Architecture Saturday 19 June At Siobhan Davies Studios, Elephant & Castle, London Open Studios and Meet the Artists Siobhan Davies Studios will open its entire building to view as part of the city wide celebration of architecture. Visitors will be free to explore all areas of the RIBA award-winning building designed by Sarah Wigglesworth, talk with the RCA MA Ceramics & Glass students, whose works will be on show as part of their Out of Practiceexhibition, and experience Audialsense installation in the Roof studio. Installation: Audialsense This durational work uses dense tonal chords of sine waves, based on the wavelengths associated with the dimensions of the Roof Studio at Siobhan Davies Studios. The modulation of these tones is based on the stuttering rhythmic patterns of the cladding systems on the nearby Strata SE1 tower by architects BFLS. Time: 2-5pm Tickets: free event Booking: none required Workshop: Experiencing sound through movement Siobhan Davies Dance will lead a workshop using movement to heighten the experience of the sound and the invisible architecture it creates in the Roof Studio. Participants will be guided by JADE fellow Tammy Arjona in their explorations of passing through the different volumes of sound, making choices in the pathways they carve through the space. This workshop is supported by BFLS. Time: 12-1.30pm Tickets: free event Booking: 020-7091-9650 Foundation Stone Ceremony This ceremony will mark the installation of a foundation stone created by the artist Laura Wilson with the building’s architect, Sarah Wigglesworth. Time: 5pm Tickets: free event Booking: none required
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Gesamtkunstwerk 2012

Debut Salon Show

Private View Friday 18th June 2010, 6.30-late

The Hackney Rose, 458 Hackney Rd, E2 9EG

19th - 27th June, Friday-Sunday 12-6pm

Or by appointment 0793 1439942

The first exhibition of the Gesamtkunstwerk 2012 project brings together all the artists involved in this ‘total artwork’ which will manifest itself as an artist’s road trip across the United States in 2012. This international troupe of artists, musicians, writers, filmmakers, etc. will be art, make art, and exhibit art and more from the West to the East coast in the summer of 2012.

The practises showcased in the Debut Salon Show come from a range of media, though here they are represented as wall-based work, hung in the style of a Parisian Salon exhibition. The style of hanging is not in accordance with the Salon’s values, but rather an acknowledgment of the method and aesthetic style of hanging large group exhibitions. This seems particularly appropriate for such a large group show, and as a historic parallel with the idea of the gesamtkunstwerk.

This first exhibit is intended as a launch for the forthcoming project, and an opportunity to view the work of all who are involved—though this group will be evolving and changing in the two year interim. In the two years before its manifestation, curated group exhibitions will happen under the umbrella of the gesamtkunstwerk project. This framework provides a starting point for further exhibitions, events, and enquiries into multi-disciplinary practise. The artists involved come from 12 different countries in total, and the majority of them work in the United Kingdom. When the final troupe embark on this monumental road trip, the different cultures will grant a transient yet lasting contribution to the contemporary landscape of the USA. During the road trip of travelling exhibitions, gigs, and performances in various institutions, the opportunities to engage in cross-cultural artistic debate will be vast. The international mix of cultural and artistic production will demonstrate the contrasts and similarities that exist between modes of production in the US, Europe, and beyond. The Debut Salon Show is the only occasion where all participants are seen exhibiting together, until the Gesamtkunstwerk finally happens in 2012.

Performances by Charlotte Young and Fredrik Lindberg from 20:30 pm

Artists/musicians/writers/etc:

Aimee Neat - Alistair Wildblood - Angus Braithwaite - Beck Rainford - Neb Poulton - Benedict Drew - Beth Collar - Cai Nyahoe - Charlotte Young - Chooc Ly Tan - Corinne Mynatt - Ed Atkins - Elizabeth Gossling - Eugenia Ivanessevich - Fred Lindberg - Gabriel Stone - Gregory Sodergren - James Stringer - Joanna Ageborn Lindberg - Jonathan Batten - Jonathan Entwhistle - Julia Crabtree & Will Evans - Jussi Brightmore - Kate Ellis - Kay Watson - Laura McFarlane - Laura Wilson - Maria Theodoraki - Matt Carter - Matthew Giradeau - Michelle Fletcher - Myles Painter - Nathalie Levi - Neesha Champeneria - Nik Colk - Oscar Carlson- Revati Mann- Rudolph Reiber- Sarah Bayliss - Simon Ribchester - Surya Buck - Tessa Power - Tom Wondrag - Tom Clarke - A Human - Factory Floor - Gum Takes Tooth

For more information about the project please contact: gesamtkunstwerk2012@gmail.com

*This exhibition was made possible with the generous support of The Hackney Rose. The Hackney Rose is a community dedicated to innovation and cross pollination across the arts and creative industries offering facilities and opportunities for production and exhibition. www.thehackneyrose.org

Microperformances at the Whitechapel Gallery

Below is some information about an event that I am involved with at Whitechapel Gallery this week...

Thursday 10 June, 7pm

MicroPerformance

A night of structured spontaneity and subjectivity switches at the Whitechapel Gallery.

MicroPerformance is a series of curated performances and talks which use an intimate and interactive format. Similar to the format of speed-dating, the performer interacts directly with the audience around a table in a bar or cafe, and the audience moves between performers throughout the night.

Pursuing an interest in landscape, subjectivity, and the location of encounters, artist Rebecca Birch curates projects that extend this research; for MicroPerformance she invites artists working in a diverse range of mediums to explore site specific creation and intimacy.

Inspired by Roebbrecht and Daem’s focus on the intimate and ephemeral relationships of the individual to architectural environments, the Whitechapel café’s tables will provide the stage for the performances and inform the content.

Reacting to this idea of the table as the stage or trajectory for performance will be theatre company,Dancing Brick, nominated and shortlisted as best emerging company at the total theatre awards will stage a drama. Sculptor and painter Flore Nove-Josserandwill engage in a critical discussion on design theory. Composer and musician Neil Luck, a founding member of Squid Box and the ARCO collective, will perform a series of new compositions. Sculptor Laura Wilson will discuss aspects of the table with a furniture specialist.The Ladies of the Press, a compact publishing unit, presents the performance of printing and publication with a playful pressing parlour game. Sarah Bowker-Jones, painter and sculptor will create a temporary intervention.

Performances will take place throughout the evening. Some will be continuous and others will be repeated. The subject of the encounter becomes both the viewer (the audience) and the viewed (the performer) who alternately change roles throughout their interaction.

A building may have walls, but its how use them that counts.

Screen shot from Field Broadcast

A screen shot from the work In-the-fields which I made for Field Broadcast (www.fieldbroadcast.org)

Review in Art Vehicle

Please click on the link below to read a review of Horse of a Different Colour at Siobhan Davies Studios in the current issue of Art Vehicle.

http://www.artvehicle.com/events/286

Field Broadcast

Please find information below about Field Broadcast, a project I am involved in which is part of Wysing Arts Contemporary. Download the viewer to your desktop from www.fieldbroadcast.org and work will be streamed live to your desktop between 8-16 May.

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PROJECKT presents Field Broadcast as part of Wysing Arts Contemporary Presents www.fieldbroadcast.org


A series of live broadcasts direct to your computer desktop May 8 - 16 2010

9 Days 33 Fields 33 Artists

To access Field Broadcast visit www.fieldbroadcast.org and click 'download viewer' to install the Field Broadcast application

Field Broadcast enables artists to stream new work live from a remote location; a broadcast that is literally from a field to your computer via a desktop application. All works, whether video, animation, performance, sculpture or live data will be created in the field with no editing or post-production. Each broadcast will be viewed by a dispersed international audience, at office desks, in cafes, on trains and at kitchen tables. Once you have installed the viewer each broadcast will arrive directly to your computer desktop.

Broadcasts from: Bram Thomas Arnold, Ed Atkins, Dave Ball and Oliver Walker, Christopher Bassford and Jonathan Ryall, Richard Bevan, Sara Bjarland, Martin John Callanan, Susan Collins, Dan Coopey, Alexander Costello, David Cotterrell, Michael Cousin, Juan Cruz, Sean Edwards, Simon Faithfull, Florencia Guillen, Hamilton, Southern and St Armand, Toby Huddlestone and Sarah Jane Parton, Fritha Jenkins, David Kefford, Olivier Leger, Pernille Leggat Ramfelt, Neil Luck, Revati Mann, Elizabeth McTernan, Alex Pearl, Eric Rosoman, Jennie Savage, Rob Smith, Dan Walwin, Ian Whittlesea, Luke Williams, Laura Wilson

Field Broadcast is presented as part of Wysing Arts Contemporary Presents, a Field Broadcast bell will ring in Wysing’s gallery to mark the start of each new broadcast and there will be a special live screening at Wysing on the 16 May, for further details visit www.wysingartscentre.org

Field Broadcast is curated by Rebecca Birch and Rob Smith. PROJECKT was established on the 1 January 2009. Through curatorial experimentation it provides new and innovative contexts for contemporary artists and practices.www.projeckt.org.uk

For further information please contact field@fieldbroadcast.org / Tel: 07719 976830

Microperformances at The Agency

Image: Ali MacGilp

MicroPerformance evening at agency at the Agency

Friday 30 April 6-9pm

The Agency, 66 Evelyn Street, London SE8 5DD info@theagencygallery.co.uk / 020 3239 7240

MicroPerformance presents the agency exhibition events programme in a single evening

a drawing workshop with Bram Thomas Arnold

a new performance; Tongue Tied with Lee Campbell

a recital, by Adam de la Cour with Neil Luck

a publication; Enchantee Monsieur Umbrella....; with The Ladies of The Press *

a film screening; After Party Party by Sophie Michael and Revati Mann

in conversation with Laura Mugridge and Katy Schutte

a gallery talk with norn

a seminar with Ashley Whitfield, presented by The Pigeon Wing

a reading from the archives by Laura Wilson in conversation with a bricklayer

and a special appearance from Adrian Lee who will deflect illicit intent through the production of an aura of angst.

The performances will be located throughout the gallery. Each performance lasts for 5 minutes, and is designed for an intimate audience of up to four people. Performances are repeated throughout the evening. The audience is invited to move around the gallery and experience all of the performances and talks during the course of the event. All performances have been devised specifically for agency at the Agency.

MicroPerformance is part of agency at the Agency, and takes place alongside Igor Grubic at The Agency, presented by norn, and 2009 Retrospective, presented by The Pigeon Wing. For further details see www.theagencygallery.co.uk

MicroPerformance is developed and curated by Rebecca Birch http://rebeccabirch.net/microperformance.html/

This event is part of Deptford Last Fridays, you are invited to join us for the after party at The Old Police Station.

Choreographed opening and closing of Curtains, SE1 website

From london-se1.co.uk

A choreographed performance by artist Laura Wilson of the opening and closing of curtains in the London College of Communication tower at Elephant & Castle was held on Tuesday night.

http://www.london-se1.co.uk/news/view/4308