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Before
The Silence: 6th May - 31st July
Liverpool Curator Tony Knox brings 3 artists, Anna McDade, Darren
Beatty and Carol Menzies, all from different disciplines to
the new show at the Incubation Gallery, situated at the new
£15 million pound Media Factory building Preston.
Anna McDade’s work explores the fusion of Eastern and
Western art styles, including Graffiti Art, Anime and the ‘Superflat’
movement (Murakame). ‘After The Silence’ is a series
of digital works exploring the birth of a new world after a
terrible cataclysm; They are a reflection of real events experienced
by the artist, but retold to express emotional perceptions in
a succession of visual metaphors. They are a celebration of
the realisation that from great tragedy can spring infinite
renewal and rebirth: it is merely a question of an individual’s
personal choice to recognise and embrace the positive as well
as the negative in every situation.
Darren Beatty’s art work revolves around the questioning
of images. Beatty’s interest is in the ambiguous nature
of perception and representation, along with “tensions”
between objective and subjective “picture making”.
His intention is not to be overtly political, regarding specific
issues such as the war in Iraq, but instead using imagery as
a signifier of events from a broader historical period and therefore
commenting more objectively.
Carol Menzies’ photographic images are a new abstracted
series of jellyfish. These Embryos of Light are convulsing,
dancing and floating structures within the unnatural environment
of an aquarium. Lit by a single neon strip the jellyfish movement
is restricted within this entombment. This organism is one of
the oldest forms of life on earth, displayed for the voyeuristic
pleasures of the public as they glare though the glass to another
world.
Preston
Nights of Opening : written by Tony Knox
Photography by Tony Knox |
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On the 24 January as the official opening of a state-of-the-art
£15 million university of centre Lancashire” Media
Factory” a glittering red carpet event, Part financed
by European Regional Development. The Media Factory will allow
North West university graduates, budding entrepreneurs and
small businesses to develop the skills they need to thrive
in the global media economy.” and gives access to industry-standard
performing arts and multimedia facilities offered via a dedicated
business incubation centre based on the top floor of the building.
The Northern light’s incubation space has been transformed
into a temporary gallery space; I was commissioned by the
management team to curator THREE TO GO which features Tony
Knox, Kevin Whittle, and John Robertson. “ this was
a great opportunity to network but I was two hours late and
the red carpet was being put away by the time I arrived, to
be greeted by jugglers for the Circus Skills Society I felt
like I wandered on to a festival site and this was reinforced
by the images of MothMan.”
Kevin Whittle a printmaker who was one of the artist selected
for the Legacy project at the Liverpool Royal University Hospital
last September, Whittle subject matter is inspired by nature.
John Robertson a Manchester based Photography who travel through
Europe showcases his journey on digital canvas http://www.no-borders.co.uk/index.htm.
http://www.uclanknowledgetransfer.co.uk
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