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Two days of Actives kicked off
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/project.php?id=58Friday
25th Two events 1st Paradise: Work by Kutlug Ataman at the
Harris Art Gallery Preston.
This is well worth a look, not only has it got a room, Stefan’s
Room (2004) is a playful five screen installation about
Stefan Naumann’s obsession with over 30,000 tropical
moths which he has collected in his tiny apartment, I’m
sure MothMan would like that room but been no sighting of
him since early November.
Ataman was short-listed for the Turner Prize in 2004, his
work was fluent and the presentation was slick, Turkish
Delight (2006) is Ataman’s first performance piece
and a semi-fictitious self-portrait. Was Ataman is traditional
belly dancing attire a single screen projection in a darken
room it appears as thought he’s dancing for you. Ataman
elaborated that he was a bit heavier when he did that video
piece, a good way to keep in shape, this engaging show is
on till 26th April 2008.
http://www.harrismuseum.org.uk
Then swiftly on to the Nguzo Saba Centre for Plaited Fog
“pFarty “ this One Night Only exhibition /Happening.
Plaited fog are a group of practicing artists who work in
a variety of disciplines, and who are all based in Preston
or studied there. There was about 15 Artist’s a large
selection where MA graduates of Uclan fine art programme
I was invited to come up with a new piece in collaboration
with Geeta Rao “Numeric Hopscotch” this was
an inactive installation where member of the public played
hopscotch on floor to the music of the band.
Angela Presnail has an interest in how the found image evolves
when translated into a reductive line drawing regard her
choice of materials, Her Cardboard box with line felt tip
drawing inspired by photographer Nick Waplington living
room book.
Rebecca Chesney small detailed bee’s drawing where
illustrated her strong technical abilities, artist James
Robert Diable gave poetry rendition other artists Elaine
Speight, Colin Binns etc for more info go to website
http://www.plaitedfog.org.uk/
