ART NEWS
Falling Together Exhibition At The Newbridge Project!!
Private view: 11th May 5:30pm
A huge variety of artwork from all backgrounds in all mediums. You are guaranteed to enjoy at least one piece plus FREE DRINKS!!
Audio-Visual Installation by Helen Shaddock with Drone Ensemble and Sarah Grundy
The Word, National Centre for the Written Word, South Shields
PREVIEW
4pm - 7pm - Thurs 10 May 2018
Featuring a live performance by Sarah Grundy that is not to be missed!
EXHIBITION
Sun 13 May - Thurs 21 June 2018
OPEN
Mon-Thurs: 4pm - 6:30pm
Sun: 1pm - 4pm
THEMSELVES HERE TOGETHER is the culmination of a project funded by the Arts Council England Grants for the Arts in which Shaddock has worked with other voice hearers, artists, researchers, academics and Mental Health organisations to investigate visual and auditory hallucinations.
In April 2017 Shaddock participated in a Spoken Word residency at the Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity in Canada. In July 2017 she hosted a performance event ‘A lot can happen in a day’ at TURF Projects, London. Recent exhibitions include REALITY CHECK, The NewBridge Project:Gateshead, in October 2017 and Bittersweet, Assembly House, Leeds in March 2018. Shaddock is a member of The Drone Ensemble, an experimental sound group that uses handmade acoustic instruments to emit vast, deep, sonorous drones.
http://theworduk.org/whats-on/themselves-here-together/
Helen Shaddock is an artist based in Newcastle whose practice incorporates, video, sound, writing, installation, sculpture and performance. Shaddock uses her personal experience of mental illness to inform the work she makes. She seeks to situate the audience in multi-layered psychological and physical situations.
NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY FINE ART DEGREE SHOW
Preview: 1st June 6-9pm
Newcastle University: Fine Art Department, Hatton Gallery & Boiler House, NE1 7RU
2nd – 16th June 2018
10am – 5pm (Monday – Sunday)
(Please note that work in the Hatton Gallery will NOT be on show on Sundays)
We are very pleased to invite you to the opening of the Newcastle University Fine Art BA Degree Show on Friday the 1st of June beginning at 6pm.
The Newcastle University Fine Art BA Degree Show brings together the work of over sixty artists at the culmination of a four-year study on the Fine Art BA course. The exhibition displays a diverse set of practices and media including painting, new media, film, video, sculpture, photography, print, sound, performance and installation.
Please join us for an exciting night showcasing the varied array of works by talented, emerging artists.
Drinks and refreshments will be available throughout the night.
A link to the Facebook event can be found here- https://www.facebook.com/events/163746224295348/
ÀhhÁÀhhÁ
Bex Massey
5 May - 25 May
Preview: Friday 4 May 6 - 9pm
Slugtown are pleased to present ÀhhÁÀhhÁ, a new solo exhibition from Bex Massey. Massey’s work sits between painting, sculpture and archive, examining the role of painting and the language of display in the face of popular culture. Through the amalgamation of sculptural form and simulacra she investigates notions of worth in terms of allegory, the phenomena of celebrity, the throwaway nature of British popular culture and the undercurrent of anxiety just below the surface of every day life.
Modern living finds us presently manoeuvring through a landscape where information passes at infinite speed. As spectators we feverishly chase experiences to ‘snap’ and post on the interweb or save in clouds. This acceleration in technological growth also means that VR glasses can be donned and we can traverse a 2D form like that of a painting. But how does it all feel? Massey argues that this automation negates human senses, and offersÀhhÁÀhhÁ as an example of what could happen if you were able to physically enter her nature morte and drink its offerings, listen to its wallpaper and sidestep the tablecloth.
Bex Massey (b. 1985). Recent exhibitions include: WO/, Vane, Newcastle upon Tyne;Untitled, Orbital, Singapore, SG, ÀhhÁ, arebyteLASER, London (solo); That Blitz Mentality, Wallspace, Los Angeles, USA; BACK/BOX, HUTT, Nottingham; Lexicon of artistic gesture, Sheffield Institute of Art, Sheffield. Bex is also the co-director of arts organisation SHELF.
TRYING | Vicky Hayward
Preview: Thursday 26th April 6-8pm
27.04.18 - 12.05.18
Sheffield based artist Vicky Hayward’s work draws on an interest in the constantly alternating state of the human condition through seemingly repetitive labour tasks. Combining abject, seductive and heavily tactile material qualities, her work moves between sculpture, painting, film and audio. From the monotony of everyday life to the transcendent sensual human experience, subject matter repeatedly changes and further reflects an interest in systematic processes as a means of both initiating a response and developing an understanding of a range of growing contemporary concerns.
TRYING utilises the records Hayward has made of her daily life over the last few months. An interest in expectations and realities around constructed ideas and presentations of the self drives her work to seek beauty in the banality of existence. They refer to the bullet journals kept over a period of mental health difficulties, where she tracked everything ranging from her mood, steps taken, hours slept and cigarettes smoked. Documenting this information offered the challenge of allowing the data accrued to be presented in an accessible and relatable way that speaks to the universal human experience - as proof of these attempts at existence.
Vicky Hayward (b. 1991) Selected recent exhibitions/projects include:Malevolent Eldritch Shrieking, Attercliffe TM, Sheffield (2018), Blowing A Gail, curated by Womanstanley, Old Town House, Warrington (2017); Treat Yo Self, curated by It’s All Tropical, Bloc Projects, Sheffield (2015); £1 Fish, curated by It’s All Tropical, S1 Artspace, Sheffield, (2014); The Confluence Project, CADS, Sheffield, (2013); PRISM 13, Hutton’s Building, Sheffield, (2012). Recipient of the SIA Gallery Award (2013). Co-founder of Tough Matter with fellow artist Ashley Holmes (2018). Hayworth completed her BA (Hons) Fine Art at Sheffield Hallam University in 2013.
A selection of work produced by students from Newcastle University Fine Art Department in response to a week spent in Berwick-upon-Tweed with Berwick Visual Arts Artists in Residence, Gâst.
Open Monday 16th to Sunday 22nd April: Monday to Saturday 10am - 4pm. During the show the students will be in the gallery to talk to visitors about their work and experience of Berwick.
The PRIVATE VIEW is on the last day of the show with all the artists present: Sunday 22nd from 12pm - 3pm. All welcome.
We all look forward to seeing you.
Exhibition Launch //
Fri 13 April, 6-9pm
Week One Events
Dougald Hine, The kind of hope worth having // Wed 11 Apr
Last Ditch Attempt in Central Newcastle and Gateshead // Sat 15 Apr
Exhibition Launch Invitation
The NewBridge Project : Gateshead
Friday 13 April, 6-9pm
Deep Adaptation
Lucien Anderson + David Lisser | Rhona Foster | Alex Lockwood | Chad McCail
Deep Adaptation is an ongoing programme of commissions, talks, screenings, workshops and events exploring how current social, political, civic and economic issues can be understood in relation to climate change.
Join us to celebrate the launch of the exhibition, which will be the first opportunity to see new commissions by Lucien Anderson and David Lisser, Rhona Foster, Alex Lockwood and Chad McCail in The NewBridge Project Gateshead, Friday 13 April, 6-9pm.
Lucien Anderson and David Lisser will be manning their mobile seed library, Last Ditch Attempt, and distributing a number of starter seed capsules, giving advice about seed preservation and seed-sharing networks. Part spectacle, part speculative solution, Last Ditch Attempt ask us to consider a different model for future resilience in the face of a concerning climatic outlook.
Rhona Foster presents two video works exploring themes of ethical consumption, moral hypocrisy and powerlessness in the face of vast and complex environmental challenges. (Just an Egg Sandwich) A Sanctimonious Man, features an office worker and self-proclaimed environmental activist, quick to condemn his friends and colleagues for their 'unethical' actions. After he gets caught hypocritically eating an egg sandwich he becomes, he is pushed to ask himself, how far is he really willing to go to 'do the right thing'.
Alex Lockwood's Shift and Signal is a series of podcasts, that attempt to imagine how we can adapt and respond to contemporary crises such as social inequality, climate change and species extinction. Listen to Episode #5, Resilient Heart in the exhibition, which considers the questions we need to ask ourselves in order to relinquish bad habits and build resilience in ourselves, in order to restore our connection with others and the planet.
Giants is somewhere between a child's toy and an architectural model, it presents a world in which the power of ordinary people is able to overturn monsters. Chad McCail has been working collaboratively with people from Newcastle and Gateshead to build a huge three-dimensional layout. The layout will be populated with figures, scaled according to their wealth. The rich and powerful are like giants, but the smaller figures are fighting back. Giants will return in the Autumn with drop in events and a month-long exhibition, some of the works already created will be exhibited as part of Deep Adaptation.
We will be inviting people to contribute to a collaborative response to ideas of deep adaptation, exploring questions of resilience, relinquishment, restoration and ‘response-ability’. These reflections and conversations will be gathered over the course of the exhibition, developing a collective agenda for action for Newcastle and Gateshead.
Week One Events
The kind of hope worth having, with Dougald Hine
Wednesday 11 April, 10.30am – 3.30pm
The Bridge Hotel, Castle Square, NE1 1RQ
FREE | Please book here
What does hope look like, in times like these? When the Arctic sea ice is melting and the libraries are closing down, when Trump is in the White House and Britain is stumbling towards the exit doors of the EU? Join Dougald Hine for a day workshop involving talk, music and group conversation. More
Last Ditch Attempt in Gateshead and Newcastle
Saturday 14 April, 12 – 5pm
Gateshead Town Centre and Northumberland Street, Newcastle
Lucien Anderson and David Lisser will be bringing their mobile seed library Last Ditch Attempt to Gateshead Town Centre, before cycling the self-built cargo trike over the Tyne Bridge to Northumberland Street, Newcastle. They will distribute starter seed capsules and give advice about seed preservation and seed-sharing networks. More
Deep Adaptation is an ongoing programme of commissions, talks, screenings, workshops and events exploring how current social, political, civic and economic issues can be understood in relation to climate change.
In thinking about climate futures, we have been engaging with the work of Jem Bendell who has begun to explore the need for Deep Adaptation.
The Deep Adaptation approach involves the following:
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Relinquishment - people and communities letting go of certain assets, behaviors and beliefs where retaining them could make matters worse
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Resilience - people and communities better coping with disruptions
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Restoration - rediscovering forgotten attitudes and approaches to life, such as increased community-level productivity and support
Like many people, we are not experts in these issues, but are embarking on a process of collective learning to deepen our understanding through conversation, action and creativity.
As a group of artists and activists based at The NewBridge Project, we are keen to move these ideas forward, and are asking questions about necessary changes that are required on an individual and local, as well as a national and global, level. We are aware that it isn’t only about what obligations we have, but also our capacities to act - in this programme, responsibility is rethought as “response-ability”.
Deep Adaptation is a collaborative project, commissioned by The NewBridge Project and developed in partnership with Lydia Catterall, Taryn Edmonds, Chris Erskine, Lauren Healey, Julia Heslop, Hannah Kirkham, Alex Lockwood, Hannah Marsden and Julie Tomlin.
A quick reminder about the Music and Creative Sector conference on Wednesday 18th April 2018, 2-5pm in the Research Beehive, Old Library Building Newcastle University (for venue location please see link to the campus map below).
https://workinginmusicconference.wordpress.com/
Speakers from Music and the Creative Sector
The Working in Music conference brings together key people with vast experience and amazing networks in music and the creative sector. Speakers include:
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Sam Partridge, Pons Aelius (Folk musician)
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Joe Reeve, I am Joe Reeve (Saxophonist and portfolio musician)
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Andrew Archer, Loft Studios, Loft Music (Music Sync licensing, Events, Promoter and Global Underground Record Label, production, publishing)
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Catherine Hearne, Helix Arts (Community Arts and Education)
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Alison Hornblower, Nordoff Robbins (Music Therapy and Education)
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Kitty Porteous, Arts Council Music Relationship Manager
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Stuart Belsham, PRS for Music and PRS Foundation
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Matty Aston, Supercat Music PR (specialist music PR and marketing)
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Ged Robinson, Generator (Creative Sector funding and support)
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Barry Dallman, Musicians' Union
Access to help and support
The speakers also have comprehensive knowledge of the main sources of help and support that you will be able to draw on and apply for.
Places are limited – don’t delay!
Whatever stage of study you are at, this conference will help you think about opportunities and potential creative career paths and how you might access them in the future.
Book your place: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/icmus-working-in-music-careers-conference-tickets-42715546349
The support of the Newcastle University Institute for Creative Arts Practice and ICMuS is gratefully acknowledged.
with best wishes
Jane
Jane Nolan MBE MA MBA SFHEA FRSA
Lecturer in Music Enterprise,
ICMuS
Armstrong Building
Newcastle University
Newcastle upon Tyne
NE1 7RU United Kingdom
Joshua Raz:
Hubris and a Whimper
13 April - 19 May
Wed - Sat, 11am-5pm
Preview: 12 April, 5-8pm
Abject 2 Gallery, 2nd Floor, Bamburgh House,
Market Street (East), Newcastle, NE1 6BH
Abject Gallery is pleased to present a new exhibition, Hubris and a Whimper by Joshua Raz.
In 2016 Joshua Raz was the winner of the prestigious London gallery HIX award judged by a panel including Webster and former S12 gallery director Fru Tholstrup, and will now exhibit a new body of work exclusively for Abject gallery, Newcastle. Raz’s work questions the authority of imagery and how well that imagery is able to articulate reality, with the fleeting-flood of imagery we see on a daily basis; Raz paintings highlight this gulf and identify how painting contains the knowledge that is produced by the hand.
Beneath veils of accessible narrative, beneath sleek interfaces and narrowed periphery, the complexities of true fact continue to bubble. Yet when substituted for a simplified version, fact becomes simulation, a malleable imposter lacking the integrity of the original. And so reality is experiencing a period of atrophy. In neglecting to question artificial narrative, artificial intelligence and one's own increasingly artificial existence, the significance of reality is withering.
Raz’s practice considers the dependability of the image, and by extension its ability to articulate reality. His paintings contemplate both the empirical and implicit qualities of an image, object or environment. This results in an oxymoronic surface, one that oscillates between cohesion and chaos.
Palm trees marry opposing ideals. The provenance of palms means that as an image they project of a quasi-utopian idyll in which one rests in the shadows of palms: the plant has become inextricably linked to the notion of paradise. Yet through decades of image appropriation, palms have become domesticated; their implicit values diluted. They have been reduced to an outline and now tread the boundary between the real and the artificial.
Each body of paintings is treated holistically; a painting’s individual concerns are subsumed by the overarching concerns of them as a conglomerate.
For more information please go to: https://breezecreatives.com/abject-gallery/joshua-raz
