STUDIO 75
I’m not going to write a lot about curating here… go and see the Studio 75 website, which has 2 blogs attached to it (one for photos) and all will be revealed. However, scroll down and you’ll see a few of my previous curated projects
hope to see you there some time!
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January 2011 – a new art space called STUDIO 75. It is a collaborative project with artist Nazir Tanbouli and Lasse Johanssen and Andrea Luka Zimmermann of Fugitive Images. STUDIO 75 will be a space for small exhibitions, screenings, dialogue and meetings between artists and other practitioners. With STUDIO 75 we hope to reinvigorate the idea of the artist-run space, and perhaps revive the old collective spirit that generated such a wealth of great art in the 60s and 70s. The STUDIO 75 website and first event will be launched in January!
Am I a curator? I’ve always been a great believer in DIY culture. Fanzines, DIY gigs, underground clubs and screenings – that’s how I spent my teenage and college years.
I got involved in curating because there were shows I wanted to see and nobody was putting them on. I’m interested in the idea of the “artist as critic” and the “artist as Curator.” The role of the intermediary between artist and audience, is different when taken on by the artist. Not necessarily better, or worse, but different.
Developing critical writing and curatorial abilities is an integral part of my total practice. Actually I’d prefer not t call it “curating” actually, but one has to talk in terms the institutions understand :-0
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useful link: http://www.curating.info/
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Articles and Reviews online:
Most recent:
My selection for Axis Artist of the Month: Stefanos Pavlakis
http://axisweb.org/atSelection.aspx?SELECTIONID=20748
other reviews:
Sarah Turner Perestroika, Rosalind Nashashibi, ICA 2009
Tales from the Electric Forest 2009
Cinetaxis 2009
Altermodern 2009
Expanded Cinema 2008
Turner Prize 2008
Private Nightmares: Paintings and Drawings by Nazir Tanbouli 2008
Interview with Nazir Tanbouli 2007
Vidifestival Valencia 2006
Lab Rats for Art 2002
Artist's Inititatives in Moscow 2002
Media and the Spectacular Society 1998
there's more on www.luna-nera.com
Book Reviews:
Victor Tupitsyn, The Museological Unconscious. Introduction by Susan Buck-Morss and Victor Tupitsyn 2009
Schematic: the machine that moves us
Canoe by Peter Flemming
Curated by Gillian McIver, Michelle Kasprzak & Heather Corcoran Exhibition video here
Produced in collaboration with: The Agnes Etherington Art Gallery | Sponsors: Canada Council for the Arts, DFAIT | Curated by Gillian McIver in partnership with Michelle Kasprzak & Heather Corcoran
Produced in collaboration with: The Agnes Etherington Art Gallery
Sponsors: Canada Council for the Arts, DFAIT
S P A C E | Curating.info | website
Schematic Catalogue (click here to pop up in a new window)
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Interview with Nazir Tanbouli on Axis Online
permission of Nazir Tanbouli
I was invited by Axis to interview Nazir about his work, you can read all about it here (and have a look at the whole site it’s very interesting). Check his website too.
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Schematic: Eric Raymond
April 25 – June 6, 2008
A solo show presenting the work of the Montreal-based media artist, featuring his most striking robotic and electronic installations. Curated by Heather Corcoran, Michelle Kasprzak and Gillian McIver.
Eric Raymond has been active in the field of electronic arts for over a decade, having exhibited widely in Canada and internationally, including the Absolut LA International Biennial Art Invitational (US) and Ars Electronica (Linz, Austria).
Linescape, 2002-2003, Steel, 2 computer monitors, stepper motors, microcontroller, computer 144″ x 36″ x 16″
Raymond’s solo show explores the dynamic between technology and our natural world, and represents the first part of Schematic: New Media Art from Canada, a group exhibition opening in London later this year.
The initiative behind Schematic is to create an opportunity to present Canadian media art to London audiences and to open up new opportunities for Canadian artists. Schematic looks at the idea of “the artist as engineer” where the artist is also an “inventor” engaging with technology. At the same time, the artists and their works present a “Canadian” vision and perspectives, addressing ideas such as the relationship of nature and culture, climate, landscape and national mythologies.
Canada House Gallery, Trafalgar Square, Cockspur Street
London SW1Y 5BJ. Monday – Friday 10 am – 6 pm.
Schematic: Eric Raymond is part of Québec 400 celebrations in London.
Supported by: THE CANADA COUNCIL FOR THE ARTS
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KRONSTADT CONNECTION
KRONSTADT CONNECTION catalogue
Curated by Gillian McIver. Lead artist Julian Ronnefeldt. Assistant curator Oleg Yanuskevsky. Host NCCA St Petersburg.
Kronstadt Connection was two site-responsive project undertaken in Kronstadt, Russia took place over summer 2003 and 2004. The projects were based on periods of residence on the island together with in depth research about the unique history of the place, and the peculiarities of its landscape.
The 2003 project, Cross Encounters, which took place during the 300 year anniversary of the nearby city of St Petersburg, was about the arrival, the immediate impression, exploring the differences and coming to terms with what we found. The 2004 project, Interconnection, which was timed to coincide with Kronstadt’s own 300 year anniversary, delved deeper, and focused on its role in the history of communication, as the site of the first ever working radio broadcast.
A film about Kronstadt, Cross Encounters, will be out in 2010.
Supported by the Canada Council for the Arts. Catalogue available (email me for info).
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the derelict sensation
a site-responsive art intervention in to one of London’s grandest and most interesting derelict spaces: the former Midland Grand Hotel at Kings X.
| The Midland Grand Hotel, St Pancras was opened in 1873 as the grandest hotel of the British Empire. For the next half century it served the travellers of the St Pancras and Kings Cross railways. In 1935 it closed its doors forever and since then mouldered away in a state of semi-dereliction. Since 2004 it has been in the process of restoration, to be once again one of London’s grandest hotels.’The Derelict Sensation’ presented a wide range of art forms, taking over this decaying magnificent space to create an urban art intervention into the fabric and history of the space.supported by ACE and Awards for All. Curated by Gillian McIver, with the “pangea organisation”. |
“Smog Nocturne” by Hilary Powell, photo Georgia Kuhn
untitled, by Valentina Floris
artists featured in the exhibition:
Sandrine Albert – installation
Valentina Floris – video installation
Ben Foot – kinetic video installation
Gillian McIver – video and slide installation
Julian Ronnefeldt- mixed media installation
Hilary Powell – installation
Natasha Mayran – performance
Joel Cahen – sound art
Thunderbolt – sound art
Lennie Lee – collage
Liane Lang – video installation
Sumer Erek – installation
Gruppe TRO – performance
Jenny Brockmann- video and installation
Derek Szteliga – painting
Michael Alstad – video
Kelty McKinnon – video/photography
Dirigible – mixed medi installation
Helen Frosi – performance
Lorena Guzmàn – sculpture
Takako Hasegawa – video installation
Zoe Hodgson – installation
Seema Rao – sculpture
Miranda Sharp – video installation
Betty Reiber – performance
Jam Tidy – installation
Hi! I have arrived at your website by a very circuituous route, but great to find you. I am finishing a Fine Art MA and am working with video, aiming to progress to PhD. My interest is observation, and investigating the fight between the quantitative and the qualitative. Are you on twitter? My website is http://www.dianabrighouse.com
hi yes am on twitter on @Studio75London both me and Nazir use it it’s the studio twitter, we use it a lot