Filed under: ****GO*******, architecture, art, exhibition, ideas, performance, technology, temporary, urbanism
It’s back! Info from Artangel below..
Photo: Courtesy Corvi-Mora, London
SEIZURE, sculptor Roger Hiorns’s brilliant blue crystal cave within a low-rise modernist development re-opens this summer on a housing estate near the Elephant & Castle. Over the course of several weeks, Hiorns encouraged the total crystal takeover of a one bedroom council flat. Blue copper sulphate crystals have grown over every surface of the space – walls, ceilings, floor and bath – to create a strange and compelling new world. SEIZURE, Hiorns’ first major sculptural project in an urban site, has earned him a nomination for this year’s Turner Prize.
Thursday – Saturday 11am – 7pm
Sundays 11am – 5pm
Closed Monday – Wednesday
FREE ADMISSION
For further information see artangel.org.uk SEIZURE is commissioned by Artangel and the Jerwood Charitable Foundation
Filed under: ****GO*******, Barbican, architecture, exhibition, performance, temporary, urbanism
Went to the opening last night – well worth checking out!
Look out for Celine Condorelli & Alexandre Bettler’s contributions. More info from Barbican below.
Barbican Takes Radical Nature to Hackney
Part of Barbican Art Gallery’s current exhibition Radical Nature – Art and Architecture for a Changing Planet 1969–2009, the experimental architectural collective EXYZT has created The Dalston Mill, turning a disused railway line and waste ground in Dalston into a vibrant rural retreat for the people of the area and beyond.
The fully-functioning, 16 metre mill is accompanied by a 20 metre long wheat field, a restaging of environmental artist Agnes Denes’ original 1982 pioneering piece.
Come and participate in one of the events or workshops, from theatre performances and bread-making to pedal-powered music and tea-time talks with artists.
DALSTON MILL EVENTS
Events are free and open to all unless otherwise stated
Capacity is limited to 20– 30, on a first come basis
Thu 16–Sat 18 July / 7pm and 8pm
Arcola Academy present: Kontakt
A series of one to one performances between 12 young actors and 12 audience members, Kontakt presents a unique opportunity to have an encounter with someone you’ve never met before and will never meet again. Tickets £5 available from the Arcola Theatre box office on 020 7503 1646.
Sat 18 July / 3pm
The Dalston Slice – Bread Currency
Come along and bake local currency made of bread, which you can spend only in a small selection of local restaurants, cafes, cinemas and theatres in Dalston. Join artisan baker Dan Lepard and the Collaborator’s Guide collective for this unique local event.
Free
Sun 19–Fri 24 July / 3–8pm
Dalton Talking
A series of Urban Psychoanalysis sessions, using a Talking Mill, by the emergency urban psychoanalysis commando unit, UPIA. This investigation into the urban unconscious of Dalston will be the first step in an extensive analysis of the city of London.
Free
Sun 19 July / 3–4.30pm
Feral Trade Tea Service
A talk and tea afternoon with Kate Rich featuring delights such as hand-traded tea from Bangladesh and sweets from Montenegro, accompanied by a travel report tracking these products from their source.
Free
Sun 19 July / 5–10pm
Magnificent Revolution
Pedal-powered music performance by Barbora Patkova. Bring your own iPod to eco-share your favourite tunes.
Free
Mon 20 July / 7pm
Elioth + Encore Heureux
Presentation by the Paris-based engineers and architectural collective who devised Wind-it, a project in which vertical wind generators are used in place of large horizontal windmills. Wind-it presents two solutions: either grafting the generators on to the electrical network or setting up new electricity pylons integrated with a renewable production unit.
Free
Thu 23 July / 2–5pm
Gahu Dramatic Arts
Dalston-based artists, Gahu, in association with the Trinity Centre Summer School and Tenants of the nearby Rhodes Estate, will use the Dalston Mill to create delicious African dishes followed by performances of African dancing, drumming, acrobatics and fire eating.
Free
Fri 24 July / 9pm
Dalton Talking presentation
A lecture about London’s unconscious based on the results of recent sessions at The Dalston Mill by UPIA, the emergency urban psychoanalysis commando unit.
Free
Tue 28–Thu 30 July and Mon 3–Wed 5 August / 2–5pm
Hackney Young Carers workshop
A series of creative workshops and events with members of Hackney Young Carers investigating issues surrounding sustainability, the natural world and the Radical Nature exhibition at Barbican Art Gallery. The event is closed to the general public.
Sat 1 August / 3pm
Full Dinner Design
Participants in this workshop by Alexandre Bettler (www.aalex.info) will be able to design everything from the cutlery to the baking trays which will then be used at a dinner cooked and served that evening.
Free
Sun 2 August / 3–5pm
Cake Decorating workshop
Jagdish Patel from the shop ‘Party Party’ on Ridley Road will lead a cake decoration masterclass. Participants need to bring their own cake.
Free
Sun 2 August / 6.30pm
EXYZT in Conversation
Nicolas Henninger (EXYZT) and architect/artist Celine Condorelli will discuss ‘pirate architecture’ as the practice of occupying a site, and how the inhabitation of space is a response to existing conditions.
Free
Thu 6 August / 5pm
muf architecture/art
Value what’s there, nurture the possible, define what’s missing. What is the role of public space in Dalston’s cultural life? An evening of celebration and debate.
Free
The Dalston Mill
Entrance by the Peace Mural on Dalston Lane, between Ashwin Street and Hartwell Street, E8
Bus: 30, 38, 56, 67, 76, 149, 236, 242, 243, 277
Rail: Dalston Kingsland
See some of EXYZT’s visuals on Flickr here
If you cant make it to the Radical Nature exhibition before 19th October you can see some of the exhibition in the video below:
Check out Alex’s website if you missed the exhibition: www.aalex.info
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from the GRADUAL press release:
Royal College of Art Graduate exhibition for London Design Festival 2007
In collaboration with the Brompton Design Project Martino Gamper will
select work from the last three years by graduates from the Design Products department, offering an insight into the design process of the graduates.
Grad*u*al adj.
Proceeding or developing slowly by steps or degrees; a way of changing slowly…
The emphasis of the exhibition is to reveal the process through generating and experimenting rather than finishing and polishing work.
The exhibition space, 1st floor, 5 Cromwell Place, will be transformed into a temporary laboratory for gradual development of ideas and processes, where the viewer will have the advantage of engaging with the designer in the process.
The dancers moved like an undiscovered species of snappy mini-molluscs in John Pawson’s minimalist light hungry set. Amazing.
Pawson describes his work as “A design for the stage which uses the architectural motifs of inside and outside, entrance and exit, light and shadow, void and plenitude to create a spatially charged environment which is explored through the medium of the dancers’ bodies.” See more of his work at www.johnpawson.com
Director of The Royal Ballet: Monica Mason OBE
Music: The White Stripes arranged by Joby Talbot orchestrated by Christopher Austin
Choreography: Wayne McGregor
Costume: Moritz Junge
Lighting: Lucy Carter
Project Architect: Mark Treharne
Dancers: Federico Bonelli, Alina Cojocaru, Lauren Cuthbertson, Sarah Lamb, Steven McRae, Ludovic Ondiviela, Tamara Rojo, Eric Underwood, Edward Watson and Jonathan Watkins
