I’m loving turning up to the site each week to find up what Graham’s getting been up to, from turning up to find him playing the pan found in the shed with bows, to recording the sounds whilst digging, there is always something interesting taking place. On the day of the St. Patrick’s Parade this [...]
Broken Records
We were unaware of the site’s connection with the music industry until Hannah Hull researched the history of the plot back to the 1950′s when the warehouse was built. Then whilst digging for foundations she came across broken shards of shellac. These were confirmed as pieces of broken 10″ records by current artist in residence [...]
Graham Dunning at The Rea Garden
We would like to welcome our fourth ‘artist in residence’ to The Rea Garden. Graham Dunning, will be joining us at the site on Friday 25th June 2010. Graham is a Manchester based artist whose work deals primarily with sound. For 3 months Graham will be with us each week creating new works in response [...]
One +One (The Reading)
The ‘Set’, originally uploaded by the rea garden. Saturday saw Brigid Mc Leer perform her piece One + One (The Reading) at The Rea Garden. During the day Brigid read all the proper nouns from ‘Ulysses’ by James Joyce. The piece turned the garden into a tranquil and hypnotic space for over 7 hours. Just [...]
Artist Talk @ Eastside Projects and Durational Performance @ The Rea Garden
We would like to invite you to the finale of Brigid Mc Leer’s residency at The Rea Garden on Saturday 19th June. Throughout the residency Brigid has been working towards the durational performance ‘One + One (The Reading)’. The piece will begin at 12noon on Saturday 19th, and will continue throughout the day. Visitors are [...]
Brigid Mc Leer – Resident Artist at The Rea Garden
We are pleased to announce that the third artist residency is under way here at The Rea Garden. Artist Brigid Mc Leer has been working down at the site since April in preparation for her ‘durational performance’ ‘One + One (The reading)’. Whilst resident Brigid will be laying a miniature railway track at the site [...]
Update on Claudia
Claudia’s residency here at The Rea Garden finished at the end of March 2010. In April Claudia and Veronika headed off to Berlin for a few months to live, whilst getting work ready for Claudia’s future exhibitions. Claudia has been selected as a finalist for the Broomhill Sculpture Prize. Whilst in Berlin Claudia has been [...]
