Graham Dunning, sound installation artist, will be talking about his practice at the ESP Salon, Eastside Projects, on Thursday 2nd September @ 6.30pm.
Graham who has been with us at The Rea Garden during the summer will be discussing his residency, his practice and sound in art.
For further information about Graham’s practice, and his plans for the talk and residency – http://grahamdunning.com/
Eastside Projects
86 Heath Mill Lane, Birmingham, B9 4AR, UK
The Rea Garden have been invited to hold an exhibition based on the project space at The Solihull Arts Complex. The exhibition will be part documentation part archive and visual history of the subtle and more pronounced changes of the space over the past 3 years. It is also a document of the creative process and the artwork, some of which has been re-situated in the gallery. The exhibition is a brief history of the site so far…….
Artists taking part in the exhibition -
Arlene Burnett, Paul Newman, Leon Trimble, Jamie Fowkes, Helen Grundy, Anne Guest, Project Pigeon, The Family, Hannah Hull, Claudia Borgna, Brigid Mc Leer and current artist in residence at The Rea Garden Graham Dunning.
‘A Site of No Special Interest: A brief history so far of The Rea Garden artist project space’
Private View: Thursday 9th September 6.00 – 7.30 pm
Open: Thursday 9th September – Saturday 9th October 2010
Solihull Arts Complex G1 Exhibition Space
Homer Road, Solihull. B91 3RG.
0121 704 8349. artsideas@solihull.gov.uk
photograph by Graham Dunning
Just a quick reminder that Graham Dunning and The Lombard Method will be hosting the collaborative workshop and networking event for artists working in sound and improvising experimental musicians this Friday and Saturday.
Friday 20th August: Collecting sounds and exploring The Rea Garden.
Saturday 21st August: Workshop and networking event at The Lombard Method.
Full details can be found on Graham’s blog http://grahamdunningreagarden.wordpress.com/
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 after 7pm Brigid completed her performance and with that came the end of her residency.
It is sad to see each artist leave as they make a huge impact on the project, ourselves, and the site itself.
work in progress
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 welcome to come along at any point of the performance – we expect it may continue until around 6pm although this is an estimate.
We would also like to invite you to join us at Eastside Projects, who are kindly hosting Brigid’s artist talk. Brigid will be discussing her work there on Thursday 17th June 2010 @ 6.30pm.
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 which will be used a camera track. ‘One + One (The reading )’ is inspired by numerous sources, one being Jean Luc Godard’s film ‘Le Mepris’ – a film about the making of a film of Homer’s Odyssey. In the opening sequence of ‘Le Mepris’ we see a woman reading, Mc Leers piece will reference this shot, however during the durational performance Brigid will be reading text from James Joyce’s Ulysses. Ulysses based on the Odyssey, gives an account of a day in the life of Leopold Bloom in Dublin, June 16th 1904. Mc Leer’s states that Ulysses ‘is also being read to speak to the surrounding context of Digbeth’s immigrant Irish community’. The reading which is open to the public on Saturday 19th June from 12 will be filmed using the tracking system.
Brigid has been writing about her work and plans for the residency, for more information click here
claudias night 3, originally uploaded by the rea garden.
Claudias night 2, originally uploaded by the rea garden.
Claudia’s night, originally uploaded by the rea garden.
It is coming towards the end of Claudia Borgna’s residency here at The Rea Garden. Claudia has been with us throughout this rather cold winter creating temporary pieces of work from her ‘very travelled’ recycled plastic bags. Claudia’s final installation at the site will go on show on Thursday 11th March and will be at the site for a further two weeks. Hopefully anyone who didn’t get an opportunity to pop down and see the work earlier in the residency will be able to make it along before Claudia and her bags head off to The Kew Gardens and then on to Canada.
Join us for the open evening on Thurday 11th March 6 – 9pm
The site will be open daily 11am – 4pm until 28th March 2010.
All welcome.
