Shelve: George Cullen, Book Art Exhbition

In a collaborative project with LXV Books in Bethnal Green, Amber Ablett will be curating an exhibition of book art works on a shelf of the bookshop, to introduce new audiences to art works using the book format. Part two of the project will be exhibiting work by Luke Drozd, an artist and designer based in London. The exhibition will run until the 2nd February 2012. LXV Books 65 Roman Road Bethnal Green London E2 0QN George Cullen Private view 02.02.12 02.02.12 to 08.03.12 George Cullen is a book artist and designer. His work explores the use of space and language especially concerned with the reader’s relationship to the book and reading. How the surface of the book relates to the act of reading and the position of the reader. He takes part regularly in art book fairs around the UK and has exhibited in and outside London. His work can be seen in collections including the Tate Library, London and UWE Centre for Artist Books.

WORDS WORDS WORDS at SELFRIDGES

If you are in the area do visit Selfridges to explore their in store campaign based on the written word. Selfridges have created a library on the lower ground floor to host talks, discussions, events and workshops. [DoR] are particularly looking forward to the talks from It's Nice That.

Words Words Words will run until the 1st March, follow the link for the programme of events -

http://style.selfridges.com/whats-on/words-words-words-takes-over-selfridges

THE WORKERS KITCHEN AT pyramidd.biz

Workers Kitchen is an ongoing series of evening events based on changing themes. These events will be composed of informal talks and lectures, screening and showings, eatings and drinking.

A Duck, A Rabbit and A Rabbit and A Duck

February 10th 2012

pyramidd.biz, Bethnal Green

The philosopher Thomas Kuhn used the duck/rabbit optical illusion to illustrate Paradigm Shift; a phrase that he coined. He used it to demonstrate when how a shift in scientific understanding occurs - a Paradigm Shift - you are made able to see and understand a thing, a phenomenon, a set of data, differently despite the fact that you are still looking at exactly the same thing as before.

An evening of music, sounds and noise performances, alongside a small installation of sculptural works and videos.

http://www.timothydixon.co.uk/duckrabbit.html

Thomas Altheimer

Start here:

Then here:

http://www.parallelaction.com/IdentityThief_UK.mov

Then here:

https://twitter.com/#!/thomasaltheimer

Then here:

https://twitter.com/#!/thomasvanbrunt

LAURA BUCKLEY AT Cell Project Space

Private View Thursday 19th January 2012, 6-9pm

20th January-26th February open Friday-Sunday 12-6pm

Elizabeth Neilson is Director of Zabludowicz Collection, London and will be in conversation with the artist for CYcLE CLUB, Thursday 9th February 2012

http://www.cellprojects.org/content/laura-buckley-0

SHELVE: PART 3: GEORGE CULLEN

Join Amber Ablett and LXV Books for the private view of the next part of the Shelve Collaborative Book Project, showing work by George Cullen.

2nd February 2012

5.30-7.30pm

LXV Books, Roman Road, E2 OQN

More information here:

http://www.amberablett.com/#2179516/2011-Curation-004

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VISUAL PARADIGMS: UPDATE

Stephany Pollard
YOU CAN STILL GET INVOLVED IN THIS ONLINE, OPEN SOURCE PROJECT EXPLORING ART WRITING AND THE TRANSLATION OF ART FROM VISUAL TO TEXT:

http://cargocollective.com/visualparadigms

DOCUMENTING PERFORMANCE: ALEX BAGGALEY

Following on from Performativity, where we explored the documentation of performance, its validity, worth, sucess and autonomy- here is the artist Alex Baggaley talking to Ben Tomlinson about how he approaches this in his work, where his performances move into drawings and paintings.

Ben Tomlinson in conversation with Alex Baggaley

This body of work began as a performance of sorts, how has this

been diluted to contain itself in a sheet of paper with pencil mark-

ings? Do you think the drawings will give the viewer access to your

performance, or does that not matter?

Choosing to do drawings is in some way an admittance that these

experiences can only be felt in the act and not communicated. The

drawings are in no way a consummation of the trips. Mostly they

are an illustration of the lack any representation is capable of

sharing something fully. They can only represent a glimpse.

The choice of using an illustrative style is also to remove them

from any tactile experience - they are strictly visual - although

they do manifest a physical terrain in terms of a scale i.e. each

mark is only the size of a pencil or brush tip and these expand and

conglomerate into a mass describing some feature in a landscape -

accumulating into a density, but that’s just what drawing is.

READ THE REST HERE

SFS BLOG

Always something to look at:

http://sfsblog.co.uk/

We had a conversation last night about whether it's ok to take other peoples photos off Facebook.

KILIMANJARO- GREAT BLOG & MAG

Photos, videos, inspiration:

Joël Tettamanti

THIS IS ACTUALLY GREENLAND BUT FYI THERE ARE £59 RETURN FLIGHT TO ICELAND:

YES!!

ALMA ENTERPRISE AT THE LONDON ART FAIR

Showing work by:

Thomas Altheimer, Alex Baggaley, Roisin Byrne, Katie Cuddon, Richard Grayson, Neil Hedger, Suzanne Treister

Suzanne Treister

Suzanne Treister

Katie Cuddon

Katie Cuddon

Alex Baggaley

Open 18-22nd January 2012,

http://www.londonartfair.co.uk/page.cfm/Action=Exhib/ExhibID=649/loadSearch=31561_1751