Wednesday, 17 March 2010

Venue- The Old Deptford Police Station

The venue we chose is 'The Old Deptford Police Station' in Lewisham, near New Cross Station and Goldsmith College
The Old Police Station is part of a transforming programme. It's an artist-run project called 'do-it-your-self-art-centre' combining gallery spaces, independent project spaces, over 40 artist’s studios, a radio station and tea rooms together with social events areas.

We chose it mainly due to the low rate, compared with its nice space( £125 for all the rooms).
The venue is highly accessible: 5mins walk from New Cross Station, 10 minswalk from New Cross Gate, and connected by bus 53, 453, 36, 436, 171, 177.

Located near Goldsmiths College and Town Hall, and with artists stuios in same building, the venue is in the centre of art life in this area. The weekly special party, 'Dirty Cop Friday', held in the station will help further to attract a broad audience.
It also benefits of necessary services: heating, light, power, cafe, bar and toilets. The spacial and cozy cafe can be used to organize artists talk.

We believe that South London is the emerging new art area. Not saturated like East and West End, with art academies(Goldsmiths, Camberwell, etc.), there is great possibility in the South.

Interview Room - First room on the left after entrance






Corridor outside prisoner cells - Enter cafe and walk through it

















3 Cells. Video, installation and framed artwork can all be shown











Downstairs Gallery- Leave cafe from the door on the left, go downstairs and through a backyard.



outside the downstairs gallery


2 other spaces attached to the gallery
heating
&
place for information, in the gallery






















Cafe, can be really crowded

Backyard outside cafe.
A nice outdoors space, for larger installation and events like private view





Toilets. Big issue..

Monday, 15 March 2010

Venue!

So we've decided on the venue? The Old Police Station?

http://www.tempcontemp.co.uk/oldpolicestation3c.html

contact studios@tempcontemp.co.uk

location
114 Amersham Vale, London
SE 14 6LG
http://maps.google.com/maps?q=old+deptford+police+station&hl=zh-CN&cd=3&ei=2qyeS7m1Is2FjAf7rKDlBw&ie=UTF8&view=map&cid=7399842483441500457&iwloc=A&ved=0CBYQpQY&sa=X

Opening time
general open to public 8am-11pm
private evening 6-11pm
Tea room Tue-Sat 12-5pm


A storage space is attached to gallery

They hav 'Dirty Cop Friday', so it's another event to attract people~

booking rates & size & images http://www.tempcontemp.co.uk/28%20police%20station/Old%20Police%20Station-ratecard3.pdf

1 month hire/ 2 week/ weekend/ 1x evening or day
Gallery (Old Gym) £30(per day) / £45/ £100/ £200
Interview Room £20/ £35/ £60/ £200
Cells (not including cafe) £30/ £45/ £60/ £200
Interview Room + Cells £45/ £60/£100/ £200
Cafe/bar for day or evening events - price on application

Equipment available to rent: 1x Projector £20/day, 3x DVD players, 2x 21"tvs, 2x smallprojection screens, 1x large rear projection screen, DJ equipment (£80/night): 100 w speakers,8 channel mixer, 2x microphones and stands, 2x Denon cd decks, 2x Numark turntables+ mixer
The bar can be rented for Private Views for exhibitions.
The fee in full and a fully refundable deposit of £200 are required at the time of booking.
Catering is available for events.The Bar is available for private evening events, from 6-11pm and private day time events Sun & Mon.All events need to end at 11pm. General public opening hours: 8am-11pm.

For booking info please contact: studios@tempcontemp.co.ukFor up to date availability and calendar please visit: http://www.theoldpolicestation.org/ and click 'bookings'.

Sunday, 14 March 2010

marketing

Maybe we can design a logo as well? a really simple one
n say that we can make pins o print it on reusable bags
as another act 4 marketing?

Marketing
1. Flyers & Poster
location: station,
in n outside the venue,
college n school
2. Blog
Mailing list from the venue
E-flyer
3. Facebook group
Contact/ email address obtained from friends

4. ?Selling pins & bags on private view, and during exhibition

Zoe

Saturday, 13 March 2010

venue

Search for venues again

Lewisham is a bit remote and hard to access
-- no tube
but colleges near: goldsmith, lewisham college, camberwell

Cost
Area-- around 2-300 m2
Transport

http://www.theseer.info/1010.html?type=3
http://www.creativespaceagency.co.uk/spaces/


The old police station http://pecknam.com/blog/2009/02/27/the-old-police-station-launch-party/
Auto Italia http://www.autoitaliasoutheast.org/about.html
Jerwood Space http://www.jerwoodspace.co.uk/documents/GalleryFloorplan.pdf
ART@10GS http://www.facebook.com/pages/ART10GS-Free-Exhibition-Space-in-London-for-Emerging-Artists/56065231762?v=wall

plan for presentation

Artists Introduction
11, split between Angie & Zoe
5 for Angie, 6 for Zoe

Flyer & Poster design-- Emilio

Funding-- Pei

Marketing
flyers
blog& email, ask the venue about mailing list
facebook, flickr

Venue

Press Release-- group discussion

Blog and Email etc.

Contact Email: infoseeyouseeme@gmail.com (Password: curationsc)

Official Blog: http://seeyouseemelondon.blogspot.com/

Login to blog: infoseeyouseeme@gmail.com, password: curationsc

Facebook Group:

http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=409924374895&ref=mf

Flickr:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/seeyouseemelondon/

Login: infoseeyouseeme ; Password: curationsc

final title: See you, See me

We chose this title cuz it's more inclusive, can cover different aspects, rather than merely describe the artworks.

It can be a dialogue between you and the artists, the artwork; between you and your companion; between you and environment, even between you and other strangers come to the show.

It's so simple, easy to remember.
See you, See me is also the name of a famous old song. People are familiar with this phrase, so it can arouse sympathy and interest more easily and quickly.

Monday, 8 March 2010

Suggested Titles

See you, See me
Observe/ Observed
Reflected Sight
Mirror & Man

Saturday, 6 March 2010

Marketing

Word of month-People you know-tell everyone we know.

Flyers (hardcopies and e-flyers)

Partners' mailing list

Facebook

Saturday, 27 February 2010

Final list of Artitsts

Miru Kim

Peter doig

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Doig

Lynda Cornwell

http://www.lyndacornwell.co.uk/index.htm

contact http://www.lyndacornwell.blogspot.com/

Light and Reflection http://www.lyndacornwell.co.uk/portfolio-light-reflection.html

Kaledioscopic images http://www.lyndacornwell.co.uk/portfolio-kaledioscopic.html

Matthew Booth
http://www.matthewboothphotography.com/artfolio/artportfolio.htm

Jaume Plensa

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jaume_Plensa

Crown Fountain at Millenium Park"

Adam Sonlai and Fisher Bengt Sjolen

"Aleph" http://www.aether.hu/aleph/

Daniel Rozin

http://www.bitforms.com/daniel-rozin-gallery.html

http://www.bitforms.com/daniel-rozin.html#id=22&num=4

Banks Violette

"Mirror Wall"http://www.artadox.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/06/mirror-wall-by-banks-violet.jpg

Tim Noble and Sue Webster -

projected stuff

Real Life Is Rubbish (2002)
Mixed mediaVariable dimensions

http://ps1.org/images/exhibition/large/2003/TimNobleSueWebster/Real%20Life%20Is%20Rubbish.jpg

Michael Cross

"Bridge" walk on water http://www.spurgeonworld.com/blog/images/walkonwater.jpg

Sarah Doyle

http://art.sarah-doyle.com/#133525/Chisenhale-Live-Art-Residency

http://art.sarah-doyle.com/#31102/The-Nexus-Treatment

Sarah Doyle

http://art.sarah-doyle.com/#133525/Chisenhale-Live-Art-Residency
http://art.sarah-doyle.com/#31102/The-Nexus-Treatment

Partnerships

Funder:

Arts Council England

http://www.artscouncil.org.uk/

Heritage Lottery Fund

http://www.hlf.org.uk/Pages/Home.aspx

The London Stained Glass

http://www.londonstainedglass.co.uk/intro.html

Local Partner:

Will update once the venue is decided.


Media Sponsor:

Facebook (Will create a group page when more details will be available later)

http://www.facebook.com/

Reduced Venue Options

email them asking everything
Pay a visit to the following venue options
take photos& post photos



Area 10
http://www.area10.info/
contact http://www.area10.info/modules/magazine/article.php?articleid=5
location http://www.area10.info/modules/magazine/article.php?articleid=5
more images http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3270/2592712057_267188164f.jpg
http://www.jackbrown.me.uk/USERIMAGES/finishedeflyer.JPG
Proposal http://www.area10.info/modules/magazine/article.php?articleid=11


Lewisham Arthouse
http://www.lewishamarthouse.co.uk/
locationhttp://www.lewishamarthouse.co.uk/Arthouse/contact.html
http://www.lewishamarthouse.co.uk/Arthouse/img/medium_img/portraits/arthouse2.jpg
proposal http://www.lewishamarthouse.co.uk/Arthouse/submit_a_proposal.html


Old Truman Brewery
location http://www.trumanbrewery.com/cgi-bin/location.pl?
event spaces http://www.trumanbrewery.com/cgi-bin/events.pl?#eventspaces
contact http://www.trumanbrewery.com/cgi-bin/events.pl?#contact

Saturday, 6 February 2010

venue lists

Sasson Gallery http://www.remotegoat.co.uk/venue_view.php?uid=22013

Crimes Town
contact http://www.crimestown.co.uk/about.php
can apply for internship. provide marketing package

Horse Hospital
http://www.thehorsehospital.com/
seems to be more media and performance based
contact http://www.thehorsehospital.com/archives/000040.html

Lewisham Arthouse http://www.lewishamarthouse.co.uk/.
proposal& rental info http://www.lewishamarthouse.co.uk/Arthouse/submit_a_proposal.html

Truman Brewery http://www.trumanbrewery.com/cgi-bin/index.pl
http://www.trumanbrewery.com/cgi-bin/events.pl?#eventspaces

Redgate Gallery http://www.redgategallerylondon.co.uk/gallery hire http://www.redgategallerylondon.co.uk/gallery-hire/provide invigilation& private view, press mailing~

Truman& Redgate are not large enough, i guess..

zoe

What Kind of Venue We Need

What kind of venue we want for our virtual exhibitio??

Size, how large it is?
Outside space?
How does it suit our theme?
appropriate for our artists and art works choice?
... ...

pls make a list of requirments for venue in this post
just brainstorming, throw things on..

zoe

More Artists

Fransesca Woodman (self photographer)

Area 10

Area 10, peckham
http://www.area10.info/
Large
Space for various purpose, may have more choices
1. Performance Platform2, Music Platform 3. Makers/Workshop Platform 4. Exhibition Platform 5. New Media Platform 6. Outreach Platform (i.e. community, education) [7. Film platform]
appearance not attractive though..

their events http://www.area10.info/modules/magazine/artindex.php?category=17

contact http://www.area10.info/modules/magazine/article.php?articleid=5
facebook group http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=7067091229
facebook of Dimitri, the manager? http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=7067091229&v=info#!/profile.php?id=1538647955
subscribe for newsletter http://www.area10.info/lists/

zoe

More Artists

Angie's Research

Robin Stanaway - "Project/Reflect"
Janme Plensea - "Crown Fountain at Millenium Park"
Adam Sonlai and Fisher Bengt Sjolen - "Aleph"
Daniel Rozin - "Weave Mirror"
Banks Violette - "Mirror Wall"
Tim Noble and Sue Webster - Projected Trush (sth like that)
Eric Duyckaerts - "Palace of Mirrors"
Michael Cross - "Bridge" walk on water
Yayoi Kusama - "Fireflies on water", "Invisible life", "Infinity Mirror Room"

Friday, 5 February 2010

Clarissa Lewis


















This is an installation piece called Reflection, the current exhibition at off the map gallery. If you look closely you can see artist Clarissa Lewis & curator Antonia Lancaster reflected in the mirrors. It's a striking piece; you walk into the tiny gallery to find the walls painted black and a cluster of white tree branches taking up most of the space. It's about "thinking," and the branches reminded me of dendrites, or neural networks, but with the mirrors on the ground, also of the way trees have as many roots below ground as branches above; or maybe the tree and its reflection are the two halves of the brain...Go look, if you get a chance, and decide for yourself.


http://www.offthemapgallery.com/archives/clarissa_lewis.html#return




Simon Schubert






Thursday, 4 February 2010

Stephanie Letourneau- Reflections in Watercolor






My passion lies in creating and presenting a fresh view of the world we see and the world within. The picture within the picture fascinates me: the distortion within a reflection that creates a new world; an unexpected perspective; the choice of the part of a whole to present; the colors within a color. Exploring and amplifying these elements make the creation of my work an adventure. http://dragonzride.com/steffie/about.htm

Monday, 1 February 2010

Anish Kapoor


PS: Anish Kapoor's small pieces on 'reflection'.


Saturday, 30 January 2010

Zoe's artists search




Sculpture with reflective surface
<-- Balloon Flower













Matthew Booth

PhotographerHang black photos in his own studio, then record the reflection on themblack, then image emerges as viewers getting closer






Peter Doig
A painter works on reflection in water

Reflection - What does your soul look like
oil on canvas, 1996
Victoria Miro Gallery
a review of his retrospective show at Tate Britain

Artists

Miru Kim
Photographer who take pictures of herself
(see previous post http://mycuratingcoursework.blogspot.com/2010/01/asdfsd.html)



Las Meninas

VELASQUEZ

Not a current artists, but sometimes curators borrow art works from institutions. In the 'Turner& Masters' exhibition, they borrow and transport works from everywhere!

We're just curationg a show on papers..
so,
guess this can work?

Brainstorming: Exhibition Name

PS: Please feel free to update this post with any exhibition name you come out. :)

Thanks!

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Reflection

Observe/Observed

Eye to Eye

Mirror& Man

On the Other Side

Through

Refraction/Reflection

See you , See me

Is it you or is it me?

Artists

Michelangelo Pistoletto







Seated Man, 1962painted tissue paper on polished stainless steel mounted on canvas(in the picture: Michelangelo Pistoletto sitting in front of the work, Torino, 1962)









Yue Minjun


A Chinese artist who paint self-portrait. He paints himself as a man with a hysterical( even creepy?) laughing face in all of his works.

Theme& Title

Theme
Reflection
Observe/ Observed

The artist is shown in his/ her own work
The recorder/ observer is also the one being recorded/ observed
When you look into a reflective surface such as a mirror, your image is looking back at you. Thus, you are taking both roles at the same time: the subject and the object, being active and passive


Title
undecided yet.
Let's raise more options and try to find an attractive enough title this week!

Possible titles currently:
reflection
observe/ observed

Friday, 29 January 2010

Pei’s Presentation

Anish Kapoor

Anish Kapoor, sculptor, was born on 12 March 1954 in Mumbai, India. He has lived and worked in London since the early 1970s where he moved to study art, first at the Hornsey Colleage of Art and later at the Chelsea School of Art and Design.


Kapoor's pieces are frequently simple, curved forms, usually monochromatic and brightly coloured. Most often, the intention is to engage the viewer, producing awe through their size and simple beauty, evoking mystery through the works' dark cavities, tactility through their inviting surfaces, and fascination through their reflective facades.



Cloud Gate, 2004, Millennium Park, Chicago

When asked if engagement with people and places is the key to successful public art, Kapoor said,


I’m thinking about the mythical wonders of the world, the Hanging Gardens of Babylon and the Tower of Babel. It’s as if the collective will comes up with something that has resonance on an individual level and so becomes mythic. I can claim to take that as a model for a way of thinking. Art can do it, and I’m going to have a damn good go. I want to occupy the territory, but the territory is an idea and a way of thinking as much as a context that generates objects.’


Related Links:

http://www.anishkapoor.com/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anish_Kapoor

http://www.royalacademy.org.uk/exhibitions/anish-kapoor/about/


Zhang Xiaogang


Zhang Xiaogang (張曉剛 / 张晓刚), a contemporary Chinese symbolist and surrealist painter, was born in the city of Kunming in China's Yunnan province in 1958. He came of age during the 1960s and 70s political upheavals known as the Cultural Revolution, which exerted a certain influence on his painting.


He has made a Bloodline series of paintings, which are often monochromatic, stylized portraits of Chinese people, usually with large, dark-pupiled eyes, posed in a stiff manner deliberately reminiscent of family portraits from the 1950s and 60s.


A Big Family, 1995, Oil on canvas 179 x 229 cm

Referring to the Bloodline paintings, Zhang noted that old photographs "are a particular visual language" and says: "I am seeking to create an effect of 'false photographs' — to re-embellish already 'embellished' histories and lives." He said: "On the surface the faces in these portraits appear as calm as still water, but underneath there is great emotional turbulence. Within this state of conflict the propagation of obscure and ambiguous destinies is carried on from generation to generation."


Related Links:

http://www.saatchi-gallery.co.uk/artists/zhang_xiaogang.htm

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zhang_Xiaogang

Wednesday, 27 January 2010

Angie's Presentation - part 2


Miru Kim (1981, Korea)

She is an artist, photographer, illustrator, and arts events coordinator, who has explored, documented, and photographed various urban settings such as abandoned subway stations, tunnels, catacombs, factories, hospitals, and shipyards. Kim's "Naked City Spleen" is series of photographs that include images of herself nude in these settings.


About her project

The title of her multi-media project takes inspiration from the nickname of New York City (Naked City) and poetry of Baudelaire (Paris Spleen). There is a performance aspect to this project that blurs the conventional notions of photographer and model, since the artist does both, setting up the camera on tripod and self-timer after searching and infiltrating these man-made structures forgotten or ignored by most.


Kim's Sample Photographs










Useful Links

http://www/mirukim.com/







Angie's Presentation - part 1


Tom Friedman
(1965,USA)




He is an american conceptual sculptor known for his work employing everyday material, such as toothpicks or sugarcubes in intricate geometric arrangements. His first solo exhibits were held in 1991 at Feature in New York City, Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art in Winston-Salem, North Carolina and the Rezac Gallery in Chicago. He has since exhibited in Uk, Italy, Switzerland and Japan among other countries.


About his work
  • he uses everyday materials
  • visual intriguing artwork, as well as rich with underlying commentary
  • he transforms mundane materials into crafted work of art
  • his artwork has simple humour and beauty
  • obsessive with details


Friedman's Sample Artwork








Video

http://www.gagosian.com/exhibitions/britannia-street-2008-05-tom-friedman/#/videos/1/


Useful Links

http://www.designboom.com/portrait/friedman.html
http://www.gagosian.com/artists/tom-friedman/
http://www.bernardceysson.com/fiche_artiste.php?lieu=paris&art=art_1234121158#menu