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On Saturdays, January 9th, 16th, 23rd and 30th 2010, 1:00 pm at Basement Project Space: The debut performances by the Jitney Trio!
Admission is free.
Marian Murray (violin)
Neil O’Loghlen (double bass)
Han-earl Park (guitar)
The Jitney Trio is a small-scale, real-time, improvised music ‘chamber’ ensemble.
Basement Project Space
is delighted to present
‘A Body With A Voice’
by
Cian McConn
Cian Mc Conn (an Irish Artist currently living in New York) will present a selection of his work for an exhibition titled: ‘A Body With A Voice’ at Basement Project Space.
BPS members have decided to interact with the artwork for one night only and then display the results for 4 days.
Opening night Interaction: Tue 15th at 5pm – 7pm
p.s: (Bring your own drinks)
And open thereafter from 16th – 19th from 11am – 6pm
Address: Camden Place, Camden Quay, Cork city.
E-mail: basementprojectspace@gmail.com
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
Artist Statement:
“Is seeing believing? I wonder…through a series of ongoing events (life) I (and indeed others around me) have been involved in over recent times, I am forced to ask if seeing is really believing? As we slide through changes, as if down a slide with no hands (not that much control really) we are encouraged to use reason and open our eyes to see what is in front of us. I feel like taking a chance on chance, letting go of taking control and seeing what happens – letting things happen. This is a challenge – rejecting the idea of complete control over art / life. This work has to do with fear and trying to accept things I can’t control”
- Cian Mc Conn 09′
Biography:
Cian Mc Conn born Galway 1980 makes art using photography, performance, collage and video. He works with others wherever he is based. Completed his BFA at CCAD in 2005 and hopes to enter an MFA program in 2010. Currently lives and works in New York. Vacation From Mine collaborative photographs with Kristen Jensen will be part of Haute Romantics curated by Karen Archey at Verge Gallery, Sacramento, California Jan 7 – Feb 20
Artists Blog: http://www.cianmcconn.wordpress.com
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Banned from Mezz Breda. Coming from the gutters of Eindhoven rises a new feministic metal monster. Loaded with some beats, noise and all kinds of greasy fluids they attack the audience and themselves. Vla-wrestling, while singing and shouting the most poetic dutch flavoured lyrics about blood from your wiener, smelly-shitfart and ejaculation. come sing together with Klara Klapperkut, SLUT, Candy Cameltoe, Gothchick666_suus and Hermien Kutschurft.
The OKC (Ongemotiveerd Kunstenaars Collectief ) is a group of young Dutch artists with a refreshing view of the world. Through
performances combined with music and video art they want to show their view on topics such as sexuality, intimacy, and perversity feminism to our audience. And this always in a humorous and unstrained way.
While graduating Nina de Wit and Liselotte de Groot developed the idea to form a collective. During their study on the St.Joost in Breda they didn’t like the competitive atmosphere among the students. They liked the idea of artists working together. Like the punks and rebels they wanted to kick against the established order. They formed a collective that seemd unmotivated, but instead motivated them to undertake more. They named it, ‘Het Ongemotiveerd Kunstenaars Collectief’. (The Unmotivated Artists Collective)
‘The unmotivated artists collective’ provided room for experimentation during their study. Because the atmosphere is totally free we can think of the most craziest things and then execute them. We are all specialized in completely different fields ( fine arts, photography, graphics and music). The collective allows us to work in other fields, and the group allows us to work together.
The OKC stands for any experimentation at any conceivable field whatsoever. We combine performance-art, music, fine arts, video-art and entertainment. Especially the contribution of music made the art accessible to the public.
it’s an experimental mix of music and performance art.
They are currently touring Ireland and are in Cork city for one night only.
Basement Reading Group is about building up an awareness of ways of perceiving the world, so that our perception becomes more fluid and we can begin to think differently. To do this, a thinker will be selected each week and a chosen text will be read by the participants. At the meetings, the group will try to help each other find their way through the text, initially sticking purely to what is written and then opening up to discussion and debate. Ideas and issues which arise from reading one text will lead the group to choosing the next text by the same or different authors.
New comers to the Reading Group are always welcome.
The text discussed at the first meeting will be Ambiguity and Freedom, the first part of Simone De Beauvoir’s The Ethics of Ambiguity which is available via this link:
http://www.webster.edu/~corbetre/philosophy/existentialism/debeauvoir/ambiguity.html
The first meeting of the Reading Group will take place in Basement Project Space on Wednesday the 25th of November at 5pm.
All are Welcome.
photos taken by Patrick Hough (thanks for that)
Thanks to all who attended the opening it was a great night, very exciting and encouraging!
you still have a chance to see the exhibition which is running from 11am – 3pm daily until the 22nd of November
The Exhibition was opened by Alison Hough
her speech was as follows:
I would like to welcome everyone to the inaugural show of the Basement Project Space, and thank you for coming. I feel lucky to be here to witness this event, as I see it as not just an art exhibition but a symbol of change.
For a long time now, Ireland has exported its talented, educated young people, and we have all been, in a cultural sense, the poorer for it. When I look around here today I see not just the artistic work, but also the fulfillment of a vision. I have witnessed the seeds of an idea take root in a neglected and abandoned space in Cork, and have seen this vision become a reality, through the hard work and passion of six people, Lorraine and Rachael McDonnell, Stephanie Hough, Claire Murphy, Paul Maguire, and Colm Madden. The work undertaken here is an example of how artistic development benefits the community. An abandoned space has been reinvented, opportunities created and connections made. The title of show, “Relocating Discovery”, is particularly appropriate in that it expresses what has happened here. Instead of leaving the country to find a place with more opportunities, these artists have created their own. In this way they have relocated the journey of discovery of their own art practice, rediscovering the potential of gathering together and creating not just work but optimism in the face of difficult times.
I would like to congratulate Monique Besten, from Amsterdam, and Alan James Burns for being selected for the Artists Residency here, and for the great work they have produced for this show. It is another great achievement of the Basement Project Space, to bring together such talented artists.
I would like to wish all involved the best of success with this venture, and I will now hand over to Monique Besten to say a few words about her experience here in Cork.
Opening the 15th Nov @ 5pm - 7pm and running thereafter until the 22nd Nov,
open daily from 11am - 3pm
Monique Besten
Monique Besten’s work traverses installation, video and performance. Besten holds a B.A. in Fine Art, M.A. in History and currently lives and works in Amsterdam. Recent activity includes: Art project & Group exhibition New Riddles & Constellations I, II, III & IV, Amsterdam & Kolderveen (NL), 2004 – ongoing. Solo exhibition Now Here, At Home Gallery, Šamorín (SK) 2007. www.moniquebesten.nl.
We are very excited to be hosting and facilitating these two artists to develop a new body of work in response to the Art Trail 2009 theme ‘Rediscovering Locality’
The Residency begins on the 23rd October until the 12th of November and they will be exhibiting their work at the Basement Project Space as part of the Art Trail 2009 festival which is running from the 13th of November until the 22nd of November. And the official opening of this exhibition will be held on Sunday the 15th November @ 5pm – 7pm
Finally fun
The Last Supper
THE APPLICATIONS ARE NOW CLOSED FOR THE RESIDENCY AT BASEMENT PROJECT SPACE.
Basement Project Space, is calling for proposals from artists to participate in a 3 week residency beginning on the 23rd of October and culminating in an exhibition on the 13th of November as part of the ArtTrail festival.
Applicants are asked to respond to this years ArtTrail theme- Rediscovering Locality by proposing work which engages with the space of the residency and the question of its locality.
Two successful applicants will be given the Basement Project exhibition space to develop and stage their work. Accommodation will be provided in Cork city and a small amount of money is also available for travel costs. The exhibition will also be included in the ArtTrail catalogue.
Applicants should send proposals which indicate a starting point or process which will determine their work, or detail unrealized projects which may be enacted as part of the residency. Collaboration between the two successful artists will be encouraged and joint proposals are also acceptable.
To apply, send images of previous work, CV, artist’s statement and a proposal for use of the space to basementprojectspace@gmail.com
Deadline for submissions: 16th of October.
Basement Project Space is an artist led co-operative, based in Cork city, Ireland.
e-mail: basementprojectspace@gmail.com
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