Returning to Jamais Vu a call for participants for research project by Elaine O’Sullivan

Elaine O’Sullivan is calling for participants to engage in her research project: Returning to Jamis Vu please find details on the image below. feel free to forward this info on to anyone who may be interested in participating.

Doctoral project: Returning to Jamais Vu: towards an embodied theory and practice of the ‘Uncanny’ in the work of Anne Seagrave
Keywords: Anne Seagrave, the ‘Uncanny’, psychoanalytic and deconstructive discourse
Research details: My research explores the ways in which the returns of the uncanny can be consciously and critically activated across aesthetic, social and sexual-political frames. Drawing on psychoanalytic and deconstructive discourse, I propose that Anne Seagrave’s performance practice partakes of the ‘Uncanny’ despite the resistance of this spectral concept to modes of embodiment that dominate live art. My research methodology pairs critical and creative writing with a practical strategy of performance re-enactment.
Supervisor(s): Dr Paul Clarke and Dr Ika Willis

We would like to take this opportunity to welcome Elaine on Board, Elaine O’Sullivan is BPS’s latest studio-member, and as part of her membership she will be utilising the space to conduct part of her research project.

BPS Members conceive of and entertain the notion of a temporary collective model

As means to break down institutionalized stigmas, several BPS members decided to create a Temporary Collective under the TRUNCATED ADJUNCT COLLECTIVE which facilitates this idea of more fluid interaction between fellow artists who would like to develop projects and ideas collectively and most importantly temporarily.

CRAP Collective was formed to address the direct impulse of collectivity and the negotiation of individual creative desires. CRAP Launched during ArtTrail and aspects of the work can be viewed in the Art Work Embassy in the Elysian Building on Eglinton Street.

 

for more visit: www.crapcollective.wordpress.com

 

 

Basement Project Space participate in Mad Props @ Mexico Project Space, Leeds, UK (29/09/11 – 02/10/11)

 

Our opening project invites the spaces and groups whose program or practice we admire and ethos we relate to, to contribute elements of their spaces to our own. Operating within a condensed time period of eight months, this initial project seeks to examine, and experiment with, established models in the hope to contextualise our activity.

 

Recognising the need to share with and learn from our contemporaries as well as the inevitable assimilation, appropriation and replication that occurs during this process. Mad Props seeks to make more visible the support structures and interdependency that creative practice relies upon.

 

Mexico Would like to thank the following contributors.

 

AC Institute (US)
Basement (IR)
C.A.C. (SLV)
Eastside Projects (UK)
Hinterconti (DE)
Kulter (NL)
Preteen (MX)
Rex (SRB)
Tether (UK)
Transponder (DE)
WE artspace (US)
Wharf Chambers (UK)

Searching for Nick Drake, curated by Andrea Fitzpatrick opens 22nd Sept at 6pm

Press Release:

Searching for Nick Drake, curated by Andrea Fitzpatrick in association with the Estate of Nick Drake http://www.brytermusic.com/

A Radience Enemy & Loner Deluxe , Ruth Beale, Gavin Bush, Cubs, Tom Flanagan and Megs Morley, Andrea Fitzpatrick, Francis Heery, Johanna Lecklin, Vicky Langan, Danny McCarthy, Jonas Mekas, Benn Northover, Tim Pope, Phantom Dog Beneath the Moon, Gavin Prior, Raising Holy Sparks, and Yawning Chasm

Basement Project Space, Camden Quay, Cork
22nd -28th September 2011
Open daily 1 – 5pm.
Opening event Thursday 22nd September 6 – 8pm.
Performances by A Radience Enemy & Loner Deluxe, Francis Heery, Phantom Dog Beneath the Moon and Gavin Prior.
Following a period of deep depression, the musician Nick Drake died on the 25th of November, 1974 of a prescription drug overdose. Nick had failed to found the recognition he had so desperately sought during his lifetime.  No moving image documentation of the adult Nick Drake exists.  Nineteen practitioners have attempted to find Nick Drake in a series of works.  The resulting works demonstrate fictional versions of Nick – all of which have been sustained by the ever increasing audience for his work.  Nick emerges as an enigmatic figure layered by tales and experiences of others who try to draw him into their lives.  As his father, Rodney, said of Nick,
“And I remember in one of his reports towards the end of the time at his first school, the headmaster gave him a very good report, but said at the end that none of us seemed to know him very well. And I think that was it. All the way through with Nick. People didn’t know him very much.”
This retracing of Nick is explored through video, film, drawing, fanzine and sound.  Sound works by A Radience Enemy & Loner Deluxe , Cubs, Francis Heery, Vicky Langan, Danny McCarthy, Phantom Dog Beneath the Moon, Gavin Prior, Raising Holy Sparks, and Yawning Chasm are broadcast in the gallery space so bring a radio or use one provided.
For more information, please see www.soundinthetree.com
Contact andreablue75@yahoo.com

Manic Mesh – Opening reception August 4th @ 6pm

Lorraine McDonnell presents Manic Mesh – a solo exhibition of new paintings and drawings at Basement Project Space, Cork. The selected works are inspired by the use of pareidolia as a creative mechanism for image interpretation. Pareidolia can be defined as “..the act by which the brain incorrectly interprets patterns of light, shadows or textures as being familiar patterns such as faces or human forms…”.

Manic Mesh chronicles McDonnell’s most recent body of work which utilises a selection of web-based images, of motor engines and mechanical devices, as the stimuli for this creative mechanism. The process originates with McDonnell’s habitual act of drawing which informs the fundamental structure throughout the entire creative practice. With the use of a graphics tablet and image editing software the drawings become digitised and manipulated along with the web images to inform the final composition.

The overall process of the painting from its original inception to its conclusion, and deconstruction to reconstruction becomes an integral part of the extended meanings within the work itself. From sketch to found materials the sources are distilled and meanings extrapolated through compostions and colour arrangements. Manic Mesh is the resulting experimentation of these combined processes.

Biography:

Lorraine McDonnell graduated from the Crawford College of Art & Design in 2005 with a B.A hons Degree in fine art. In 2009 she co-founded Basement Project Space and is currently on the board of members as Chairperson. McDonnell mainly uses the medium of painting and drawing, taking inspiration from graffiti, street art and contemporary illustration. More recently she has been experimenting with animation and digital painting.

Raw-Nerved group exhibition opens wednsday 20th July 6pm

Raw-Nerved

Venue: Basement Project Space, Camden Quay, Cork

Dates: 21st July – 30th July

Opening 20th July at 6pm

This exhibition is the result of the rapport which exists between 3 artists:
Maureen Considine, Kathryn Kelly and Annette Persson. These artists have an
affinity for working intuitively and have shared with one another their diverse
experiences of pain: physical, emotional and social. These varied and
interlinked themes form the basis of the content of the show and the works
include: drawings, paintings, photography, video and installation. Finally, each
artist has expressed a desire to respond directly to the space (Basement
Project Space) in the installation of works in a co-operative and innovative
manner.

Artist Biographies

Maureen Considine graduated from the Crawford College of Art in 2006 and she was one of 4 students who received the Art Trail selected artist award. In 2008 Maureen received an M.A. in Modern and Contemporary Art from University College Cork. Her works have been selected for numerous exhibitions nationally and she works in a variety of media including: installation, video, performance and photography. Maureen is currently secretary and a board member of Basement Project Space.

Kathryn Kelly is a Cork based mixed media artist. She graduated from Limerick college of Art in 2009 and has exhibited throughout Ireland. Her solo-exhibition, ‘Emphatic drop’ showed in Cork this summer and most recently she co-curated the exhibition ‘Queer as Political’ with Cork Feminista collective as part of Cork pride 2011.

Annette Persson is a Swedish born interdisciplinary artist who graduated from Crawford College of Art in 2008. She has exhibited widely throughout Ireland and Sweden. In 2010 she co-curated experimental media exhibition Projected in Cork City. Annette currently divides her time between Sweden and Cork.

Happy 2 Year Anniversary Basement Project Space!

Socio-Fi

Basement Project Space
presents
Socio-Fi
Opens 4th July 2011 at 6pm
Continues 5th – 7th July 12 – 5pm daily
A diverse exhibition including what might be described as Low-Fi Sci-Fi interventions, or social science fictional adventures into popular culture. A traveling morphing show, that takes inspiration from the Baudrillardian simulacral states at play in society.
The first leg begins at Basement Project Space as part of the AVANT festival in Cork city and continues to other spaces and places…
artists include but not limited to: Joan Healy, Stephanie Hough, Adam Gibney, Jonathan Mayhew and Semaus A. Bradley.

for further info e-mail: basementprojectspace@gmail.com

for further details about The AVANT festival including line-up see: http://theavant.wordpress.com/

check out the Socio-Fi facebook event page and follow The AVANT on their AVANT facebook page

In association with

Artists:

Adam Gibney’s recent work investigates technology’s effect on our surroundings and reality. Through video, sound, projection and installation, he constructs scenarios in which technology validates or disrupts reality. Through installations that both rely on and question technology, his work highlights in a playful manner the dark undertones that exist in our technological landscape. With the growth of mass-production and the media, objects have developed a reliability on technology to define their function and value. Gibney’s work highlights the relationship between viewer, object and technology. Inherent in his new work is a need to correct technological mishaps. Adam also plays an organisational role in the MART collective, based in Ireland and the U.K., with which he has exhibited and taken part in shows around Europe. web: http://adamgibney.wordpress.com/ e-mail: adam.gibney1@gmail.com

Jonathan Mayhew: My practice is project based, utilising various media in the production of works from drawing, digital prints, painting and sound to ready-mades, sculpture and video. These projects share similar themes and interests, intersecting at various points. I am interested in sub and counter cultures from past and present and various other forms that exist on the edges of society or are at odds with society itself, the way in which they wish to negate the mainstream whilst using the same processes and tools for making and promoting their ideas. The images I use for the production of works and other source material are allowed to interact with each other creating a personal narrative. These open narratives are then grouped together by simple ideas or the points in which they intersect. http://j-mayhew-faint.blogspot.com/  e-mail: mayhew.jonathan@gmail.com

Joan Healy: Joan Healy is an artist and independent curator. Her work combines live and performance art, sculpture and paining. She recently co-organised Livestock, a bimonthly Live art night that acts as an open platform for experimental live performance at the Market Studios, Dublin. Her work has been exhibited across Europe and the US (Transnatural, Amsterdam; Bergen Kunsthall, Norway; STRP art and technology festival, Eindhoven and Shunt, London). UK and featured in various publications (Irish Independent, the RTE news, the Metro Herald, Kunstbeeld magazine, Make magazine and Neural magazine)for further info see http://www.mart.ie/index.php/artists/j/joanhealy/      e-mail: joaniewoanie@gmail.com

Seamus Bradley’s work covers a variety of media and is chiefly concerned with the observation and reproduction of chaotic systems in nature, the individual and in society.. For Socio-Fi, Seamus will contribute darkly humourous kinetic sculpture, text and digital imagery, taking cues from contemporary consumer culture and utopian, futuristic visions from the science fiction of the past. seamusart.bradley@gmail.com
http://aroomforimprovement.com
aroomforimprovement@gmail.com

Stephanie Hough: My work often derives from popular culture using various and disparate sources including television, social media and music. Using popular culture as a readily available raw material, in an attempt to subvert and unearth embedded imperceptible social structures. Rendering the kaleidoscope of cascading cultural codes partially visible, likened to viewing its essence through the fictional “x-ray specs” rather than viewing the entire actuality. I embrace aspects of culture not obviously visible or easily verbalized, I refer to many of my works as humorous renditions. web: www.stephaniehough.wordpress.com  e-mail: hough.stephanie@gmail.com

UPSIDER by ANTODKELLY opening 23rd June at 6pm

UPSIDER an exhibition by Anto D. Kelly opens 23rd june at 6pm

and continues daily from 24th – 30th June, 1pm-5pm.

Taking the medium of collage as a reflection of our fast paced, often fragmented visual experience through the printed media,Television and the Internet this exhibition seeks to turn these images back upon themselves and address our modern anxieties with directness, humor and honesty.

Basement Project Space at in_flux

 in_flux

26 – 29 May 2011

126 Galway; 1646 The Hague; Basement Project Space Cork;
Block T Dublin; Catalyst Belfast; Monster Truck Dublin; Transition
London; Transmission Glasgow; SOMA Waterford; Wolfart Rotterdam

Occupy Space are proud to present in_flux, a large scale alternative art fair exhibition which brings together ten artist-led project spaces from Ireland and Europe. This temporary hub invites the public and art practitioners to engaging in a weekend of performances, screenings, exhibitions, art viewing and dialogue.

This project considers the model of artist-led spaces, which provide alternative frameworks for art practices, and represent communities where ‘doing-it-yourself’ and experimentation are key activities. Artist-led spaces are vital, energetic elements of the visual art fabric of many cities. This exhibition, consisting of pop-up galleries from each artist-led space, makes reference to an non-traditional art-fair format in which non-profit artist-led spaces present exhibitions rather than commercial galleries striving to sell work.

From May 26 – 29 in_flux temporarily takes over the Thomas Street Centre, an 11,000 m2 landmark building in Limerick city centre. The ten galleries will present their pop-up exhibitions over five extensive floors, while the top floor will host an e v+ a bookshop and in_flux Salon, a place for discussion, screenings and talks.

in_flux brings to Limerick a exciting sample of diverse contemporary art practices from some of the most interesting artist-led spaces in Ireland and Europe. This project initiates a collaboration between grass-roots art spaces of similar orientations, with the intention of creating new opportunities for artists locally, nationally and internationally, while promoting the strength of visual culture in Limerick.

A series of events will accompany the exhibition programme including VideoGram, 10 x10 Pecha Kucha, artist talks and visits to local studios. in_flux is partnering with Limerick City Gallery of Art and e v+ a to present Double Act, a series of  conversations, screenings and reflections on the collaborative process with guest appearances by a number of interesting artists, curators and other creative types. Double Act Programme will take place in the in_flux Salon from May 26 – 28. Full details to be announced on the LCGA website www.gallery.limerick.ie

LCGA has also extended the run of How Capital Moves a new body of work by artist duo Kennedy Browne, curated by Annette Moloney, to coincide with in_flux. Originally commissioned for the Lodz biennale Poland 2010 the work is partly a response to a computer factory relocating to Łódź in Poland from Limerick, Ireland.  Open at Istabraq Hall, Merchant’s Quay, Limerick 9.30 – 5.30 throughout in_flux.

Concurrent to in_flux Occupy Space presents an exhibition which considers human obsession with the end of the world. Oops Apocalypse presents work by Beagles & Ramsay, Baldvin Ringsted, Sam Dargan and Alan Mongey, responding in different ways to our fixation with the apocalypse. Open1 – 5pm, Wednesday to Saturday.

in_flux launches on Thursday 26 May at 7pm in Occupy Space.
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www.occupyspace.com
www.influx2011.com