Basement Reading Group – First Meeting Wednesday 25th November 5pm

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 25^th of November at 5pm.

All are Welcome.

Relocating Discovery Opening Night

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.

Relocating Discovery

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Opening the 15th Nov @ 5pm - 7pm and running thereafter until the 22nd Nov,

open daily from 11am - 3pm

Artists Selected for Residency Opportunity

Announcement

We Are Delighted to Announce the two selected artists for the 3 week residency at Basement Project Space. The Artists were selected through an open call for submissions process.

The two artists are:

Alan James Burns & Monique Besten

Alan James Burns is a video installation artist living and working in Cavan and Dublin. Burns graduated with a 1^st class honours BA in Fine Art from DIT in 2008 and his recent activities include: Generation – Project Brand New and Bealtaine Festival, Project Art Centre, May 2009. Residency at Cyland Media Arts Lab, National Centre for Contemporary Art, St. Petersburg, Russia. 2009. www.alan-burns.com

Alan James Burns, Doings-Three Channel Video Projection Still

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.

Monique Besten – Jó világ van (“Life is good”)- 40.000 post-it notes with handwritten text (2005)

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

The First Date 17th Oct 2009

Finally fun

The Last Supper

Front with fancy new vinyl text

CALL FOR PROPOSALS – Residency oppurtunity

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 23^rd of October and culminating in an exhibition on the 13^th 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: 16^th of October.

Finally things are starting to take some shape!

The 1970’s are alive and well

Steph in the Media lab ?

using a torch to light the time capsule

A Blurry Begining

the clean up starts……….!!!!