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Everyone marked in red hasn't sent anything Olivia Mills & Susanna Osborn haven't sent me their blog website (thats if they have one?) I haven't added galleries to anyone's yet. Is that still something you want? Alex
PRESS RELEASE
THE ORGANISATION OF DIRT
- THE BIRTHDAY PARTY
Under the aegis of Independent Curating, students from Leeds University have initiated a project which will invite guests and their participation at Temple Works Leeds, on Wednesday 19th May commencing at 6:00pm.
Organised with curator Micheale Spessa and designer Alex Keating, "The Birthday Party" will host performances and screenings by students from the course.
The website "The Organisation of Dirt", to be launched on the night, catalogues and displays text and image related to a critique of the museum. How can display be rethought in actions?
For Temple Works, guest artist Makiko Nagaya will present an edible "White Cube" in the context of Harold Pinter's screenplay "The Birthday Party". The event will present live works by participants from the course, working in collaborations.
The project culminates the research undertaken in workshops with Peter Lewis at Leeds University Fine Art, Art History and Cultural Studies Department, entitled "Context Responsive Curating", the course being originally devised by Professor Vanalyne Green and the Leeds based Situationist group, Black Dogs.
"The Organisation of Dirt" interrogates the potential of action through alternative modes of address that resist the 'institutionalisation' of dirty space, and inherits art's activist and radical programmes from the various historical avant-gardes situating perilous acts, that offend, reconcile, attract, repel, break, dissociate, unite, and re-unite, to liberate thought.
EVENT DATE: Wednesday 19th May
TIMES: 6:00 pm - 9:30 pm
ADDRESS: TEMPLE WORKS, MARSHALL STREET, LEODIS COURT, LEEDS, WEST YORKSHIRE, LS11 5JJ, UK
SPONSORS: Leeds University, Leeds Metropolitan University, Temple Works Leeds, Redux
Projects London
CONTACT: Peter Lewis, plewis@inbox.com 07986084697
PRESS RELEASE
THE ORGANISATION OF DIRT
THE BIRTHDAY PARTY
UNDER THE AEGIS OF INDEPENDENT CURATING, STUDENTS FROM LEEDS UNIVERSITY HAVE INITIATED A PROJECT WHICH WILL INVITE GUESTS AND THEIR PARTICIPATION TO BE HELD AT THE MEMBER"S BAR, TEMPLE WORKS, LEEDS, ON WEDNESDAY MAY 19TH COMMENCING AT 6.00PM. ORGANISED WITH THE CURATOR MICHEALE SPESSA AND DESIGNER ALEX KEATING, "THE BIRTHDAY PARTY" WILL HOST PERFORMANCES AND SCREENINGS BY STUDENTS FROM THE COURSE INCLUDING THE LAUNCH OF A WEBSITE, "THE ORGANISATION OF DIRT" THAT CATALOGUES AND DISPLAYS TEXT AND IMAGE RELATED TO A CRITIQUE OF THE MUSEUM. HOW DISPLAY CAN BE RETHOUGHT IN ACTIONS. FOR TEMPLE WORKS GUEST ARTIST MAKIKO NAGAYA WILL PRESENT AN EDIBLE WHITE CUBE IN THE CONTEXT OF HAROLD PINTER'S SCREENPLAY FOR "THE BIRTHDAY PARTY".
THE PROJECT REPRESENTS THE RESEARCH UNDERTAKEN IN WORKSHOPS WITH PETER LEWIS AT LEEDS UNIVERSITY, FINE ART, ART HISTORY AND CULTURAL STUDIES DEPARTMENT, ENTITLED "CONTEXT RESPONSIVE CURATING". A COURSE ORIGINALLY DEVISED BY PROFESSOR VANALYNE GREEN AND THE LEEDS BASED SITUATIONIST GROUP, BLACK DOGS. "THE ORGANISATION OF DIRT" INTERROGATES THE POTENTIAL OF ACTION THROUGH ALTERNATIVE MODES OF ADDRESS THAT RESIST THE 'INSTITUTIONALISATION' OF DIRTY SPACE, AND INHERITS ART'S ACTIVIST AND RADICAL PROGRAMMES FROM THE VARIOUS HISTORICAL AVANT GARDES SITUATING PERILOUS ACTS, THAT OFFEND, RECONCILE, ATTRACT, REPEL, BREAK, DISSOCIATE, UNITE, AND RE-UNITE, TO LIBERATE THOUGHT.
YOU CAN'T TAKE THE MUSEUM OUT OF ART, CAN YOU TAKE THE ART OUT OF THE MUSEUM? IS THERE STILL AN OUTSIDE OUT THERE? IS THERE STILL ANY ALTERNATIVE?
THE EVENT WILL PRESENT LIVE WORKS BY PARTICIPANTS FROM THE CONTEXT RESPONSIVE CURATING MODULE, LED BY PETER LEWIS AT LEEDS UNIVERSITY, FINE ART, HISTORY OF ART AND CULTURAL STUDIES DEPARTMENT, WITH GUEST ARTIST MAKIKO NAGAYA
EVENT DATE WEDNESDAY 19th MAY
TIMES 6.00PM - 11.00PM
ADDRESS TEMPLE WORKS, LEODIS COURT, LEEDS, WEST YORKSHIRE, LS11 5JJ, UK
SPONSORS LEEDS UNIVERSITY, LEEDS METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY, TEMPLE WORKS, LEEDS, REDUX PROJECTS, LONDONSPECIAL THANKS TO MICHEALE SPESSA, SUSAN WILLIAMSON, ALEX KEATING, CHRIS TOSIC, SIMON LEWANDOWSKI
CONTACT
Peter Lewis plewis@inbox.com
07986084697
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