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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, LONDON

SPECIAL THANKS TO MICHEALE SPESSA, SUSAN WILLIAMSON, ALEX KEATING, CHRIS TOSIC, SIMON LEWANDOWSKI

CONTACT

Peter Lewis plewis@inbox.com

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