20 March 2010

Anthony Schrag | Untitled

Location:

The Ferry, Anderston Quay Broomielaw, Broomielaw, G3 8BX
Sunday 25th April 2010, 3pm-9pm
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Synopsis:

A wee interactive event that is humorous take on the idea of a "slip-road"at the Broom. Fun and Art. Together. At last!

Description:

Schrag will create a new site-responsive/performative intervention to coincide with the Torrent event at the Renfrew Ferry.
Shrag: “I have always been interested in the phenomenological, and my work always considers the physical sensations of the body at the core rather than a foundation of intellect and/or schooling. The work often takes the form of solo performances, interactive installations, publications, interventions, sculptures as well as a variety of other strategies to explore these notions. I am not a particularly good artist, but I do have a lot of fun. I'm not sure if admitting that makes me a better artist, or worse.”

Artist Statement:


I have always been interested in the phenomenological, and my work always considers the physical sensations of the body at the core rather than a foundation of intellect and/or schooling. The work often takes the form of solo performances, interactive installations, publications, interventions, sculptures as well as a variety of other strategies to explore these notions.


I am not a particularly good artist, but I do have a lot of fun. I'm not sure if admitting that makes me a better artist, or worse.

Either way, I look to subvert an expected physical experience by altering how the social, political and creative intersect in the hopes that an alternate reading of a physical experience will give birth to new meanings or new knowledge or shifts in perception.

When working this way, I am aiming to return the body to the locus of the art experience, rather than any abstracted notions that rely so heavily on training, culture, class and education. Some of my ridiculous projects have included falling walls, sticky floors, firing myself out of giant catapults, kidnapping city councillors, climbing buildings and blowing things up. The impulse for this type of work comes from an interest in theories related to socially engaged practices and inviting a wide spectrum of the public into a shared, cultural debate.

I have received some awards, had some shows and been on a bunch of residencies, and not all in one country. The artist Nathalie De Brie once referred to my practice as 'Fearless'. The writer Marjorie Celona once said: ‘Anthony, you have a lot of ideas. Not all of them are good.’

Artist Contact:

anthony.schrag-at-gmail.com [replace -at- with @]
www.anthonyschrag.com

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15 March 2010

Alessandro Gioiello | momentary monument for a forgotten story

Location:

Clydebrae Studios, Clydebrae Street, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, G51 2AJ
Monday- Saturday 12pm-6pm (19/04-02/05/2010)
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Synopsis:

This work is a temporary unmonumental monument to the folk memory of a forgotten fact belonging to the private history of a Glaswegian citizen. Since the history of each individual contributes to delineate the history and build of a community, I want to underline how important and necessary every action and acting-out of each person is. A painted reproduction of a tin tray made around 1825, probably as a retirement gift to an office bearer of the Friendly Association of Cotton Spinners, and the three-dimensional reproduction of a posy of cotton flowers (made of recycled materials and dust) will be shown as testimony of a meeting point, convergence of two distant times and realities.

Artist Statement:

My work is based on re-reading and re-interpretation of symbols and signs belonging to the history of art, collective unconscious, high and low culture and personal events, stories, as well. Each subject I analyze assumes the features of a simulacrum, an ideal starting point to reach unexpected connections between different fields, meanings and times.

Artist Contact:

aledeman-at-hotmail.com [replace -at- with @]

Shelton Walker | ringolevio


Location:

Glasgow Green, Drying Green
Daily from 10AM - 5PM (aprox)
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Synopsis:

ringolevio explores the transition of space, and how technology has the power to both create and remove social and communication boundaries. Specifically, the history of clothes laundering in Glasgow is looked at, and relationships drawn between how we do laundry today versus laundry fifty, one hundred, or over a couple hundred years ago. Situated in Glasgow Green’s drying green, a once busy center for the domestic work of women and point of congregation and exchange for the community, which now lies unused, a symbolic monument to times past. ringolevio takes its form through a sound and sculpture intervention, creating a physical space within the drying green for reflection. The soundscape created refers to the contemporary hum of domestic processes, today conducted mostly in solitude. Technology can bring communities closer together, yet it can also create greater isolation between its members.

Artist Statement:

Shelton Walker’s practice explores the histories and boundaries between communities through site-specific projects, as well as studio based sculptures and paintings. Particular emphasis is placed on how communication structures are influenced, aided or hindered by socially-constructed differences. Shelton was born in Virginia; received a BFA from Pratt Institute, New York City; and is a MFA candidate at Glasgow School of Art.

Artist Contact:

Shelton.Walker-at-gmail.com [replace -at- with @]
http://sheltonwalker.wordpress.com