Wednesday, 29 April 2009
Wild Geese
Despite finally getting a number for 'Boris', we keep getting the blond bombshell's answerphone.
The telephone number in question could well be a hoax. We had several leads and spoken to numerous officials who have had us banging our heads with frustration. Some people think that we are a bunch of stupid girls who can be palmed off with any old shizzer. Although we enjoy chasing wild geese for exercise, we only eat red herring on Fridays and the view from up our garden path looks out to the splendour of the road to nowhere.
Time is running out and drastic action on our part may be required on Thursday May 14th around high noon.
The telephone number in question could well be a hoax. We had several leads and spoken to numerous officials who have had us banging our heads with frustration. Some people think that we are a bunch of stupid girls who can be palmed off with any old shizzer. Although we enjoy chasing wild geese for exercise, we only eat red herring on Fridays and the view from up our garden path looks out to the splendour of the road to nowhere.
Time is running out and drastic action on our part may be required on Thursday May 14th around high noon.
Wednesday, 22 April 2009
No Art Please, We're British!
For those of you who have been following us, you'll know that we've been desperately trying to get through bureaucratic red tape to gain permission for an integral part of the London leg of Travelling Light. One of the Travelling Light submissions consists of a public art intervention, and it forms a central part of the artist's practice and research. A visionary and beautifully simple work, planned to take place in parallel in London and Venice. We can't divulge details of who, what or when, but suffice to say we are still in a bit of a headlock with various gov. officials who seem to lack vision and imagination. Ridiculous when you consider that important cities as diverse and widespread as Rome, Paris, Adelaide, Cairo, Edinburgh and Oxford, have all already given permission. The bishop of another Italian city (who recently gave the go ahead for the same happening in July 2009) even declared "The church should not interfere with art and artists."
And yet...London...this great city, home to perhaps the largest concentration of art and artists in the world, seems unwilling to support and promote its emerging artists and arts organisations for fear that the work may spark guerilla, copycat events or result in an increase in similar requests bombarding an already busy council office. While we understand all the security, health & safety, conservation and heritage issues around our planned event AND have everything in place to satisfy the authorities - all at no financial cost to them, whatsoever - we are still being fobbed off again and again with new excuses...
We shall not be moved!
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And yet...London...this great city, home to perhaps the largest concentration of art and artists in the world, seems unwilling to support and promote its emerging artists and arts organisations for fear that the work may spark guerilla, copycat events or result in an increase in similar requests bombarding an already busy council office. While we understand all the security, health & safety, conservation and heritage issues around our planned event AND have everything in place to satisfy the authorities - all at no financial cost to them, whatsoever - we are still being fobbed off again and again with new excuses...
We shall not be moved!
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Wednesday, 15 April 2009
The Selection
The high quality and sheer number of works submitted made the selection process very difficult, but after many hours of careful deliberation the TL team have made their final selection. We are very excited to announce that the exhibition will showcase a total of 58 artists including: Roma Tearne, Kate Davis, Maria Chevska, Jarik Jongman, Oona Grimes, Sardine & Tobleroni, Boa Swindler, Lucy May and Eva Lis. Submissions have arrived from all over the globe, which is appropriate not only because the theme of this year's Venice Biennale is, ‘Making Worlds', but because the ethos of community-grounded Pharos and WW Gallery is inclusiveness.
Full list of artists:
| Alastair McInnes | |
| Alex Booker | |
| Amy McKenny | |
| Annabel Tilley | |
| Ariane Severin | |
| Barry Cottrell | |
| Beatriz Barba Calleja | |
| Boa Swindler | |
| Chantal Powell | |
| Chiara Williams | |
| David Rusbatch | |
| David Wightman | |
| Edith Dakovic | |
| Eemyun Kang | |
| Eleanor Havsteen-Franklin | |
| Eleanor Moulsdale | |
| Elisavet Kalpaxi | |
| Ella Thumin | |
| Emma Barrow Enzo Marra | |
| Eva Lis | |
| Evi Lemberger | |
| Evy Jokhova | |
| Hannah Dakin | |
| Infinity Bunce | |
| Ingrid Berthon-Moine | |
| Jarik Jongman | |
| Jess Shepherd | |
| Jessica Mallock | |
| Julie Cassels | |
| Kaori Homma | |
| Karl England | |
| Kate Davis | |
| Katherine Lubar | |
| Leigh Niland | |
| Lorraine Clarke | |
| Lucy May | |
| Maria Chevska | |
| Natasha Bailey | |
| Natasha Bird | |
| Nerys Mathias | |
| Nishi | |
| Oona Grimes | |
| Paul Hazelton | |
| Phil Illingworth | |
| Priyesh Mistry | |
| Rodrigo Pires | |
| Roma Tearne | |
| Russell Herron | |
| Ruth Pringle | |
| Sam Watson-Wood | |
| Sardine & Tobleroni | |
| Steph Wehowski | |
| Sustasa | |
| Taren McCallen-Moore | |
| Tumim & Prendergast | |
| Valerie Jolly | |
| William Wright |
Tuesday, 14 April 2009
The packages came, and kept on coming..!
Artists from around the world were invited to submit work for Travelling Light, in any media and any size provided it arrived by post in a standard large letter envelope or box and met with the given criteria. There was no set theme, except the restrictions themselves and artists were encouraged to be as inventive, innovative and lateral-thinking as possible and to enjoy the challenge of seeing what could fit into and come out of an envelope.
Soon packages started to arrive from all over the world!
Soon packages started to arrive from all over the world!
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