Here’s a great review of Edge to Edge at The Cello Factory by Simon Streather published on Artlyst, do have a read to discover more about the exhibiting artists and view images of the show. The banner image is a shot of my installation ‘C-Bloom/ d-loop’ where my video is projected onto muslin stretched over wood-framed boxes. Many thanks to co-curator of the exhibition and artist Alex Hinks for coming up with this installation idea and for his box-making skills, it was great to try something new.
A nod to Malevich’s architectonic models seems to appear in the videos of Sandra Crisp. Only far from being a stilled utopian model, we are presented with an oscillating, almost breathing mass of units, accompanied by the human and machine-made cacophony of the street. This feeling of overload is sensed too in the hectic but carefully constructed collage she presents.
Simon Streather
Read the review HERE Exhibition continues 23 July 2021 – 31 July 2021 Open daily 12-4pm & by appointment; The Cello Factory, 33-34 Cornwall Road, London, SE1 8TJ
Coming soon…delighted to be exhibiting video in this forthcoming show, hope to see you there. I will be creating a video installation upstairs @ The Cello Factory using recent work, with kind support from Alex Hinks.
Edge to Edge features artists who use hard edges of some kind in their work but who are not necessarily defined by them. The hard edges they use are often tempered, mixed or contrasted with chaos, mystery or even humour. It’s like 60’s Hard-edge painting for the 21st Century….
This video uses 3 outtakes from my video Oceanics 2009-10 stitched together and recently mashed up for Weaving in the Dark collaborative video. Weaving, by Genetic Moo LG and (audio) Jockel Liess LG formed the immersive projection installation for In the Dark III – BEING THERE June 2021 at St John’s Crypt, Waterloo, London.
Please see previous 2 posts HERE and HERE for more information about In the Dark III.
HD video using footage shot on the last day of the show
By the time of closing, The London group ‘In the Dark III – BEING THERE’ exhibition hosted by the The Waterloo Festival at the old crypt, St John’s church, Waterloo, SE1 had received 228 visitors across the week. Including much positive feedback and interesting conversations prompted by the collaborative nature of the exhibition.
Muslin strips are suspended at intervals throughout the length of the long, narrow space and used as transparent projection surfaces for video – Including ‘Weaving in the Dark‘ which appears via 6 different projectors and is fragmented and layered over time on the see – through fabric. As the projectors are all started at different times, different imagery plays out in random ways and combinations from the 38.37 minute video. Sculptures, mobile elements and ephemeral objects also intersect with the projections whilst audio fills the atmospheric and rustic historic space.
A multi-sensory experiment by The London Group organised by Nicola Schauerman, Jockel Liess, Sandra Crisp, Almuth Tebbenhoff, David Theobald and Darren Nisbett
BEING THERE combines and fuses diverse physical objects and digital visual/audio contributions from 42 London Group members into one overarching immersive work of art. A kaleidoscopic experience that not only intertwines the physical with the virtual, but also transcends the boundaries of the individual’s artistic practice.
In the Dark III: BEING THERE exhibition opened yesterday and it was a really positive day with 35 visitors and some great feedback such as: ‘Exciting’; ‘Thought provoking’; ‘Can we film it?’ and ‘It’s magical’. Also, much interest about the collaborative nature of the installation.
It would be great to see you there:
Organised by Nicola Schauerman, Jockel Leiss, Sandra Crisp, David Theobald, Almuth Tebbenhoff & Darren Nisbett In the Dark III: BEING THERE
St John’s (Chrurch) Crypt St John’s Waterloo Waterloo Road London SE1 8TY
Exhibition open: Sat 19 June – Sun 27 June Times: Daily 2-6pm | Sat and Sun, 12 midday-6pm
A multi-sensory experiment by The London Group. BEING THERE combines and fuses diverse physical objects and digital visual/audio contributions from 42 London Group members into one overarching immersive work of art. A kaleidoscopic experience that not only intertwines the physical with the virtual, but also transcends the boundaries of the individual’s artistic practice.
The theme ‘Being There’ has emerged from the forced separation of the last year, and the ability of The London Group members to only exhibit and meet in the virtual space. This exhibition thus celebrates a physical as well as virtual coming together of the Group.
Ancestors ‘I have always collected in one form or another including childhood stamps, keyrings, Whimsies, vinyl records and art books. However, my most recent collection is my ancestors, gathering, so far, 7,517. Alongside 30,342 records and 1,806 photos that also reveal places, families and past occupations that I had no idea about. This began as a distraction (now more like an obsession) during lockdown March 2020 when I began building a family tree online. Since then discoveries include; A Great x 2 Grandfather in N.S.W. Australia previously lost to family for 3 generations; Black Country nail makers, from which the World Champion Stand Spring Jumper emerged; stone masons; monumental stone rubbers, grooms and coachmen; a Victorian magician; ship builders; agricultural labourers, an architect; a shoe manufacturer and finally a quirky link to the Bloomsbury Group.’
Honoured to be included in this great line-up of audio artists BBC3 Late Junction – ‘Subterranean Sounds’ show which aired last night. Many thanks to Verity Sharp, presenter for including my humble audio track from 2010 video ‘Mapping London’s Subterranean Rivers’. It’s very near the end of the show at 1:51:40 but the whole show is definitely worth a good listen.
Kindly invited by curator by Teresa Retzer of ZKM| Zentrum fur Kunst and Media, Karlsruhe, Germany: Video perpetual browse_r_2 (2019) included Computable-Incomputable Digitale Kunstalle at ZDF (Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen, German public-service television broadcaster) virtual walkthrough exhibition Oct 2020 – Oct 2021. The online visitor may discover artworks by moving around a 3d virtual environment and by clicking on ‘cellular automata’:
Is the universe, a conglomerate of cellula automata? And if so, is the human subject completely computable? This exhibition, featuring born-digital artworks largely from the ZKM collection (Zentrum fur Kunst and Media, Karlsruhe), offers insight into artistic and scientific responses to these questions, and shows how computers help visualize alternative worlds that can become new realities.
Is the universe a big computer? The question is not new: Konrad Zuse, pioneering computer scientist, described the universe as a large cellular automaton back in 1969. In his opinion it is imaginable as a discrete computational system composed as cells that evolve following pre-set rules by considering the states of other cells in their locality. Cellular automata can compute functions and solve algorithmic problems. Zuse called his hypothesis “calculating space” (Rechnender Raum), and it can model the universe as a combination of many small computers (in this case equivalent to automata) that adds up to one large computer.
This exhibition reflects the idea of calculating space, but also Seth Lloyds “programmed universe” which proposes that the universe is one huge quantum computer. With the development of computation and graphical user interfaces, it turns out not only that reality can be described as a computational system, but that sets of computing “executables” can generate new virtual realities, This capability of computers has fascinated artists, who have been exploring generative aesthetics for half a century to date.
While the computability of environments now seems clear, the question of whether the self can be computed hasn’t been answered in the affirmative, althought the promise of artificial intelligence already threatens to reproduce the thinking subject. Despite the fact that current computers are unable to simulate human thought, and so the self as yet remains incomputable, this recognition has functioned as a powerful stimulant for speculative fiction.
The collection at ZKM| Karslruhe (Zentrum fur Kunst and Medien/ Center for Art and Media), focuses on media art: an artform defined by the medium with which it is created, distributed, and received. The apparatuses created by computer-related by computer-related disciplines emerging throughout the second half of the twentieth century – such as automata studies, cybernetics, information and communication technologies, and artificial intelligence – have gradually expanded the definition of media, and made the computer one of the most important tools and media for visual arts.
Computable – Incomputable showcases software-based digital artworks in a computer-generated environment. A digital copy of an atrium at ZKM| Karlsruhe is populated by multiple cellular automata, generated completely algorithmically. The exhibition support structure, just like the artworks it displays, reflects upon its apparatus and medium: the computer.
Events: Artist Talks on Zoom every Sunday 18 Oct, 25 Oct, 1 Nov and 8 Nov from 8PM (Details to be announced on website soon).
[Top to bottom] Chris Horner, Alex Harley, Sandra Crisp
Erika Winstone, Philippa Stjernsward David Theobald
Carol Wyss, Jockel Liess, Neil Weerdmeester
The London Group is the UK’s longest running and most prestigious artists’ collective. It was formed in 1913 by thirty-two artists from the Camden Town Group, the English Vorticists and a number of independent artists which included Jacob Epstein, Walter Sickert and Henri Gaudier-Brzeska. For the first time women artists were involved in the development of the Group from the outset. Its aim was to create an independent artist-led exhibiting body in opposition to the Establishment, aka the Royal Academy. The Group, which has survived two world wars and a pandemic, has been an integral force in nurturing and supporting diverse and emerging artistic talent throughout the UK.
Exhibitors: Moich Abrahams, Ade Adesina, Wendy Anderson, Victoria Arney, Victoria Bartlett, Bryan Benge, Slawomir Blatton, Paul Bonomini, Clive Burton, Stephen Carley, Peter Clossick, Tim Craven, Sandra Crisp, John Crossley, Philip Crozier, Jeff Dellow, Beverley Duckworth, Mark Dunford, Angela Eames, James Faure Walker, Eric Fong, Marenka Gabeler, Genetic Moo, Tricia Gillman, Susan Haire, Alexandra Harley, Julie Held, Aude Hérail Jäger, Martin Heron, Alexander Hinks, Chris Horner, Gillian Ingham, Annie Johns, Judith Jones, Matthew Kolakowski, Jockel Liess, Pauline Little, Amanda Loomes, Jeff Lowe, Bethany Marett, C. Morey de Morand, Kathleen Mullaniff, Darren Nisbett, Eugene Palmer, Ian Parker, Janet Patterson, Sumi Perera, Michael Phillipson, Chris Poulton, Alex Ramsay, Maya Ramsay, Victoria Rance, David Redfern, Tommy Seaward, David Shutt, Philippa Stjernsward, Suzan Swale, David Tebbs, Paul Tecklenberg, David Theobald, Philippa Tunstill, Bill Watson, Neil Weerdmeester, Anthony Whishaw RA, Susan Wilson, Erika Winstone, David Wiseman, Carol Wyss.
For The London Group online exhibition “Wish You/We were Here/There” I contributed a video still cropped to postcard format 1748 x 1240 pixels. This is the actual video 1920 x 1080 pixels, duration 00:01:06
“Wish You/We were Here/There” invited submissions of postcard sized art based on where artists see themselves now that the lockdown is easing, where they have been or want to go.
A virtual and imaginary space to be in current times changed by the pandemic
“Wish You/We were Here/There” invited submissions of postcard sized art based on where artists see themselves now that the lockdown is easing, where they have been or want to go.
Take a journey through 12 walls of work from 39 members of The London Group.
See works all contemplative of the current climate we live in, through the medium of video stills, sound recordings, sculptures, found objects, photos, prints, drawings, paintings & poetry.
-explore ideas of shifting borders -take urban & rural walks -sense nostalgia, yearning & loss -follow protest marches & demonstrations -visit the landscapes (both internal & external, physical & mental) Click on each work to read its backstory…
This is Phase I of a 3 part exhibition, that will tour as an offline exhibition & form a limited edition of collective works. Galleries & Artist Collectives (National & International) interested in hosting an exchange touring exhibition, please contact The London Group enquiries@thelondongroup.com
Very pleased that Eirini Olympiou (ADAF, Athens, Greece) has selected my video perpetual browse_r 2for Over The Real videoarte festival, Lucca, Italy
The Fifth Edition of Over The Real – International Videoart Festival will be held in Lucca from 30 September to 4 October 2020. Also this year the event, in partnership with the Lucca Film Festival Europa Cinema, will present the most significant lines of research that have emerged in the last years in the international panorama of the audiovisual arts and intermediary performances
