Park Hill, Sheffield, Phase 3 groundbreaking 19 June 2019
A time capsule was filled by stakeholders at Park Hill including Alumno, S1 Artspace, Hallam University and University of Sheffield. The time capsule will be buried on the Park Hill site as the building works by Kier for Alumno continue. Alumno MD David Campbell spoke about the history and community involvement at this iconic site.
Bloc Projects, Sheffield
Bite-size introduction to Bloc Projects, Sheffield.
Scale Exhibition Penny Withers
Video produced to accompany Penny Withers' 'Scale' Exhibition 14th February - 24th March 2019, at Yorkshire Artspace, Persistence Works, 21 Brown Street, Sheffield S1 2BS UK
Scale forms part of Making Ways, a programme supported by Sheffield Culture Consortium through Arts Council England to showcase, celebrate and develop the exceptional contemporary visual art produced in the city.
A Long Walk to Grimethorpe: Trailer
A Long Walk to Grimethorpe follows the physical and creative journey of composer Joe Snape. Equipped with an audio recorder and a tuba strapped to his chest, he hikes the twenty six miles between Sheffield and Grimethorpe, in search of inspiration for a new composition for brass band. Amidst the creative challenge to record the sound of his walk, he is under serious time constraints as he attempts to reach the world famous Grimethorpe Colliery Band in time for their evening rehearsal.
This is a film about the challenges of the creative process when pitted against physical strain, it explores the significance of process in relation to result and offers a consideration of the relationships between culture and geography and tradition and innovation.
A Long Walk to Grimethorpe, together with the premiere of composer Joe Snape's composition for brass band, will be screened on Thursday 15 May, 7.30pm, S1 Artspace, Sheffield.
A Long Walk to Grimethorpe is a Hand Of production, directed by Ismar Badzic. It is part of large scale performance project which aims to build networks between young musicians and forge links between musical communities in Sheffield and South Yorkshire.
Commision by Hand Of
(handof.co.uk)
The project is made possible with the kind support of:
Arts Council England
Sheffield Town Trust
The University of Sheffield Alumni Fund
Sheffield Students' Union Innovation Fund
Streets in the Sky
A brief history of Park Hill - S1 Artspace
PIl and Galia Interview | Trade Gallery
A new exhibition by Pil and Galia Kollectiv, including four special evening events, in August, September and October, all events are free but must be booked, using the links below.
Private View
Saturday 17th August
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A gig by Charlie Megira and Gold Bars Plus Earth Rod and Eǝrth Rod
Thursday 29th August
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A live performance of Terminal
Saturday 28th September
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A night of other film works by Pil and Galia
Wednesday 9th October
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Exhibition Saturday 17th August - Thursday 24th October
For Terminal Equilibrium, Pil and Galia Kollectiv present two film installations. Terminal: A Miracle Play with Popular Music from the End of the World explores the politics of post-apocalyptic fiction. A theatrical staging of a morality play for end times and future folk music, it recasts eschatology as a foundational myth for a future society. The piece is accompanied by a live music performance, vinyl recording and a series of traditional craft objects expanding the universe established in the film.
We Are Equilibrium presents a dialogue between two computers. The conversation opens with a simple text book problem in business studies, but gradually the language, mimicking the application of game theory in the business sector, becomes more abstract. The two interlocutors become adversaries trapped forever in a competition without winners.
Both pieces interrogate the latent belief structures underlying neo-liberal thought. Post-apocalyptic writing and cinema are grounded in an ethos of survivalism. Invoking Rousseau's state of nature, these fictions propose violent scenarios in which nuclear holocaust, environmental catastrophe and other disasters generate a libertarian politics of pure pragmatism, negating the possibility of democratic deliberation. Game theory, originally developed during the Cold War, similarly posits the negotiations of rational, adversarial agents as the basis for a bare society in which cold calculations dictate private decisions. Terminal and Equilibrium both narrate this familiar scenario, but at the same time question its validity.
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Pil and Galia Kollectiv are artists, writers and curators working in collaboration. Their work addresses the legacy of modernism and explores avant-garde discourses of the twentieth century and the relationship between art and politics. They often use choreographed movement and ritual as both an aesthetic and a thematic dimension, juxtaposing consumer rites and religious ceremonies.
They have had solo shows, The Future Trilogy at Te Tuhi Center for the Arts, New Zealand, Svetlana, at S1 Artspace, Sheffield, 2008 and Asparagus: A Horticultural Ballet at The Showroom Gallery, London, 2007. They have also presented live work at the 5th Berlin Biennial and the 5 well as at Kunsthall Oslo, Arnolfini, Bristol and Late at Tate Britain. This year they are participating in the Athens Biennial. Their solo show Suck the Living Labour opens at Ort, Birmingham on 4.9.13. They are the directors of artist run project space xero, kline & coma and work as lecturers in Fine Art at the university of Reading.
All events are free but must be booked, using the links below.
- Private View - Saturday 17th August pilandgalia.eventbrite.co.uk
- A gig by Charlie Megira and Gold Bars - Thursday 29th August charliemegira.eventbrite.co.uk
- A live performance of Terminal - Saturday 28th September terminal.eventbrite.co.uk
- A night of other film works by Pil and Galia - Wednesday 9th October - kollectivfilm.eventbrite.co.uk
Fargate Sheffield city centre
Fargate Sheffield city centre 12/11/11
Filmed with a Kodak mini
Pil and Galia Kollectiv at The Performance Studio - Terminal -
Terminal: A Miracle Play with Popular Music from the End of the World is a film and live performance project exploring the politics of post-apocalyptic fiction. A theatrical staging of a morality play for end times and future folk music, it recasts eschatology, or the study of the end of history, as a foundational myth for a future society.
Post-apocalyptic writing and cinema are grounded in an ethos of survivalism. Invoking Rousseau’s state of nature, or time before government, these fictions propose violent scenarios in which nuclear holocaust, environmental catastrophe and other disasters generate an individualistic politics of pure pragmatism, negating the possibility of democratic deliberation. Terminal narrates this familiar scenario, but at the same time questions its validity. Terminal imagines artistic expression and new folk traditions for a world to come after the apocalypse.
Pil and Galia Kollectiv are artists, writers and curators working in collaboration. Their work addresses the legacy of modernism and explores avant-garde discourses of the twentieth century and the relationship between art and politics. They have had solo shows at Pump House Gallery, London, Te Tuhi Center for the Arts, New Zealand, S1 Artspace, Sheffield and The Showroom, London.
They have also presented live work at the 5th Berlin Biennial and the 5th Montreal Biennial, as well as at Kunsthall Oslo, Arnolfini, Bristol and Late at Tate Britain. They are the directors of artist run project space xero, kline & coma and work as lecturers in Fine Art at the university of Reading and the CASS School of Art. Terminal is a collaboration with a group of London based artists and musicians.
Emily Beber is a writer and member of WE, with Pil and Galia Kollectiv. Helen Frosi is an artist, curator and founder of Soundfjord. Mike Harvey is an artist. Diana Policarpo is an artist and member of Cabiria. Peter Simpson is a musician and member of Circuit Breaker. The project has been supported by Merz Barn Project and Arts Council England and originally co-commissioned by Electra for Drugo More and HKD Teatar, Croatia.
Practicality and Sentimentality in Art: Park Hill Flats, Sheffield
A short film on practicality and Sentimentality in Art, focused on Park Hill flats (Sheffield)
Poem by Chloe Thomas and Charlie Ashley
Music composed by Charlie Butler
Failed Art
Text
Failed Art2012 .
The proposed exhibition is a video installation for Rencontres Internationales. The exhibition is an investigation of the concept of failure in art. I will create a fictitious artist character, Douglas Ewers, who at one point in his life during the 1980's wanted to be a video artist. He produced a body of work during that period that used the burgeoning medium of video to record his performance art, which attempted to push video technology into an artistic realm. The present day Douglas Ewers is played by my father, who is 30 years older then myself, and I play the 1980's Douglas Ewers who performs the failed video art. Our age gap is the perfect span of time for the character, and adds an investigation of career, aging, generations, and success.
Proposal
The exhibition will consists of a short documentary film, which I have provided for you, similar to those at some survey shows, that give background and context about the life and art of the artist. This documentary has an interview with the present day sixty year old Douglas Ewers, inter-cut with his 1980's performance videos. The rest of the exhibition space will have several performance videos from the 1980's by Douglas Ewers, which do not appear in the short documentary and have yet to be made. This will be presented as a video installation with multiple performances on monitors
Art Statement
My artistic practice has been focused on using stupidity as a Political weapon. I am in constant search of making art that is critical and useful politically. Much political art seems preachy and obvious; I hope to avoid these typical problems by looking at issues from the side and disarming viewers with humor. My choice in medium is dictated mainly by the idea; and ranges from drawing, painting, sculpture, video and installation.
My video practice has been inspired by the amateur use of digital recording technology, and posting of digital video content on Internet sites such as You Tube. I am interested in marginal people who use video to express there discontent about the injustices they believe have been inflicted upon them. There is something logical about the comparison of self-centered narcissistic sociopaths and artists. My video practice is based on improvised performance to reveal a more real moment. Drawing and painting often play with similar imagery, but follows a much more free form approach. My drawings mix comic book imagery with higher-minded fine art references such as Picasso, and Modernism. Recurring themes involve depictions of fictitious objects creating impossible sculpture and the figure scrambled and obscured by movement.
Exhibition List/CV
Robb Jamieson
Born: 1979 Montreal, Canada
Education
Goldsmiths University, London England
Master of Fine Arts 2005-2007
Concordia University, Montreal Canada
Bachelor of Fine Arts 1999-2004
Solo Exhibitions
2010 I Like You Now. Get Out of Here. Go Home. Clark Gallery Residency, Montreal
Group Exhibitions
2013 Springtemps -- Marathon North, articule, Montreal, Canada
2012 Art Pop-You'll Dance to Anything, curated by Johanna Heldebro, Montreal, Canada
2011 Stunts & Other Acts of Bravery curated by Marc-Antoine K. Phaneuf, Clark Gallery, Montreal
2010 Odd Place, Artside Gallery, Seoul Korea
2010 Blooming Cultural Festival, Hyundai Dept. Store in partnership with Loop Gallery, Seoul, Korea
2009 Westbourne Studios, Artbelowzero, London UK
2009 A Small Continent, atelier 54/Paik Hae Young Gallery, Seoul Korea
2009 The Emporium State of Mind, The Emporium Gallery, Montreal Canada
2009 S1/Salon, S1 Artspace, Sheffield UK
2008 Loop Video Art Festival, Barcelona Spain
2007 Centrefold issue 6, Zoo Art Fair, London UK
2007 White Cider, The Emporium Gallery, Montreal Canada
2007 Black Powder + White Party, Kyunghee Museum, South Korea
2007 Jungle Juice, EM Gallery, Seoul Korea
2007 We Made It, Final, London
2007 700IS, The Culture Centre of Fljótsdalshérað Lyngás, Iceland
2007 Video Art, Västerås, Sweden
2007 Edge, King's Lynn Arts Centre, Norfolk
2006 Goldsmiths MFA, Whitebox, New York, NY
2006 Am I Being Passive Aggressive? Goldsmiths Group Exhibition, London
2004 Group Show, VAV Gallery, Montreal
2004 Sculpture Group Show, VAV Gallery, Montreal
Bibliography
2007 Maisonneuve Magazine issue 24, Nick Haramis p.50-51.
Publications
2007 Centrefold Magazine, issue 6
2007 Black Powder + White Party, Exhibition Catalogue
The Grubby Mitts: Politics of Friendship Tour
The Grubby Mitts performing 'To A Friend's House The Way is Never Long' across nine venues during last Summer's tour of artist-run spaces around the country. Shows, in order: Nottingham Primary; Sheffield S1 Artspace, Edinburgh Rhubaba, Blackpool Supercollider, Cambridge Bad Timing/Aid and Abet, Plymouth Karst @ Bread and Roses, Birmingham Grand Union, London Open School East at Total Refreshment Centre, Dalston. Bedford Lost Toys Records with BCA.
Thanks to everyone who came out to support the shows.
The forthcoming album is out March 9th and can be pre-ordered from the band's website:
thegrubbymitts.com
Video filmed and edited by Adam M N Jones
Sculpture & Morality
Synopsis
Sculpture & Morality2011 is a combination of two mediums, video and sculpture. The sculptures are systematically destroyed by a rope-less gallows, and only exist to be destroyed in the video. The sculptures range from abstract to human forms.
Art Statement
My artistic practice has been focused on using stupidity as a Political weapon. I am in constant search of making art that is critical and useful politically. Much political art seems preachy and obvious; I hope to avoid these typical problems by looking at issues from the side and disarming viewers with humor. My choice in medium is dictated mainly by the idea; and ranges from drawing, painting, sculpture, video and installation.
My video practice has been inspired by the amateur use of digital recording technology, and posting of digital video content on Internet sites such as You Tube. I am interested in marginal people who use video to express there discontent about the injustices they believe have been inflicted upon them. There is something logical about the comparison of self-centered narcissistic sociopaths and artists. My video practice is based on improvised performance to reveal a more real moment. Drawing and painting often play with similar imagery, but follows a much more free form approach. My drawings mix comic book imagery with higher-minded fine art references such as Picasso, and Modernism. Recurring themes involve depictions of fictitious objects creating impossible sculpture and the figure scrambled and obscured by movement.
Exhibition List/CV
Robb Jamieson
Born: 1979 Montreal, Canada
Education
Goldsmiths University, London England
Master of Fine Arts 2005-2007
Concordia University, Montreal Canada
Bachelor of Fine Arts 1999-2004
Solo Exhibitions
2010 I Like You Now. Get Out of Here. Go Home. Clark Gallery Residency, Montreal
Group Exhibitions
2011 Stunts & Other Acts of Bravery curated by Marc-Antoine K. Phaneuf, Clark Gallery, Montreal
2010 Odd Place, Artside Gallery, Seoul Korea
2010 Blooming Cultural Festival, Hyundai Dept. Store in partnership with Loop Gallery, Seoul, Korea
2009 Westbourne Studios, Artbelowzero, London UK
2009 A Small Continent, atelier 54/Paik Hae Young Gallery, Seoul Korea
2009 The Emporium State of Mind, The Emporium Gallery, Montreal Canada
2009 S1/Salon, S1 Artspace, Sheffield UK
2008 Loop Video Art Festival, Barcelona Spain
2007 Centrefold issue 6, Zoo Art Fair, London UK
2007 White Cider, The Emporium Gallery, Montreal Canada
2007 Black Powder + White Party, Kyunghee Museum, South Korea
2007 Jungle Juice, EM Gallery, Seoul Korea
2007 We Made It, Final, London
2007 700IS, The Culture Centre of Fljótsdalshérað Lyngás, Iceland
2007 Video Art, Västerås, Sweden
2007 Edge, King's Lynn Arts Centre, Norfolk
2006 Goldsmiths MFA, Whitebox, New York, NY
2006 Am I Being Passive Aggressive? Goldsmiths Group Exhibition, London
2004 Group Show, VAV Gallery, Montreal
2004 Sculpture Group Show, VAV Gallery, Montreal
Bibliography
2007 Maisonneuve Magazine issue 24, Nick Haramis p.50-51.
Publications
2007 Centrefold Magazine, issue 6
2007 Black Powder + White Party, Exhibition Catalogue
Paint It Black
Snowboarding holiday in Val Thorens with the University of Sheffield Snowboard Society. January 2006.
Lad: A Yorkshire Story
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Now Then Magazine: A Day in the Life
Opus Independents is a Sheffield-based not-for-profit social enterprise working with independent traders, community groups, charities and local government. Through its free magazine Now Then, Opus publishes on the arts, culture and politics on a monthly basis.
As part of Now Then's fourth birthday celebrations, three short films were commissioned. This is the third and final of those films - an attempt to portray a day in the life of the city of Sheffield.
The support of local businesses is integral to the existence of Now Then, who would like to thank everyone who has supported the magazine over the years.
A film by Nathan Gibson for Now Then Magazine. Filmed, edited and produced by Nathan Gibson.
Music: 'Aerial Boundaries' by Woolly Mammoth and 'Boundless' by King Capisce.
Special thanks to everyone who took part in the filming of this piece, including but not limited to:
The Sharrow Marrow, Recycling Revolution, JH Mann Fishmonger, S1 Artspace, The Old Sweet Shop, Peace in the Park, Sequoia Sound, Porter Books, Hantu and Yorkshire Tee, Evolution Print, King Capisce, Showroom Cinema, Lantern Theatre, Riverside Cafe Bar, Honeyfeet, The Harley, Shabazz Palaces & The Plug.
Content © Nathan Gibson 2012 -
GROUND // Curators' Tour with Alice Gale-Feeny & Oliver Tirré // Hosted by Turf Projects
GROUND
Curated by Alice Gale-Feeny and Oliver Tirré
With Sean Edwards, Lynn Fulton, Adrian Schindler & Eulàlia Rovira and Lucy Vann
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Opening night & curators' tour // Friday 10 June 2016
Exhibition continues at Turf Gallery until 23 July // Open Tue – Sat, 11am – 5pm
Turf Projects have invited Alice Gale-Feeny and Oliver Tirré to continue their collaborative curatorial project, Ground. In its first instance, Ground was a series of three duo shows that took place in ATTIC, One Thoresby Street, Nottingham in 2015. This time, within a group exhibition, artists Sean Edwards, Lynn Fulton, Adrian Schindler & Eulàlia Rovira and Lucy Vann present work that when seen in relation to one another, speak about the body’s relationship to architecture. The artists in some way visibly digest their surroundings; we witness the actions that lead towards the manifestation of the work itself, as it exists in its present state.
The exhibition considers looking as a fundamental action ingrained with a sense of internal movement; a back and forth quality between subject and the gaze of the artist and viewer. Works present material as adaptable, with an ability to morph, suggesting we think through the surrounding environment in the same way; objects and spaces, functioning to our own evolving needs.
Ground has invited artists who often work with what is already there. Through this negotiation between pre-existing materials, structures, dialogues, a certain amount of deconstruction takes place in order to accommodate new possibilities. The act of ‘doing’ therefore, materialises as a form of intervention.
The symbol of the maquette reoccurs throughout the exhibition. Gale-Feeny and Tirre use this as way of thinking about the notion of Ground. The use behind a maquette is initial and preliminary, it involves imagining what could be done. It starts from nothing and imagines something – despite being made from the most basic of materials. There is something important about pausing at this point where basic materials hold the potential to be more, that something performative can take place between viewer and artwork.
“Although gestures and bodily movements do not relate to anything beyond themselves, they are still tied to the specific course of action that is intended… remaining in a designated place, with or without direction; movement within the spatial field, with or without direction; time-related, spacerelated, body-related…the temporal reference can be grounded in the notion of duration or geared towards fluidity”1
1 Franz Erhard Walther – Pratiques. Reflexions sur l’art, no. I, spring 1996: 103
To coincide with the exhibition Turf will host a programme of related events including a Curator’s tour, Discussion, Family Art Fun Day, Series of workshops around Visual Impairment in the Arts, Reading Group and a Lunchtime Artist Crit. The exhibition and events were made possible with the generous support of the Arts Council England & Centrale Shopping Centre, Croydon.
Housing project in yorkshire to become $28 million�arts venue
Housing project in yorkshire to become $28 million�arts venue
The housing complex in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, to be transformed into a million arts center. Photo: the Yorkshire Post. A thirteen-story housing complex from 1961 in Sheffield, England, will be transformed into a $28 million arts center by Arup, the engineering consultancy company that originally designed the estate, according to the�Yorkshire Post. Park Hill Art Space will provide artist housing and studios, a research institute, an archive, a caf�, a shop, and a permanent location for S1 A...