'Another Shadow Fight' is the current installation by David Osbaldeston in Bournville's International Project Space.
Manchester-based Osbaldeston is giving an artist's talk in the gallery this Wednesday (23 Jan) at 5pm, before visiting the space it might be best to read up on vorticism, Wyndham Lewis and Modernism, Sidney Nolan's superb Ned Kelly series, Richard Dorment's Telegraph review of Osbaldeston's 2006 installation 'Your Answer is Mine' and (according to the accompanying leaflet) Tim Robbins' 'Bob Roberts'.
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- Natalia Fabia's 'Hooker Girl Pile'
- Photos from film found in thrift store cameras
- Toilet sign in Korea warns to be on the lookout for sickos
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An exhibition celebrating real ale culture. You could pull your own pint, eat cheese and pickle, pork pies and look at some photographs of a brewery. I don't like real ale so the exhibition was a bit lost on me but I thought the building, Made, was a great exhibition space.
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'Our House' is a temporary exhibition installed in derelict housing on Great George Street, Liverpool. It's a part of 'Four Corners' - a 'celebration of partnerships across the city'. It involves and is funded by a host of arts and communities organisations including Bluecoats Arts Centre, Arts in Regeneration, ICDC and Everyman Playhouse.
The exhibition is great. The exterior of the building is clad in doors from derelict buildings, all painted red. Inside, the rooms of two ground floor flats have been converted by artists and organisations producing work on a broad theme of community and regeneration.
The strongest installation was the room below, showcasing work collected as part of the iamhere project.
It's a real shame that the exhibition is only on for three days, apparently for budgetary reasons. A small exhibition, it's overstaffed with security and more front of house staff than visitors. When was the last time you saw a portaloo cabin for an exhibition this size? It's easy to see where money could have been saved.
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Name in Lights is an installation by artist Joshua Sofaer for the Fierce Festival in Birmingham. The public were invited to nominate someone to have their name prominently displayed in Chamberlain Square, mimicking the Hollywood sign.
CJ White nominated her mother, Una White:
'My beautiful mother displayed strength and determination depicted in her journey through the 1960’s from Jamaica to England. She represented, cultivated and encapsulated the spirit of life in her heart and this conveyed to other people of all ages and races. She was very altruistic in her nature and for over 30 years worked as a devoted nurse caring for the sick and the severely mentally disabled.
It would therefore be very apt that 10 years after her death that her name should have the opportunity to light the skylines of Birmingham and would be the epitome of hope, faith, overcoming adversity, effervescent and cultural unity.
My mother was a role model to her daughters and her grandchildren too. Her sprit and faith lives on within us and the memories of her beautiful smile continue to shine everlasting in our personal journeys and her lasting footprint continues to guide us.'
- Photo of the name lit at night.
- Judge Mark Borkowski on Jodie Marsh vs. Una White.
- Video of switch-on.
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Visiting Victoria Baths in Manchester on Friday as part of Futuresonic 2007 we saw Ray Lee installing his sound installation Siren. An empty swimming pool was filled with a group of tripods with rotating arms, both ends of each arm transmitting a droning noise. Returning on Saturday for the performance, Victoria Baths was pretty busy with people sitting round the edge of pool and inside it.
It was a great performance. Ray Lee and his assistant wearing identical suits and turning each tripod in motion separately. I was expecting something a lot louder but the noise was really melodic.
More photos of the Siren installation at Flickr.
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The current exhibition at FACT is 'Silicon Remembers Carbon' from David Rokeby.
Gallery one, 'Seen' - four video screens showing the same shot of the Piazza San Marco in Venice in four different ways. The moving elements of the main shot are removed and layered into the three other screens - excellent.
Gallery one, 'n-Cha(n)t - a dark room with hanging video screens showing ears. Speak into the microphones and the ears appear to hear you and respond with some nonsense - couldn't work it out.
Gallery two, 'Giver of Names' - stick random objects (the usual colourful toys, etc) in front of a camera which then applies words to them - dull
Gallery two, 'Taken' - split screen showing footage of gallery visitors, sometimes the camera picks one person out and applies random word to them. Actions are looped out of synch on the other screen - fun.
Media lounge, 'Very nervous system' - one of those installations where you move around and set off sounds.
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