Pile

Sixes & Sevens present a comprehensive sculpture exhibition co-curated by Simon Franklin and the artist Craig Fisher.

20.11.10 ~ 11.12.10

Private View: 19.11.10, 6pm - 9pm

Price: free

'Pile' sets out to question the conventions of exhibiting work within a group exhibition. The works interact with each other in some cases becoming ‘piled’ on top of one another. Rather than stand as works in their own right, a sense of autonomy will be lost to the curator’s vision. The collection of individual objects will become one overarching piece, a visual spectacle, where the works act as the material and start to make the definition between the artist and the curator.

The exhibition will feature works from Nottingham based artists, as well as emerging and more established artists from the East Midlands and the UK. Participating artists include, David Bance, Jonathan Baldock, Katriona Beales, Lotti V Closs, Sean Cummins, Sean Edwards, David Ersser, Craig Fisher, Dan Ford, Simon Franklin, Lynn Fulton, S Mark Gubb, Frank Kent, Brendan Lyons, Laura McCafferty Zoe Mendelson, Jock Mooney, Audrey Reynolds, Lucienne Simpson, Derek Sprawson, Debra Swann, Lee Triming, Gerard Williams, Annie Whiles and Neil Zakiewicz.

Location:
Surface Gallery

Surface Gallery is an independent, volunteer run, contemporary art gallery in Sneinton. It's core interest is to support the professional development of early and mid-career artists, curators and people wishing to work in the arts.

Address:
16 Southwell Road
Nottingham NG1 1DL

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The Other Interior

Sarah Duffy presents The Other Interior; a series of immersive overnight experiences for one participant at a time in a hotel room in the city centre of Nottingham.

Drawing on cinematic and literary depictions of hotel rooms such as those of David Lynch and the magical realist hotels of Haruki Murakami Novels, The Other Interior, will reveal to the participant, the hidden inner life of a hotel room, filled with the residue of previous occupants and the lingering presence of others.
If you are planning on visiting Nottingham to see Sideshow and the British Art Show 7 and are currently looking for somewhere to stay, then why not combine your overnight stay with becoming a participant of a unique one-off personal performance by booking into the Ibis Hotel, 16 Fletchergate in the heart of Nottingham's city centre, just up the road from Nottingham Contemporary.

Sarah Duffy is a Nottingham based artist who has exhibited in both the UK and Japan. Her practice is interdisciplinary and encompasses performance, installation and video work. She has also been involved with curation, both inside and outside of ‘Sixes & Sevens’.

The Other Interior will take place on 30, 31 October / 6, 7, 13, 14, 20, 21, 27,2 8 November / 4, 5, 11, 12, December.

If you would like to experience this unusual performance you will also be able to make use of Ibis hotel's special Sideshow reduced rate of £50 per room.

Pre-Booking essential. Please note booking is for 1 person per room, per 1 night experience only.

To book a room please email: marie@sideshow2010.org and leave details of your name and address plus a contact telephone number. The artist will then be in touch with further instructions about how to book into the hotel for your exclusive 1 night experience.

This project has been made possible through kind permission of Ibis Hotel, Nottingham. Sarah Duffy and Sideshow would like to thank manager Richard Carline for all his assistance.

IBIS hotel
Fletchergate
Nottingham
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Sideshow is funded by:

Against The Grain

New article on a-n's student pages featuring Sixes & Sevens.

Click here to read Richard Taylor writing about us, The Mutual and Rubric Journal to discussing how graduates might collectively take opportunities to begin their careers.

Alternative link to article - a-n.co.uk/students/article/644146

Tropical Cake Boutique

Come and join Sixes & Sevens in The Lincolnshire Poacher:

Artist and Animator Ben Wheele will be giving a contemplative overview of his past work including a sneak preview of his new short animation 'Tropical Cake Boutique'.

He will be considering the problems of animation within fine art practice and whether the 'mark of the maker' can be possible in digital media. His work ranges from emotionally unsteady 'landscapes' of tackiness to comical, even grotesque, disruptions of logic.

Ben Wheele is currently studying Animation at the Royal College of Art and graduated from Nottingham Trent University in Fine Art last year. His films have screened at festivals internationally, including Rotterdam, Annecy, Melbourne and London International Animation Festival.

The talk will start at 8, but come along from 6 to enjoy our Tropical Cake Buffet.

Friday 14th May

The Lincolnshire Poacher, 161-163 Mansfield Road,NG13FR

www.benwheele.com

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VOICE/UNDER Viral

VOICE/UNDER

VOICE/UNDER is an investigation into the way artists use the tension between sound and image as a tool. The featured work uses the inherent contract and fusion between the two registers within its structure, sometimes to create disparity and at other times to collude in order to raise questions of perception, language and understanding. The resultant questions might lead us into obscurity, or intrigue us as to the narrative possibilities decided by the viewer’s individual interpretation of what they see and hear.

Featured works (more TBA):

John Smith – Gargantuan – ‘A wonderfully witty example of how to conduct pillow talk with a small amphibian.' - Elaine Paterson, Time Out.

Dan Walwin – Silencer – takes the recognisable form of an interrogation, and fragments it over two different locations and turns it inwards by the use of a single actor playing dual roles.

Andrew Brand and Alison Ballard – Wires and Bows - An experimental animation from a moving train comparing the movements of telegraph wires with the sounds of violins

Erica Scourti – Statement of the Art - Press releases taken from a wide range of contemporary art exhibitions are collaged together and translated into French, German and Spanish and back into English using internet translation software.

Emily Wilczek - Walk (in progress) – As the camera's motor kicks in, we hear its loud whirr, and the screen goes from black to the images being shot, by one of the walkers.

Gareth Hudson – Future Proof – ‘Telegnosis like a time-telescope - a rare gift, which allows one to look through the veil of the present into the future’

Jordan Baseman – More Than Religion

Curated by Ellie Russell, Dan Green and Amy Fisher.

Friday 7^th May 2010

Screenings at 7, 8 and 9 pm

Tickets £1.50 on the door (includes a glass of wine/soft drink) – Please e-mail in advance to book if possible.

Tickets cannot be purchased from Broadway Box Office

The White Box Studio

Broadway

14-18 Broad Street

Nottingham

NG1 3AL

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