SEARCH ENGINE
1 cycle of open-residencies and workshops, 3 artists groups, 1 place of arrival and departure, 3 ongoing research projects and works.
A 6-week programme of new research, contexts of collaboration, creation and distribution.
2 April – 16 April
AMERICAN MOUNTAINS : Greenway
The Greenway is a 'park' in East London constructed on the embankment containing the Northern Outfall Sewer. After a full renovation in the mid-nineties, work has begun to resurface and renovate the site - now pertinently baring witness to developments of the Olympic Park and Crossrail project.
The name Greenway may suggest here (in the mannered language of regeneration and property development) a journey, a tour, an ideology, a colour, a banner, a fable (a yellow-brick road).
During the American Mountains residency a series of workshop days - 'Not Romania', 'Greenway' and 'We Fucked This Up' – will be organised and presented to the public. They will include talks, screenings and research activities; looking at topics such as tourism, regeneration of spaces, ecology and global capitalism. Material collected during the two weeks will be compiled into the publication 'American Mountains – Greenway'.
Participants and contributors include Matthew Breen, Dave Charlesworth, Jamie George, Sophie Hamacher, Adelita Husni-Bey, Rebecca Kressley, Maya Oppenheimer, Siôn Parkinson, Gemma Sharpe, Maria Theodoraki, Richard Whitby, Eleanor Wright, and more.
American Mountains is an artist’s project that has previously taken the form of exhibitions, websites, printed papers, performances and talks.
www.dreck.co.uk/americanmountains
DATES AND PROGRAMME:
Friday 8 April, 12-8 pm: Not Romania day
Event 6-8 pm
On Foreigness, Tourism and Synecdochal Place
Including discussion of My Winnipeg by Guy Madding, sound work by Eleanor Wright and more.
Saturday 9 April, 12-8 pm: Greenway day
Event 6-8 pm
On Regeneration and the Reappropriation of Space
Including performance by Dave Charlesworth, sound work by Maria Theodoraki and more.
Friday 15 April, 12-8 pm: We Fucked This Up day
Event 6-8 pm
On The Past Tense, Disasters, Dystopias and Utopias
Including screening of work by Sophie Hamacher, presentation by Maya Oppenheimer and more.
Saturday 16 April, 6-11 pm: Book Launch event and Closing Party
Programme schedule as follows:
6.30 - 7.30 pm: Round-up event with works and talks presented during the workshop events. Including sound work by Rebecca Kressley, screening of Patrizio di Massimo's 'Oae', and more.
7.30 - 8 pm: Break with drinks and snacks
8 pm till late: Book Launch and Party with DJing by Ed Atkins and Andy Holden
During American Mountains residency Grand Union will become a production space, in which the Greenway publication will be created and assembled. The project space will house resources, host research activities and presentations. Everyone is welcome to come along during the opening hours and get involved.
Gallery will be open from Thursday to Saturday from 12 to 5 pm unless otherwise stated.
Greenway Park, East London
day 1: setting up the space
day 1: setting up the space
day 1: setting up the space
'Not Romania' workshop event
'Not Romani' workshop event
'Not Romania' workshop event
'Greeway' workshop event, Jamie George talk
'Greenway' workshop event, Dave Charlesworth performance
'Not Romania' workshop event
'Greeway' workshop event
day 10
Amrican Mountains 'library'
day 10
day 10: greenway publication on its way
day 10: Greenway publication on its way
'Greenway' publication on its way
Binding 'Greenway' publication
day 10
'We Fucked This Up' workshop event, Richard Whitby presentation
'We Fucked This Up' workshop day, Maya Oppenheimer presentation
Book Lunch event, presentations
Book Lunch event - Dave Charlesworth's 'A struggle told 5 ways'
Book Lunch event
Book Launch event, party