http://www.grand-union.org.ukRSS feed for Grand Union, Birmingham2010enSun, 05 Feb 2012 15:07:12 +0100http://www.grand-union.org.uk//exhibitions/torsten-lauschmann-before-the-revolution/http://www.grand-union.org.uk//exhibitions/torsten-lauschmann-before-the-revolution/Sat, 21 Jan 2012 09:38:21 +0100<strong>Torsten Lauschmann<br /> <em>Before the Revolution</strong></em><br /><br /> 20 January to 3 March 2012<br /><br /> <em>Before the Revolution</em> traces a development in Torsten Lauschmann’s recent practice considering his work in the context of expanded cinema. Motivated by curiosity he works with a broad spectrum of mediums both new and obsolete which encompass sculpture, video projection, animation, photography, music and performance. Diverse too are the contexts in which his work can be found, ranging from galleries to theatres; cinemas and the internet. What often unites this work is its constant transformation, deconstructing and reconfiguring it to further test the boundaries of its medium. Since 2000 Lauschmann has explored the sculptural qualities of video projection, often projecting found footage or animation onto elaborate geometric wall drawings and sculptural objects to create the illusion of three dimensionality.<br /><br /> Lauschmann’s exploration of the influence technology has had on the two dimensional form is dominant. <em>Before the Revolution</em> (2011) and <em>Thaumatrop No 1: Bird in a Cage</em> (2009) originate from the flat surface. <em>Before the Revolution</em> sees a photograph of a painting displayed on a television monitor with a familiar computer loading symbol endlessly looping. While the work acknowledges the inevitable glitches experienced when technology stalls it also stealthily captures the multiple ways we engage with two dimensional images. The work alludes to the manner in which we now commonly experience mediums originally intended for actual embodied encounters.<br /><br /> <em>Skipping Over Damaged Areas</em> (2010) sews together movie title sequences to create a fantastical, dream inspired narrative. Drawn from an array of films including Hollywood blockbusters and cult classics they create a story narrated by voice over artist Iain Champion. Appropriated found footage from before the digital age gives works a sense of nostalgia reminding the viewer of their tangible links with film. <br /><br /> <em>Life-Like</em> (2008), extends Lauschmann’s work into the realm of expanded cinema, recalling Anthony McCall’s seminal work <em>Line Describing a Cone</em> (1973) the work is completed with the participation of the viewer. The space transforms as the rays of light cast rapidly shift shadows across the gallery walls. <a href="http://www.torstenlauschmann.com/#/lifelike-2008/4549784941 ">http://www.torstenlauschmann.com/#/lifelike-2008/4549784941 </a><br /><br /> Torsten Lauschmann (b.1970, Bad Soden, German) recently presented major solo exhibition Startle Reaction at Dundee Contemporary Arts as part of the Discovery Film Festival, was shortlisted for the Jarman Award (2011) and is currently exhibiting at the BFI Southbank as part of the Samsung Art+ Prize.   Last year he won the inaugural Margret Tait Award and worked on major commissions with Film and Video Umbrella and LUX. Lauschmann is represented by Mary Mary, Glasgow. A major publication of his work is planned for 2012. <br /><br /> <strong>Alma Mater</strong><br /> Wednesday 22 February, 7 – 8.30pm<br /><br /> Join us for a special screening of the LUX touring programme curated by Steven Cairns. Featuring the work of 6 UK-based artists dealing in representational methods of experience and social interaction. Alma Mater takes cultural identity as its starting point, to encompass the influence of visual culture on everyday experience; questioning ideas of Britishness and conceptions of national identity. Including works by Steven Claydon, Torsten Lauschmann, Clunie Reid, Rachel Reupke, Hannah Sawtell and Stephen Sutcliff. <br /> <br /><br /><img src="files/gimgs/th-58_growing-zeros-1.jpg"></img> <img src="files/gimgs/th-58_tl145.jpg"></img> <img src="files/gimgs/th-58_tl004.jpg"></img> <img src="files/gimgs/th-58_tl003.jpg"></img> <img src="files/gimgs/th-58_tl149.jpg"></img> <br /><a href="http://www.grand-union.org.uk//exhibitions/torsten-lauschmann-before-the-revolution/">See all the pictures on the website</a>http://www.grand-union.org.uk//mailing-list/http://www.grand-union.org.uk//mailing-list/Sun, 11 Dec 2011 17:11:22 +0100 <!-- Begin MailChimp Signup Form --> <link href="http://cdn-images.mailchimp.com/embedcode/classic-081711.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css"> <style type="text/css"> #mc_embed_signup{background:#fff; clear:left; font:12px tahoma; } /* Add your own MailChimp form style overrides in your site stylesheet or in this style block. 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He recently launched the Open File project, which exists as an events series, website (below) and publication series, with artist Jack Brindley.<br /><br /> <a href="http://www.timothydixon.co.uk">timothydixon.co.uk</a><br /> <a href="http://www.openfile.org.uk">openfile.org.uk</a><br /><br /><img src="files/gimgs/th-56_gu-web-image-03.jpg"></img> <img src="files/gimgs/th-56_gu-web-image-02.jpg"></img> <img src="files/gimgs/th-56_gu-web-image-01.jpg"></img> <br /><a href="http://www.grand-union.org.uk//curators/tim-dixon/">See all the pictures on the website</a>http://www.grand-union.org.uk//exhibitions/virtual-spacedigital-trace/http://www.grand-union.org.uk//exhibitions/virtual-spacedigital-trace/Sun, 04 Dec 2011 16:46:16 +0100<br /> <br /> <strong>Virtual Space/Digital Trace</strong><br /><br /> 7–9pm Thursday 8 December<br /><br /> Programme:<br /> Ed Atkins <em>Delivery To The Following Recipient Failed Permanently</em><br /> Tom Badley <em>Trancendental Etude No. 5</em><br /> Trisha Baga <em>Peacock</em><br /> David Raymond Conroy <em>Hauling/It is not the past, but the future, that determines the present <br /> </em>Richard Healy <em>OFF</em><br /> William Rounce <em>Accumulation of Marginal Gains</em><br /> Mark Titchner <em>It Is You I Love The Most</em> <br /><br /> A series of video works concerned with the rendering and exploration of virtual space, the digital and the immaterial. Encompassing structuralist interrogations of digital media to explorations of the virtual space of the internet, the works presented strive to circumscribe the boundaries of the real.<br /> <br /> <br /><br /><img src="files/gimgs/th-55_offclip-still-copy.jpg"></img> <br /><a href="http://www.grand-union.org.uk//exhibitions/virtual-spacedigital-trace/">See all the pictures on the website</a>http://www.grand-union.org.uk//exhibitions/sitenon-site-or-how-many-quarters-does-birmingham/http://www.grand-union.org.uk//exhibitions/sitenon-site-or-how-many-quarters-does-birmingham/Sun, 04 Dec 2011 16:41:21 +0100<br /> <br /> <strong>Site/Non-site OR How many quarters does Birmingham have?</strong><br /><br /> 2–5pm Saturday 3rd December<br /><br /> Dallas Simpson<br /> Matt Westbrook<br /><br /> An informal introduction to the Open File archive, followed by the production of a new sound work in and around ‘Old Birmingham.’<br /><br /> We invite you to join us for a walk and an open discussion of the area’s history with an accompanying visual essay. Using binaural recording techniques we aim to capture a mixture of conversation alongside the incidental ambient sound of the area surrounding Grand Union.<br /><br /> Mulled wine and mince pies will be served in the gallery. No need to book.<br /><br /> <br /><br /><img src="files/gimgs/th-54_img7402.jpg"></img> <img src="files/gimgs/th-54_img7406.jpg"></img> <img src="files/gimgs/th-54_img7415.jpg"></img> <img src="files/gimgs/th-54_img7416.jpg"></img> <img src="files/gimgs/th-54_img7417.jpg"></img> <br /><a href="http://www.grand-union.org.uk//exhibitions/sitenon-site-or-how-many-quarters-does-birmingham/">See all the pictures on the website</a>http://www.grand-union.org.uk//exhibitions/pavilion-screening-231111/http://www.grand-union.org.uk//exhibitions/pavilion-screening-231111/Sun, 04 Dec 2011 16:39:37 +0100<br /> <strong>Pavilion: Screening 23/11/11</strong><br /><br /> 7–9pm Wednesday 23 November<br /> and then 12–5pm until 26 November<br /><br /> A screening of Harun Farocki’s Arbeiter verlassen di Fabrik (Workers leaving the factory) followed by David Spraggs in conversation with Jack Brindley and Tim Dixon.<br /><br /> Pavilion is a research project into the relationship between contemporary culture and capitalism. Focusing on spatial politics and production Pavilion will present a specially curated film programme:<br /><br /> Harun Farocki <em>Arbeiter verlassen die Fabrik (Workers Leaving the Factory)</em> 1995<br /> Adrianna Palazzolo <em>The End of Night</em> 2011<br /> Tom Crawford <em>Aspiration Factory</em> 2010<br /> Jonas St Michael and Ciarán Ó Dochartaigh <em>Riddel and Tony (spinners) </em>2011<br /> David Spraggs <em>Found footage on Dresden's Gläserne Manufaktur (factory made of glass)</em> found in 2010<br /><br /> Installation open 12–5pm 24–26 November with Farocki’s film screened on the hour each hour.<br /><br /> <br /><br /><img src="files/gimgs/th-53_img2492.jpg"></img> <img src="files/gimgs/th-53_img2524.jpg"></img> <img src="files/gimgs/th-53_img2469.jpg"></img> <img src="files/gimgs/th-53_img1677.jpg"></img> <img src="files/gimgs/th-53_workers-leaving-the-factory-image-7.jpg"></img> <br /><a href="http://www.grand-union.org.uk//exhibitions/pavilion-screening-231111/">See all the pictures on the website</a>http://www.grand-union.org.uk//exhibitions/echoes-disambiguation/http://www.grand-union.org.uk//exhibitions/echoes-disambiguation/Sun, 04 Dec 2011 16:28:32 +0100<br /> <br /> <strong>Echoes (disambiguation)</strong><br /><br /> 7–9pm Friday 18 November<br /><br /> Steven Dickie<br /> Solina HiFi <br /> Vasco Alves, Adam Asnan &#38; Louie Rice<br /><br /> An evening of sound and noise engaging in sonic explorations of the Grand Union project space. Audible and inaudible frequencies, waves and signals permeate the space setting up slippages between the aural, the physical, the perceptible and the invisible made real.<br /><br /> <object height="81" width="100%"> <param name="movie" value="https://player.soundcloud.com/player.swf?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F29205817"></param> <param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param> <embed allowscriptaccess="always" height="81" src="https://player.soundcloud.com/player.swf?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F29205817" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="100%"></embed> </object> <span><a href="http://soundcloud.com/user2393016/vaaalr-grand-union-18-11-11">VAAALR - Grand Union - 18,11,11</a> by <a href="http://soundcloud.com/user2393016">OpenFile</a></span> <br /> <strong>Vasco Alves, Adam Asnan and Louie Rice<br /> Untitled live performance at Open File: Echoes (disambiguation)</strong><br /><br /> <br /><br /><img src="files/gimgs/th-52_img2423_v2.jpg"></img> <img src="files/gimgs/th-52_img2384.jpg"></img> <img src="files/gimgs/th-52_img2388.jpg"></img> <img src="files/gimgs/th-52_img2367.jpg"></img> <img src="files/gimgs/th-52_solina-hi-fi01.jpg"></img> <br /><a href="http://www.grand-union.org.uk//exhibitions/echoes-disambiguation/">See all the pictures on the website</a>http://www.grand-union.org.uk//exhibitions/open-file/http://www.grand-union.org.uk//exhibitions/open-file/Sun, 04 Dec 2011 16:24:11 +0100<br /> <br /> <strong>Open File</strong><br /><br /> Events series, publication &#38; website launch<br /> 18 November – 8 December 2011<br /><br /> <a href="http://openfile.org.uk">http://openfile.org.uk</a><br /><br /> <em>Open File</em> is a curatorial conversation between artist Jack Brindley and curator Tim Dixon. <br /> Launching at Grand Union this autumn, the project will exist as an on-going series of live events, an open and expanding cumulative publication, and a new web-based archive and resource at <a href="http://openfile.org.uk">openfile.org.uk</a>.<br /><br /> <em>Open File</em> seeks to explore the significance and relevance of working across these different platforms by commissioning new work and revisiting old. Our aim is to expand and unpack creative practices and forge unexpected links between outcomes.<br /><br /> Investigating ways in which we interact with architecture and space, these first 4 events will look into the past industrial function of the Grand Union building and its current manifestation as a gallery. Through the physicality of the gallery and virtual space of the website the project seeks establish an enquiry into the interaction between the material and the immaterial.<br /><br /> Programme:<br /><br /> <a href="http://grand-union.org.uk/exhibitions/echoes-disambiguation/"><strong>Echoes (disambiguation)</strong></a><br /><br /> <a href="http://grand-union.org.uk/exhibitions/pavilion-screening-231111/"><strong>Pavilion: Screening 23/11/11</strong></a><br /><br /> <a href="http://grand-union.org.uk/exhibitions/sitenon-site-or-how-many-quarters-does-birmingham/"><strong>Site/Non-site OR How many quarters does Birmingham have?</strong></a><br /><br /> <a href="http://grand-union.org.uk/exhibitions/virtual-spacedigital-trace/"><strong>Virtual Space/Digital Trace</strong></a><br /><br /> <br /><br /><img src="files/gimgs/th-51_poster.jpg"></img> <br /><a href="http://www.grand-union.org.uk//exhibitions/open-file/">See all the pictures on the website</a>http://www.grand-union.org.uk//exhibitions/the-event-2011/http://www.grand-union.org.uk//exhibitions/the-event-2011/Fri, 23 Sep 2011 06:09:33 +0100<strong>Which of them went before, and which followed after, and which were together?</strong><br /> 21 - 30 October 2011<br /><br /> Birmingham Contemporary Art Forum is delighted to announce it will be hosting The Event’s third bi-annual visual art festival from 21 – 30 October 2011. As part of The Event 2011, Grand Union will be hosting a group exhibition devised and selected through a process of curatorial relay.<br /><br /> Alluding to the theme of The Event, Plato's Symposium, the exhibition will be formed as a space of multiple voices; different positions coming together and merging indistinctly to link back to a common thread.<br /><br /> The first curator has selected a work in response to the overall context of the festival, this choice was sent to the second curator, who has responded to this choice with another work. The exhibition begins to form as the two selected works are passed to the third curator who has responded. With the fourth choice of work the exhibition is finalised, and ready to be expanded by a series of collateral events.<br /><br /> The first selected artist is Tom Dale (London, UK). Dale’s piece, a newly commissioned installation, makes reference to the Allegory of the Cave: a place of illusions and tricks, a place where we doubt if what we are experiencing is reality, shadows, or shadows of shadows.<br /><br /> This is where it has all begun.<br /><br /> Curated by Helen Brown, Tim Dixon, Marialaura Ghidini, Cheryl Jones and Alex Lockett, the exhibition will feature work by Trisha Baga, Erik Bünger, Tom Dale and a new semi-permanent commission for Grand Union by Simon Faithfull.<br /><br /> <strong>Events</strong><br /><br /> <strong><a href="http://www.karinkihlberg-reubenhenry.org">Karin Kihlberg and Reuben Henry</a> <br /> <em>Apeirophobia</em> Book Launch , plus Open Studios<br /> Friday 21 October, 5 – 9pm</strong><br /><br /> Alongside the exhibition launch on Friday 21 October, artists based at Grand Union will open their studios for visitors.<br /><br /> Here Karin Kihlberg and Reuben Henry will present a limited edition print for Grand Union Editions, a video of a recent book launch, as well as their newly shot book, with texts by Emma Cocker, Brian Dillon and Mladen Dolar. Presented as part of a series of evolving solo commissions with Kihlberg &#38; Henry, produced by VIVID in collaboration with Danielle Arnaud and Artsway.<br /><br /> <strong>Erik Bünger <em>The Third Man</em><br /> Performance Lecture<br /> Thursday 27 October 2011, 8 - 9pm</strong><br /><br /> <em>"As a child my father told me about the movie: In a city somewhere, a man searches for another man. Everyone he meets tells him that his search is in vain, for the other man is already dead, but he refuses to give up and suddenly he believes he catches a glimpse of the other man’s face in a doorway. Then dad sat down in front of the piano and in his own tiptoeing kind of way he played ‘The Theme from the Third Man’. It made me dream of footsteps echoing in back alleys and a great, green shadow flickering by in the corner of my eye. Every time I heard that melody I had the peculiar feeling of someone observing me from a hidden viewpoint."</em><br /><br /> <strong>Helen Brown <em>Open Call</em><br /> Friday 28 October 2011, 7.30 - 9 pm</strong><br /><br /> A multi-screen installation of re-worked artist video curated by Helen Brown.<br /> Partecipating artists: <em>Dan Auluk, Phil Barber, Jacob Cartwright &#38; Nick Jordan, Adam Chodzko, Chris Clinton, Joseph Cutts, Sean Edwards, Ben Fredericks, Anne Guest, Jo Masding, Sarah Fortes Mayor, Samuel Playford Greenwell, Klaus Thymann, Andrew &#38; Caitlin Webb Ellis, Katy Woods</em>.<br /><br /> <br /><br /><img src="files/gimgs/th-50_eventad.jpg"></img> <br /><a href="http://www.grand-union.org.uk//exhibitions/the-event-2011/">See all the pictures on the website</a>http://www.grand-union.org.uk//exhibitions/outpost-open-film/http://www.grand-union.org.uk//exhibitions/outpost-open-film/Tue, 13 Sep 2011 13:01:05 +0100<img src="files/gimgs/th-49_outpost-film.jpg"></img> <br /><a href="http://www.grand-union.org.uk//exhibitions/outpost-open-film/">See all the pictures on the website</a>