You are invited to 'The Elephant in the Room' a talk and discussion with Ele Carpenter Saturday 15th March, 2pm
ACCESS SPACE, 1 Sidney St, Sheffield, S1 4RG, UK (in the Cultural Industries Quarter, opposite the Rutland Arms) This is the third talk in the 'Swing That Art Bat' series by No Fixed Abode. Ele will be talking about bric-a-brac, the elephant in the dark and the elephant in the room as an introduction to re-use economies, multi level perception, and the invisible processes of social engagement. Swing That Art Bat has been developed by artist duo No Fixed Abode in conjunction with Access Space. What is an "Art Bat"? It is, put very simply, a representation of an artist's practice, allowing the usual language and vocabulary to be circumvented. It need not actually be a bat (nor any other kind of sports equipment for that matter!), it can be any object which you think represents you and your work - see below for a fuller description. You are invited to contribute your own "art bat" which will be added to the exhibition here. All you need to do is bring it in/post it to us at Access Space, or write a post to the Swing that Art Bat blog with a brief explanation and we'll attempt to source the object and add it to the others. This metaphor offers the opportunity to reflect on the vicissitudes of artistic activity in a way that circumscribes the conventional vocabularies and language tools used to these same ends. This project will run for four weeks at Access Space and exist as a Blog online. www.swingthatartbat.org.uk Saturday 15th March 14:00 Ele Carpenter presents 'The Elephant in the Room' Tensions between object and process in socially engaged new media art. Saturday 29th March 14:00 Andy Hewitt and Mel Jordan (Freee art collective) present 'How to Bat; How the artists bat enables one to question the popular misconception of art being a universal or disinterested field of practice.' Please send us your ideas, texts, pictures, ideas and suggestions for development and help the art bat become a reality. http://www.nofixedabode.org.uk/swingthatartbat.html http://www.swingthatartbat.org.uk <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< Horatio Eastwood and Terry Slater No Fixed Abode www.nofixedabode.org.uk <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< The Access Space Arts Programme is supported by the Arts Council of England <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< Jake Harries Digital Arts Programme Manager ACCESS SPACE 1 Sidney St Sheffield, S1 4RG, UK t: +44 (0)114 249 5522 w: www.access-space.org Reg. Charity 1103837 _______________________________________________ NetBehaviour mailing list NetBehaviour@netbehaviour.org http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour
