Exhibition and Events at Lewisham Arthouse London 26th Aug - 11th September 2011


ZOE ANSPACH, SOL ARCHER, ANTOINE BERTIN, JACOB BLANDY,
CHRISTOPH BOTH-ASMUS, SARAH BOWDEN, ANNA BUNTING-BRANCH,
JOSE CAMPOS, CELINE CONDORELLI, PAULINE CURNIER-JARDIN,
ISOBEL DUNHILL, CORINNE FELGATE, AMANDA FRANCIS, LINDA FRANKE,
LUDOVICA GIOSCIA, JAMIE GEORGE, KEN HUGGINS, PER HUTTNER,
IAN LAWTON, MICHAEL LEE, ROBERT LISNEY, JOANNE MASDING,
SACHI MIYACHI, NATASHA ROSLING, KRISTIN SHERMAN, CHOOC LY TAN,
FATOS USTEK, WOUTER VENEMA, VOL.*, JOHN WALTER, VICTORIA WATSON,
MICHAEL WHITBY, RICHARD WHITBY, MAGDA FABIANCZYK,
LAURA WHITE, ELEANOR WRIGHT

To round up the summer and start the new season Lewisham Arthouse presents, Attempts to Get Inside the World, an exciting series of events initiated with the support of Vision Forum and Lewisham Arthouse’s Graduate scheme. Over the course of these two weeks a range of talks, screenings and performances will take place set within a laboratory-style exhibition. The intention is to reveal the raw edges to many of the processes that feed an art practice, shifting eyes away from the product and into the thick of the background. Particular attention will be given to research transgressing the boundaries of the studio – either through grappling with unknown subjects and disciplines, or through direct attempts to thrust oneself into the midst of an often extreme set of physical and psychological circumstances.

The exhibition space will house two main conference events, Retreat: in the City – 27th and 28th August, organised by Michael Whitby, and Navigating Extremes - 3rd and 4th September by Natasha Rosling. Artists, curators, architects, choreographers, and theatre practitioners from across Europe and London will come together to present talks, set-up discussions, screenings and performances under the umbrella of Attempts to Get Inside the World. A series of furnitures and rolling projections will occupy the gallery space - presenting works, artefacts, test pieces, experiments and research material selected by each participant in reference to the practices discussed.


140 Lewisham Way, London SE14 6PD

Preview: South London Art Map Last Fridays 26th August 6-9pm

Exhibition Open: Wednesday to Sunday, 12-6pm 27th August – 11th September.

Transport: Rail/Underground - New Cross/New Cross Gate Buses - 21, 36, 136, 321


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Retreat: in the City, 27th – 28th August, 3pm onwards.

Retreat is an annual residential workshop, providing creative practitioners with the opportunity to enjoy a focused period of communal living whilst intensely debating artistic practices. Four the past four years Retreat has been set within rural hide aways in North Wales and Cumbria, yet this summer it periodically changes form for its first public appearance in London.

Retreat: In the city, will be a two day non-residential version of the annual Retreat. Its coordinator Michael Whitby has curated 6 presentations over the two days by people who have attended retreat over the past 4 years. The presentations will be accompanied by food, film screenings and other activities. Unlike the usual ‘Retreat’ this event is open to the public and will climax with a party on the final night, the 28th August. Anyone attending the event is invited to walk to the venue to capture the true spirit of Retreat.


Programme:

Saturday 27th August

– 3pm screening Richard Whitby

– 4pm first presentation Michael Whitby

– 5-7pm public dinner

– 7pm Anna Bunting-Branch

– 8pm – Jacob Blandy

Sunday 28th

- 3pm screening

- 4pm Sarah Bowden

- 5-7pm Dinner (donation £4)

- 7pm John Walter

- 8pm Magda Fabiancyzk

- 9pm onwards party with DJ sets given by speaking artists.


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Navigating Extremes, 3rd and 4th of September, 2pm onwards.

For this conference, Natasha Rosling has invited a series of international artists, curators, and architects to present lectures, set up discussions and screenings that draw response to the following themes:


The Weird Drive: Self-discipline, Obsessive Compulsion and Constructive Confusion.

Absurd Paraphernalia: Shaping Tools, Harnessing Straps and Wearing Prosthetics.

Living with Aliens, Dragons and Dinosaurs: Time Travel, Mind Travel, Space Travel.

Echoes in the Vessel: Disembodied voices, Embodied objects, and Lost Body Parts.

Stuck with the Mud: The Edifice, Support Structures and Temporary Architectures.


Participants from a range of research contexts will offer rigorous reflections on the conflicts, excitements, and layers of interest that form the foundations of their mode of looking and thinking.


Programme (tbc):

Saturday 3rd September

2pm Introduction

Followed by talks and presentations by:

- Per Huttner

- Victoria Watson and John Walter

- Celine Condorelli

- Chooc Ly Tan and Rishi Nalin Kumar

- Corinne Felgate

- Linda Franke

- Ian Lawton and Ken Huggins

- Fatos Ustek

- Round Table Discussion


Sunday 4th September:

2pm onwards:

- Natasha Rosling

- Christoph Both-Asmus

- Eleanor Wright

- Sachi Miyachi

- Isobel Dunhill, Antoine Bertin and Robert Lisney

- Screening Pauline Curnier Jardin

- Performance by Jose Campos

- VOL.* Curated Screening, Echoes in the Vessel


please click here to view the programme as a pdf, with info about the participants.

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