Frieze : Article By Kadish Morris
08 Mar 2019
'The World After' | David Blandy Kickstarter Campaign Launch
'The World After' | David Blandy Kickstarter Campaign Launch
Join our Kickstarter Campaign to help realise an exciting new phase for David Blandy's collaborative New Geographies project with the Essex Gaming Community.
‘The World After’ is a new fantasy table-top roleplay game inspired by the wildlife and landscape of Canvey Wick; an abandoned oil refinery turned nature reserve, now recognised as one of the most bio-diverse sites in the UK. The project imagines a game space where community is created through diversity in a post-human world, with much of the monsters and creatures inspired by wildlife from the site.
We now need your help to create a full-colour hardcover book for the game packed with rules, setting, art, bestiary and a starting adventure, developed in collaboration with a dedicated group of local artists and gamers. Help us bring this new world to life by becoming a project supporter today, or help us spread the word to help us reach our target!
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Elmer Square
Southend-on-Sea
Essex, SS1 1NB
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Random Acts, Channel Four, Watch Online
An edited version of “The End of the World” by David Blandy, 2016-17 was shown in the finale episode of Random Acts on Channel Four
Rivers of Emotion, Bodies of Ore
Rivers of Emotion, Bodies of Ore is a catalogue designed by Thomas Nordby/Yokoland and published by Uten Tittel (Not Yet Titled Press), Oslo, in collaboration with Kunsthall Trondheim. The publication is supported by Arts Council Norway.
A publication with newly written essays by Johanna Dahlin & Martin Fredriksson, Sean Dockray, Mats Ingulstad & Pål Thonstad Sandvik, Jan M. Padios and Lisa Rosendahl.
Rivers of Emotion, Bodies of Ore
Kunsthall Trondheim
Film London Jarman Award 2018 shortlist announced
The Film London Jarman Award
The Film London Jarman Award recognises and supports artists working with moving image and celebrates the spirit of experimentation, imagination and innovation in the work of UK-based artist filmmakers. The Award is inspired by visionary filmmaker Derek Jarman.
The 2018 shortlisted artists are:
Larry Achiampong & David Blandy
Jasmina Cibic
Lawrence Lek
Daria Martin
Hardeep Pandhal
Margaret Salmon
The winner of this year's Film London Jarman Award will be announced in November 2018.
Finding Fanon Part Three, Larry Achiampong & David Blandy, 2017 Photo: Claire Barrett
Idea of North Review- Corridor8
08.06.2018 — Review on Corridor8 by Grace Denton
Idea of North, BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art, Gateshead
The Wall & The Incongrous, Larry Achiampong & David Blandy 2018
New Geographies Commissions announced
Maev Kennedy at The Guardian on the New Geographies project which was announced on May 30th 2018, which will involve working with partners across the East of England to deliver 10 ambitious artist commissions.
David Blandy will be working on location at Canvey Island, in partnership with Focal Point Gallery, Southend-on-Sea
www.newgeographies.uk
Follow #Newgeog for social media updates on the project.
Experiments in Art & Science: Kettle's Yard & The Gurdon Institute, May 12th, 12-4pm
Experiments in Art & Science: Kettle's Yard & The Gurdon Institute
May 12th 2018
Kettle’s Yard, Cambridge
12-4pm
Join artists Rachel Pimm and David Blandy at Kettle's Yard along with scientists from the Gurdon Institute in an afternoon of hands-on activities and talks that showcase their latest art and science collaborations.
From 2-3pm there will be a panel discussion between artists Rachel Pimm and David Blandy and scientists Professor Eric Miska and Dr Philip Zegerman, chaired by Experiments in Art & Science curator Harriet Loffler
Image credits: Photography by Ashley Campbell, Alessio Strano, Lewis Evans and David Blandy, courtesy of the Gurdon Institute and Seventeen Gallery
Experiments in Art & Science: The Gurdon Institute & Kettle's Yard Cambridge
Experiments in Art & Science: The Gurdon Institute & Kettle's Yard Cambridge
It’s funny how neurons look like an image from the Hubble telescope. I’ve been working with some very clever scientists from the Livsey Lab @GurdonInstitute & @kettlesyard in Cambridge, they are creating cerebral cortex cells, which make up the brain’s grey matter, from a small sample of human skin. In particular they are looking at the development of brain diseases such as Alzheimer’s, watching the diseases develop in real time in order to work out a way of stopping it. Seeing these stem cells being grown into neurons is fascinating. I’ve been thinking about memory, language, consciousness and data. @harrietloffler & @h.doerflinger talk about the project on Kettle Yard's website. I can’t wait to see what the other artists involved are discovering as well @rachelpimm @wilsonlaurawilson I’ll be going for another visit to the lab soon. ➡ www.kettlesyard.co.uk/about/news/experiments-art-science/ #ExperimentsArtScience #KettlesYard
Experiments in Art & Science: The Gurdon Institute & Kettle's Yard
Curator Harriet Loffler and Scientist & Public Engagement Manager Hélène Doerflinger discuss the project ‘Experiments in Art & Science’, a new collaboration that brings three contemporary artists to the Gurdon Institute, in partnership with Kettle’s Yard, Cambridge, and funded by Wellcome.
Scientists at the Gurdon Institute will collaborate with each artist over a period of several months from Jan to May 2018.
The artists:
David Blandy
Rachel Pimm
Laura Wilson
The Gurdon Institute
Kettle's Yard
We will be announcing the events over the course of the next three to four months. All of the activity can be found on the Gurdon Institute and Kettle’s Yard websites and you can follow on Twitter and Instagram with the hashtag #ExperimentsArtScience.
Exhibition dates extended, The End of the World, Seventeen 17-27 Jan 2018
Installation image at Seventeen, London
Photo credit: Damian Griffiths
Child of the Atom- David Blandy, Vdrome, Nov 24-Dec 9
Child of the Atom is presented by Vdrome on the occasion of David Blandy’s solo exhibition “The End of the World,” viewable until December 16th at Seventeen, London
Friday November 24th-Saturday December 9th 2017
Vdrome is an online platform that offers regular, high quality screenings of films and videos directed by visual artists and filmmakers, whose production lies in-between contemporary art and cinema.
Each screening is presented during a limited period, as in a movie theatre.
Still from Child of the Atom, David Blandy, 2010
Image: Claire Barrett
Vdrome makes available a program of exceptional artists’s films and videos that are selected due to their importance, quality and innovative strength, many of which are only shown in the context of film festivals, exhibitions or specific surveys, being therefore of very limited access.
Vdrome is an initiative conceived and promoted by Mousse.
Curated by: Edoardo Bonaspetti, Jens Hoffmann, Andrea Lissoni and Filipa Ramos.
Managing Editor: Enrico Boccioletti
Private view Thursday 2nd Nov, The End of the World, Seventeen Gallery
David Blandy – The End of the World
Seventeen Gallery
PV Thursday 2nd November 6pm
3rd November to 16th December 2017
The Last Two Million Years, David Blandy, 2017
THE GUILD OF PSYCHOTHERAPISTS: Panel discussion & film screening , Fri 30th June
FINDING FANON TRILOGY CPD EVENT FOR GUILD MEMBERS, STUDENTS, TRAINEES & FRIENDS
SCREENING AND DISCUSSION WITH THE ARTISTS LARRY ACHIAMPONG AND DAVID BLANDY AROUND RACE, RACISM, ART AND THERAPY WITH A PANEL LEAD BY PSYCHOTHERAPIST CHARLES BROWN
Free of charge
The Guild of Psychotherapists
47 Nelson Square, London SE1 0QA
Friday 30TH June 7.00 - 9.00PM
Programme
The Finding Fanon project (2015–17) by Larry Achiampong and David Blandy is inspired by the lost plays of Frantz Fanon (1925–1961), whose work explored the trauma of colonialism and the consequences of decolonisation. Frantz Fanon wrote three plays that remain unpublished and were never performed.
The two artists negotiate Fanon’s ideas, examining the politics of race, racism and the post-colonial, and how these societal issues affect the artists’ relationship and reflect on wider social issues in the current politic climate of brexit. The discussion looks at the impact this has on the analytic relationship and the consequences for therapy in the 21st century.
The Guild of Psychotherapists - and our low fee clinic - is situated in one of the most ethnically and racially diverse boroughs in the country. Recognising this calls for creating conditions where, at a minimum, psychotherapy organisations can fully reflect the society in which they are located.
The members and trainees who work in the Clinic and have been engaged with the community are committed to developing a narrative towards achieving greater psychoanalytical understandings when working with ethnic diversity for the benefit of our trainees, patients and supervisees.
There will be a presentation by the artists of their work followed by a panel discussion and questions from the audience.
Larry Achiampong & David Blandy at Lighthouse, Brighton: Thur June 29
Finding Fanon: Films, Talks & Vinyl Presentation
29 June, Lighthouse, Brighton
7pm – 9.30pm (doors and bar 6.30pm) Tickets: £3
An exploration of race, identity and globalisation by Artists Larry Achiampong and David Blandy.
Join the artists for the launch of their double LP of music from the series, Finding Fanon Sequence, screenings of all three Finding Fanon films, followed by a conversation with Lighthouse Associate Artistic Director, Elijah.
Buy tickets here: Lighthouse
Preview: Thursday 6 July, 6-8pm, Plymouth Arts Centre
Larry Achiampong & David Blandy: Finding Fanon Sequence
Plymouth Arts Centre
Thursday 6th July 2017 - Saturday 2nd September 2017
Preview: Thursday 6 July, 6-8pm. David Blandy and Larry Achiampong will be in conversation with Ben Borthwick, PAC Artistic Director at 7pm
Finding Fanon Part One, Larry Achiampong & David Blandy, 2015
Image credit: Claire Barrett
The exhibition premiere of Larry Achiampong and David Blandy’s film trilogy Finding Fanon (2015—17) is a moving and multi-layered exploration of race, identity and globalisation. Inspired by the radical thinker Frantz Fanon (1925—1961), the trilogy considers Fanon’s ideas about the mental distress caused by colonialism and the social and cultural consequences of decolonisation, and the ways race, racism and societal issues affect our relationships. The films move between past, present and future, blending personal histories and pop culture with science fiction and post-colonial theory. Footage of the artists shot in empty coastal and rural locations is collaged with their avatars wandering the deserted scenarios of Grand Theft Auto.
Alongside their collaborative work, the exhibition includes pieces by each artist from their individual practices, continuing their exploration of how we navigate the digital and physical worlds of the twenty-first century.
We will be screening David Blandy’s short film Tutorial before the cinema screenings of Inversion and My Cousin Rachel for the first week of the exhibition (from Friday 7 to Thursday 13 July). Achiampong (b. 1984) and Blandy (b.1976) have been collaborating as Biters and on the Finding Fanon series since 2013.
Larry Achiampong is a British—Ghanaian artist who has exhibited and presented projects in UK and abroad. David Blandy is represented by Seventeen Gallery and his films are distributed by LUX.
Tate Modern screening: 'Finding Fanon Trilogy', 24 May 7-9pm
The Finding Fanon Trilogy
Larry Achiampong & David Blandy
24 May 2017 at 19.00–21.00, £8 Concessions available
Tate Modern
Bankside
London
SE1 9TG
Finding Fanon Part Three, Larry Achiampong and David Blandy, 2016; Photo Claire Barrett
A moving and multi-layered exploration of race, identity and globalisation inspired by the radical thinker Franz Fanon
The Finding Fanon trilogy (2015–17) by Larry Achiampong and David Blandy blends personal histories, pop culture and post-colonial theory to examine how we navigate the digital and physical worlds of the twenty-first century. Join us for this exclusive screening – the first time the trilogy has been screened together – followed by a conversation between the artists.
Programme
Finding Fanon Part One 2015
Ultra HD colour video, Stereo Sound, 16:9, 15 min
Directors, writers and composers: Larry Achiampong & David Blandy
Supported by Arts Council England
Finding Fanon Part Two 2015
Ultra HD colour video, Stereo Sound, 16:9, 9 min
Directors, writers and composers: Larry Achiampong & David Blandy
Produced by Artsadmin
Commissioned by Brighton Digital Festival
Supported by Arts Council England
Finding Fanon Part Three 2017
Ultra HD colour video, Stereo Sound, 16:9, 14 min
Directors, writers and composers: Larry Achiampong & David Blandy
Supported by Arts Council England and Wysing Arts Centre
In Larry Achiampong and David Blandy’s collaborative practice, they share an interest in popular culture and the decolonial position. They examine communal and personal heritage, using performance to investigate the self as a fiction, devising alter-egos to point at their divided selves.
Larry Achiampong (b. 1984) is a British-Ghanaian artist who has exhibited, performed and presented projects in various institutions within the UK and abroad including the Logan Center for the Arts, Chicago; Tate Britain and Tate Modern, London; Hauptbahnhof (Documenta13), Kassel; Iniva, London; and the ICA, London.
David Blandy (b. 1976) has exhibited at venues nationally and worldwide such as Bloomberg Space, London; The Exchange, Newlyn Art Gallery; Kiasma Contemporary Art Museum, Helsinki; MoMA PS1, New York; and Museum of Contemporary Art, Shanghai. He is represented by Seventeen Gallery and his films are distributed by LUX.
Supported by
The J Isaacs Charitable Trust
PRAKSIS EDITIONS: Larry Achiampong & David Blandy
A beautiful archival print created exclusively for PRAKSIS by UK based artists Larry Achiampong and David Blandy launches this range of collectable contemporary artworks.
Finding Fanon Gaiden: Delete (Sara's Story), Larry Achiampong & David Blandy, 2016
Signed edition of 75.
Price: 879.00 Norwegian Kr
Pigment inkjet print on 310gsm Ilford Prestige pearlescent paper, 11.6 x 20.7 cm
25 per cent of profits from the sale are donated to Mennesker i Limbo to support their ongoing campaign for the rights of paperless migrants.
Finding Fanon Gaiden: Delete (Sara's Story) shows a soberly dressed, lone female traveller walking at sunset along a railway track in a barren, uncanny digital landscape. Who is she and why is she there? What is her destination, and will she make it?
Through their work, Achiampong and Blandy examine ideas of communal and personal heritage, using performance to investigate cultural hierarchies and the “fiction of the self”. Over the past three years, Achiampong and Blandy have exhibited, performed and showcased artworks and projects in the UK and internationally together in spaces such as Tate Modern (London), Fabrica (Brighton), Iniva (London), Modern Art Oxford, Spike Island (Bristol), ICI/Savvy Contemporary (Berlin) and Stony Island Arts Bank (Chicago).
PRAKSIS is an Oslo-based not-for-profit organisation running multidisciplinary residencies that focus on developing creative practices through shared experience and cross-cultural exchange.
Call for Papers: BLACK FILM BRITISH CINEMA CONFERENCE 2017
Call for Papers
BLACK FILM BRITISH CINEMA CONFERENCE 2017
The Politics of Race in Contemporary Film and Digital Practice
17-18 May 2017
Goldsmiths, University of London (Day One) and Institute of Contemporary Arts (Day Two)
CONFIRMED SPEAKERS
- Professor Sarita Malik, Brunel University
- Dr Kara Keeling, University of Southern California
- June Givanni, Pan African Cinema Archives
- Chi Onwurah MP
- Ruth Caleb OBE, Former Head of BBC Drama Group/Film and TV Producer
- Gill Henderson, Former Chief Executive of London Film and Video Development Agency
- Matimba Kabalika, British Film Institute
THEMES
Whether we consider the rise of the concept of diversity, the on-screen representation of identities, the off-screen workforce, the production trends of film institutions, new forms of independent production opened up by new media, or film education and talent development, questions of race and ethnicity remain central to contemporary British film.
This conference will mark nearly 30 years since the original Black Film, British Cinema conference at the ICA and its subsequent publication, which has been a huge influence on scholars exploring race, culture and the politics of representation. Some of its core thinking by Kobena Mercer, Stuart Hall, Paul Gilroy and others remains an excellent point to consider what has, and has not, become of black and Asian film and TV production in the UK.
The aim of this two-day conference is to consider the politics of race in contemporary British cinema and visual practice and reflect on almost 30 years of black film production vis-a-vis the institutional, technological, textual, cultural and political shifts that have occurred during this period. We invite scholars, early career researchers, postgraduate students and practitioners working at the intersection of film, TV, Moving Image, Media and Communication studies, Sociology, Politics and Cultural Studies. We would encourage contributors to reflect on themes, challenges and questions central to race and British film in terms of governance, production, representation, exhibition and spectatorship. These include (but are not limited to):
- The politics of representation in contemporary film and digital practice
- Diversity and film policy
- The representation/politics of race in new digital platforms
- Understandings of 'Black film' in the context of recent social, political and cultural change
- The politics of gender and sexuality and intersectional approaches to black and Asian film and visual practice
- The political economy of 'Black film'
- The cultural, geographical and political contexts of black and Asian film production
- Participatory film cultures and movements
- Methodologies for understanding contemporary film, representation and access.
- Film in postcolonial and race critical theory
- The relevance and cohesiveness of 'black' as an ethnic category in film production, policy and criticism
- New Ethnicities, the Black intelligentsia and film and TV production
- The emergence of new sub genres (i.e Urban Film)
- Higher Education, film studies and race, and approaches to Black film pedagogy
- Race and diaspora in international cinema
- Representation, identity and the ideology of race and ethnicity
Abstract Deadlines and Submission Process:
3rd February 2017. Deadline for paper submission. Please submit proposals for 15 minute papers here. The submission should include the following: title and name, institutional affiliation and address, and email address, together with a paper title and abstract of not more than 300 words.
27th February 2017 Paper proposers notified of decision by conference committee. Conference registration opens.
Thursday 17th May 2017. Conference starts in London.
Conference Organisers: Dr Clive James Nwonka (University of Greenwich), Dr Anamik Saha (Goldsmiths, University of London)
Morgan Quaintance & Kirsty Lang, on 'Front Row', Radio 4
Review by Morgan Quaintance & Kirsty Lang, Front Row, Radio 4, Fri 13 January of 'UNTITLED: art on the conditions of our time', New Art Exchange, Nottingham
Listen to the audio download here