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!WOWOW! AND PLASTIQUE FANTASTIQUE "LATE AT TATE" - TATE BRITAIN LONDON [040108]

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JONATHON FOX - SHEFFIELD HALLAM ART SPACES [DATE]

UPLOADING

PANNI POH YOKE LOH "EAST WEST SPIRIT EARTH" - SYLVESTER SPACE SHEFFIELD [181207]

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誰も知らない / DARE MO SHIRANAI - HIROKAZU KOREEDA [FILM, JAPANESE 2004]

BASED ON THE WIDELY DOCUMENTED CHILD ABANDONMENT INCIDENT THAT TOOK PLACE IN SUGAMO (TOSHIMA-KU), TOKYO IN 1988, KNOWN AS "巣鴨子供置き去り事件" (SUGAMO KODOMO OKISARI JIKEN / SUGAMO CHILD ABANDONMENT INCIDENT).

NOBODY KNOWS TELLS THE STORY OF 4 CHILDREN'S BID FOR SURVIVAL AFTER BEING ABANDONED BY THEIR MOTHER.

I NEED NOT TO WRITE A REVIEW OF THIS FILM, PLEASE TAKE THE TIME TO WATCH IT YOURSELVES.

PHIL COY - TRANSMISSION LECTURE, SHOWROOM SHEFFIELD [05/12/2007]

HOST: DAVID COTTERELL





COY'S RECENT WORK LOOKS TO EXPLORE OUR INCREASINGLY DIGITIZED RELATIONSHIP TO THE PHYSICAL WORLD. FROM 2000, AND THE ANNOUNCEMENT THAT THE ENTIRES EARTHS SURFACE HAD BEEN PHOTOGRAPHED DIGITALLY, COY STARTED TO CREATE LARGE PIXEL BASED SITE SPECIFIC WORKS. WHEN A SITE WAS FOUND, HE WOULD THEN RE-MAP THE EXACT LOCATION ON GOOGLE EARTH, SELECT THE EXACT SERIES OF PIXELS FROM THE SPACE AND INSTALL IT BACK TO THE LOCATION.

THESE SITE SPECIFIC WORKS, ALONG WITH 'OMEGA' (TRINIDAD 2004) CRITIQUED OUR INCREASINGLY DISTANT RELATIONSHIP TO OUR EARTH AND TRADITIONS.



'TEST SIGNAL' (2006) SIMILARLY TALKS OF OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH THE DIGITAL. A CHOIR SINGS A 440HZ (OR CONCERT A) TONE TO MIMIC THAT WHICH BROADCAST TECHNICIANS USE TO VERIFY SIGNAL ACCURACY. WHEN THE CHOIR REACHED THE CORRECT PITCH, THE COLOURS ARE ACCURATE, AS THEY CAN NO LONGER HOLD THE EXACT NOTE, THE COLOURS WILL DEVIATE.

CONTRASTING TO THE DELICATE APPROACH ADOPTED IN THESE WORKS, IN HIS 2003 DRUM LECTURE COLLABORATION WITH DAVE CARBONE "REMINISCE THIS", COY TAKES ON THE GUISE OF THE FALL FRONTMAN MARK E SMITH.











CARBONE TWATS AWAY AT THE DRUMS TILL HIS ARMS GIVE UP, FORCING COY TO SPIEL VARIOUS DISCONNECTED AND SLIGHTLY HUMOROUS BEAT POETRY INTO THE MICROPHONE.

FAIR PLAY

CHARLES

BRIAN CATLING - TRANSMISSION LECTURE, SHOWROOM SHEFFIELD [28/11/2007]

HOST: HESTER REEVE

FINALLY, SOMEONE WHO REALLY GRABS ME BY THE BALLS.



BRIAN CATLING, THE BFG.

POIGNANT ENJOYMENT. CATLING IS, DESPITE HIS AGE, DOWN WITH THE KIDZ.

I HAVE LOST ALL NOTES TAKEN DURING THIS LECTURE, IRONICALLY, AS THIS TALK QUITE POSSIBLY INFORMED ME THE MOST.

SOME MOVEMENT;

1. MOBILITY
2. ACCESSIBILITY
3. SOCIAL INTERACTION
4. USE OF ART
5. 
6. 
7. 

I WILL STICK MY HEAD INTO A HOLE, IN A OAK VENEERED PILLAR, WITH A PULL UP BAR ABOVE ME, LIFT MY BODY TO A 90 DEGREE ANGLE, FOR A MOMENT OF SILENCE, AS SOON AS GATLING CROAKS.

WHAT A BLOKE.

CHARLES

PAUL MORRISON - TRANSMISSION LECTURE, SHOWROOM SHEFFIELD [21/11/2007]

HOST: LESLEY SANDERSON

PAUL MORRISON.



AN ARTIST WHO COULD SURELY STAND A VERY GOOD CHANCE IN A LAW SUIT AGAINST IKEA FOR THEIR VARIOUS 'ART CANVASES AND WALL PAPER DESIGNS.



I FEAR MORRISON'S WORK WOULD HAVE HAD A LARGER IMPACT WHEN HE FIRST STARTED WITH THE BLACK AND WHITE LANDSCAPES IN THE LATE '90S, BUT IT IS EQUALLY ENJOYABLE TO SEE VECTOR-LIKE REPRODUCIBLES BEING EXHIBITED IN SUCH HIGH STATURE SPACES.

MORRISON HAS CARVED A SLICK NICHE, MIXING HIGH SCIENTIFIC BOTANICAL, ARTISANAL LIKE DRAWING WITH THE LOW ARTS OF THE CARTOON.

HIS WORK PERHAPS INHERITS A CRITIQUE FROM OTHER WORKING ARTISTS DUE TO ITS REPRODUCTIVE NATURE, CONSTANT USE OF SAME IMAGERY AND HIS COMMERCIAL SUCCESS AND MARKETING CHOICES.

ALL PEAS FOR THE PIE I SAY.

CHARLES

TORSTEN LAUSCHMANN - TRANSMISSION LECTURE, SHOWROOM SHEFFIELD [31/10/2007]

HOST: T.C. MCCORMACK

GERMAN IN GLASGOW

VERY INTERESTING AND UP-TO-DATE APPROACH, LAUSCHMANN EMBRACES THE 'CATCH ALL' CREATIVE THAT SEEMS TO BE QUITE THE TREND IN NEW AND DEVELOPING ARTISTS NOW. DIPPING IN AND OUT OF GALLERY EXHIBITIONS, FILM MAKING, LIVE PERFORMANCE, THORSTEN INVESTIGATES THE UNDERPINNING MECHANICS OF OUR HIGH-TECH WORLD.

HIS WORK UTILISING MAX MSP AND IMAGE/MOVEMENT ACTIVATED CONTROLLING WAS VERY INTERESTING, AND A GREAT THING TO DEVELOP FURTHER IN EXHIBITING ART.



"COLD WATER QUARTET" USES FISH AND A VIDEO LINK TO STIMULATE SOFTWARE INSTRUMENTS AND PLAY MUSIC. 'SINGLE FISH' ON BASS, 'SPECIAL FISH' ON PIANO AND 'ANIMAL' ON DRUMS.

"MOTHER AND CHILD" PROJECTION ONTO GOLD SURFACE.
THE WORK IS A CONTRADICTORY MOVING, STILL-LIFE. A BEAUTIFUL WORK SHOWING LAUSCHMANN'S WIFE AND NEW BORN SON SLEEPING ON A BED. FRAMED AND DISPLAYED WITH A NOD TO RELIGIOUS IMAGES AND RENAISSANCE PAINTING, CONFLICTS WITH THE BABIES DELICATE AND ERRATIC BREATHING.



THANK YOU TO LAUSCHMANN AND HAWLEY (LAST WEEK) FOR REGAINING MY CONFIDENCE IN THE DREADED 'VIDEO ART'.

HTTP://WWW.LAUSCHMANN.COM

STEVE HAWLEY - TRANSMISSION LECTURE, SHOWROOM SHEFFIELD [24/10/2007]

HOST: THE MIGHTY PAUL HAYWARD

ANOTHER VIDEO BUFF, BUT THIS TIME WITH FAR STRONGER CONTENT.

THOROUGHLY ENJOYED 'SIMILAR TO NOTHING' (2005), A COLLABORATION[?] WITH STEVE DUTTON, WHERE TWO SCREENS SHOW THE SAME FILM TWICE, RUNNING 8 SECONDS OUT OF SYNC WITH ONE ANOTHER.

LIKE A VISUAL DYSLEXIA AN INTERESTING DIALOGUE WAS FORCED ON THE VIEWER

IF YOU MISSED A PART, ONE COULD RE-FAMILIARIZE 8-SECONDS TO THE LEFT, BUT WOULD THEN LOSE THE PLACE IN THE STORY TO THE RIGHT. FORCING FOCUS TO THE 2ND SCREEN UNTIL ENOUGH COURAGE IS MUSTERED TO FILL IN THE BLANK AND JUMP TO THE NEW.

IM VERY INTERESTED IN WORK THAT FORCES AN ENGAGEMENT ON ITS VIEWER. WE HAVE GROWN LAZY IN THIS MODERN AGE AND I FEAR IT IS THE ONLY TRUE WAY FORWARD TO CONVERSE TO THE MASSES.

GOOD WORK, BUT ID LIKE TO SEE MORE NAKED CHICKS.

CHARLES

MATTHEW NOEL-TOD - TRANSMISSION LECTURE, SHOWROOM SHEFFIELD [17/10/2007]

HOST: NICK STEWART

MATTHEW NOEL-TOD IS, UNFORTUNATELY, A VIDEO ARTIST.

I SAY UNFORTUNATELY AS IT BEWILDERS ME WHY ANYONE WOULD DECIDE TO SHOW WORK WHICH STIMULATES SO LITTLE; APART FROM WONDERING WHY ON EARTH THE WOMAN SMOKING DID NOT INHALE. IS THIS SO HIGHLY THEATRICAL IT DOESN'T NEED ANY INTELLECTUAL FOCUS?




THIS KIND OF AMBIENT VIDEO WOULD WORK BEST SCREENED IN THE WAITING ROOM FOR A DENTIST, OR AN ESTATE AGENTS WINDOW. ACTUALLY, I THINK THAT MIGHT BE WHERE I FIRST SAW IT.

NICK'S LEGENDARY STATUS DROPPED A FEW NOTCHES AFTER THIS SESSION. HE'S GOING TO NEED TO DO SOMETHING REALLY SPECIAL THIS CHRISTMAS TO WIN BACK OUR HEARTS.

CHARLES

HTTP://WWW.MATTHEWNOEL-TOD.COM

MICHAEL CORRIS - TRANSMISSION LECTURE, SHOWROOM SHEFFIELD [10/10/2007]

HOSTS : JASPAR JOSEPH-LESTER & SHAZZA KIVLAND



A GREAT START TO THIS SEASONS TRANSMISSION CONVENE. MICHAEL CORRIS IS A TRUE GEM STONE.

AS FAR AS MY NOTES TAKE ME, IM LEAD TO THE FOLLOWING MAIN POINTS OF ACTION;

1. EXPLORE KOREAN MIWON KWON'S WORK
2. FINISH OFF OTHER PEOPLES WORK
3. 'ICONS WITHOUT ICONS'
4. NON FINANCIAL
5. NON COMMERCIAL
6. NON EXPRESSIVE
7. & NON ENTERTAINING
8. ANSWERING "WHAT DOES THIS REPRESENT?" WITH "WHAT DO YOU REPRESENT?"
9. FORCING AUDIENCE
10. RE-KINDLED MY OWN THEORY OF ARP/ART RELATED PRODUCT
11. CONCRETED MY IDEAS
12. REALISED SOMEONE ELSE HAS ALREADY THOUGHT OF THEM
13. NY GROUP "ART AND LANGUAGE" SIMILARITIES TO VIC & BOB'S "ACTION IMAGE EXCHANGE"
14. "ITS NOT HIGH DEFINITION ANYTHING, ITS A WINDOW"
15. YOU LOOK AT EVERYTHING
16. YOU LOOK AT NOTHING
17. YOU LOOK AT ONE THING
18. ATTRIBUTING WORK

I FEEL I SHOULD RE-READ RELATIONAL AESTHETICS [BOURRIAUD]

I CLOSE WITH PERHAPS THE FINEST PIECE OF ADVICE FOR ANY ASPIRING YOUNG ARTISTS;

DONT READ YOUR REVIEWS. JUST WEIGH THEM.


CHARLES X

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THANKS

CHARLES