D.A.F.T. Related events & participants: THE (deviant) ART FESTIVAL in Trollhättan

DAFT 09 Submissions

2009-03-18T01:12:00.000-07:00

URGENT & IMPORTANT! In order to get on the APPLICANTS 2009 mailing list/news letter, mail your name with the subject line: Im planning to apply 2009! to: deviantartfestival@gmail.com PLEASE do this immediately if you are planning to apply. Then: SEND FULL D.A.F.T 2009 APPLICATION BEFORE APRIL 10th! The artists allowed to apply for the 2009 edition of The (deviant) Art Festival will be restricted to former participants or artists recommended by people involved in The (deviant) Art Festival. THE (deviant) ART FESTIVAL in Trollhättan 2009 will be an art marathon divided in to 13 different shows/events/gigs/openings/screenings/workshops/performances/exhibitions executed on 13 different days. In each "event" there must be one person listed as curator/organizer of that day. D.A.F.T 09 Submission: Explanatory edition, answer the following questions in your application: 1. Are you the curator/organizer of "your event"? 2. Are you the only participant in your event (artwork/performance/show etc.)? If NO, list your participants: If YES, is your "work" suitable to be a part of other "works" during one of the events/days? 3. What dates/days can you be in Sweden, Trollhättan to execute your work/event? (Between 26 of June and the 20th July/ 2009.) 4. Send us a draft of your "project/exhibition/event" idea. (Be practical, at this point we are more interested in the physicality of your piece/project. Line drawings/ sketches/ photos etc. are a good help to understand your vision.) 5. What is the artistic idea (statement) behind your project, be brief, pref. use just a few lines. (Specify if your show/event/project has an "official" name to use in programs/adds/posters etc.) IMPORTANT!!! Please specify if your requested date is the only date possible for you, or if you could also do other dates. There will be clashes. If you have not previously participated in any (deviant) Art Festival related events you should also include: 1. Cv 2. Statement 3. Examples of previous works. 4. Contact information, web-pages etc. -The 2009 event/exhibition will be a 13 different shows art marathon. -The show will start at the 26 of June and end at the 20th July/ 2009. -Each of the 13 shows will only last one day. (Could be one minute or 24 hours.) -There are 4 different venues already available to use for your art project. -Any number of artists could participate in each show. But each show will have one organizer/curator or "project manager" if you will. (I.e. You either apply with your own one-day-exhibition/performance/screening/project/happening/gig/reading etc. or you might have a suitable art project where you collaborate with others.) FEAL FREE TO USE THIS GROUP TO GET OTHER PARTICIPANTS INVOLVED. IF YOU HAVE OTHER ART PROJECTS NOT SUITABLE FOR ONE DAY MARATHON but you still think would work within the realm of The (deviant) Art Festival 2009, contact Fred Lindberg for consultation. Mail: deviantartfestival@gmail.com Official D.A.F.T blog: http://deviantartfestival.blogspot.com/ D.A.F.T Channel on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=922FF719B936F45E D.A.F.T group on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=5189963090 D.A.F.T on MySpace: http://www.myspace.com/deviantartfestival D.A.F.T applicants group on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=71896406360

Fred's ThePeace, Now No1 on the Reverbnation Alternative Chart.

2009-03-15T06:01:00.000-07:00

(deviant) Artist's other projects: Minou Norouzi in Group Show.

2009-03-13T18:31:00.000-07:00

Minou Norouzi: Imago, in Affluenza - a group show which refers to ‘the disease of affluence’ as detailed in Oliver James’ book.

www.minounorouzi.com

www.anatomyoffailure.com

(deviant) Artist's other projects: Frog Morris presents...

2009-03-04T04:43:00.000-08:00

8.30PM THURSDAY 12TH MARCH 2009

A retrospective of works by artist Daniel Lehan to celebrate his fiftieth birthday. Each of Lehan’s works will be performed by another artists in their own inimitable style.

Apart from Daniel Lehan, (deviant) artists Charlotte Young and Frog Morris will be among the many artists performing on this event The Montague Arms, 289 Queens Road, SE15 2PA Public Transport : New Cross Gate / New Cross Bus Station / Queens Road Peckham.

The evening takes places in The Montague Arms, which has been described by the London Paper as ‘The best pub in the country’ and was voted number one pub by The Rough Pub Guide : A Celebration of the Great British Boozer. Artist Frog Morris curates an eccentric mix of art, music and comedy on the second Thursday of each month in the pub.

More information :

www.frogmorris.net www.daniel-lehan.com

frogmorris@frogmorris.net

(deviant) Artist's other projects: Minou Norouzi in PHOTOCINEMA

2009-02-26T06:52:00.000-08:00

Minou Norouzi is showing work together with Zhang Xiao, David Lynch, Cindy Sherman and many more. PHOTOCINEMA 6 March - 5 April, 2009 Quad Derby, UK Visit: www.formatfestival.com for more information.

(deviant) Artist's other projects: Bill Aitchison does Apocryphal Theatre

2009-02-08T05:03:00.000-08:00

We want to let you know about a show Bill Aitchison is a part of that opens this Wednesday and runs till 01 March. It is the latest creation of Apocryphal Theatre and I can guarantee it is quite unlike anything else going on in London right now. Special and well worth seeing. The e-flyer says it all. (Klick on Flyer to view larger)

(deviant) Artist Charlotte Young in comedy group: The Brazner

2009-02-05T23:22:00.000-08:00

"The Brazner are a troupe of "young, talented and very, very funny" (so say the British Theatre Review) who perform sketch comedy ("their sketches are truly original"), performance art, music, poetry and other such wonderfulness. You can see them every so often at ’The Jam’, a night at the Miller pub in London Bridge, ’Frog Morris Presents...’, a night down in New Cross. We do both Camden and Edinburgh Fringe Festivals during the summer. We do full length shows in London through out the year. We also have a spangly website on the way To find out more, please join our Facebook group or visit us on Myspace. "See them now and say you were there at the beginning" -We couldn’t agree more The Brazner brings you a night of comedy involving beards, bastards, and extremely mild satire." The Brazner - February dates‏: February 10th The Jam "South London's best new writing night joins 2009" 7:30-10:30pm The Miller of Mansfield, 96 Snowsfields Road, Borough February 12th Frog Morris presents... Art-Music-Comedy-Ale 8:30pm-late The Montague Arms, 289 Queens Road, New Cross

(deviant) Artist Lee Maelzer in exhibition: Borderland

2009-02-03T08:48:00.000-08:00

Borderland Investigating the different approaches to landscape: from the urban and artificial to the natural and wild Borderland opens Wed 11th 6-8pm 4 Bedford Row WC1‏ More info: www.collyerbristow.com www.dayandgluckman.co.uk

(deviant) Artist Frog Morris: New homepage!

2009-01-28T04:55:00.000-08:00

Please take a look... http://www.frogmorris.net As well as information about forthcoming shows, there is also a new GALLERY with artworks and documentation from previous shows and projects. It is a good chance to relive some highlights from past shows (or to catch up on the things you missed).

(deviant) Artist's other projects: John & Per-Arne takes their KANSLIBYRÅN to Gallery Pictura

2009-01-12T23:57:00.000-08:00

The "Kanslibyrån"s show on Galleri Pictura in Lund, Sweden opens this saturday 17 januari, at 16-20 "Galleri Picturas nya utställning visar delar av Kanslibyråns irrationella, trotsiga och ibland märkliga verksamhet, Kanslibyrån är en aktivistgrupp och mini-institution som består av konstnärerna Per-Arne Sträng och John Huntington.

Kanslibyrån är ett konstnärligt samarbete med en agenda. Det vi ser är en kamp i vardagen där rationalitet, lydnad och effektivitet ifrågasätts på ett både publikt och personligt plan.

I utställningen på Galleri Pictura i Lund ser vi dokumentation av tidigare genomförda aktioner och en stor installation av papper. "Aktion nr. 175: Vika för många pappersflygplan", fungerar som rumslig gestaltning av Kanslibyråns ideal."

open 17 jan– 7 feb

Svartbrödersgatan 3, Lund, Sweden

Tue-Sat 14-17, Thurs 16-19

More Info about KANSLIBYRÅN

New Art Music Video by Fred and his ThePeace, enjoy!

2009-01-03T02:22:00.000-08:00

(deviant) Artist's other projects: Stina Rosenberg & Erik Östensson, runs Galley/Exhibits

2008-11-25T00:23:00.000-08:00

Invitation keep the faith Jenny Gaulitz Tamara Lorenz Erik Östensson Photography / Video / Installation Opening: 28 November 19.00 – 22.oo Artist presentation: 28 November at 20.00 The exhibition continues until 12 December 2008 Verkligheten present zweinollfyra.org´s first exhibition! Maybe it is zweinollfyra.org´s stripped poetic strive to shield their self from a constant present temptation of alienation that caught Verkligheten´s attention. Between unease and excitement lies a focused activity not to jilt the state of existing in reality. There is a common tune in how Jenny Gaulitz, Tamara Lorenz and Erik Östensson addresses you with the question; how to find and stay one self? Verkligheten is curious and together with you like to go look for some possible answers. Most Welcome! Emma-Lina Ericson

VERKLIGHETEN Pilgatan 16 S-903 31 Umeå Telephone: +46 (0) 90 10 99 00 Contact, Emma-Lina Ericson: +46 (0) 70 826 87 97 E-mail: maila_verkligheten@yahoo.com More Gallery Info: www.verkligheten.net The gallery is open Tue - Thur 9 - 13, Fri - Sat 12 - 16 VERKLIGHETEN is run by the 9 artists Gerd Aurell, Stina Rosenberg, Ludwig Franzén, Anneli Furmark, Moa Krestesen, Mattias Olofsson, Knutte Wester, Helena Wikstrom and Emma-Lina Ericson. Statens Kulturråd, Umeå Kommun and Västerbotten Läns Landsting support VERKLIGHETEN.

(deviant) Artist's other projects: Sayshun Jay, Beth Collar & Tim Pratt in ENDERS 5: GAG A GAG

2008-11-19T07:18:00.000-08:00

20th November - 30th November Both Locations Opening Thursday 20th November 6-9pm Rachel Carey - Steve McLaughlin Beth Collar - Priscila Fernandes - Tim Pratt Sayhun Jay + Joe Watling In association with Club Attent, a brand new Art Project Space in the South of Rotterdam. Click on flyer to view more info. ENDERS 5: GAG A GAG Building J, Britannia Works Dace road London E3 2NG info@enders.org.uk www.enders.org.uk

Hackney Transients: Art Project supported by The (deviant) Art Festival.

2008-11-05T02:23:00.000-08:00

Klick on Images to read/view larger and learn how to apply.

http://hackneytransientsartproject.blogspot.com

(deviant) Artists in: SCENE IN THE MAKING

2008-09-28T09:23:00.000-07:00

(deviant) participants Daniel Lehan, Robert Luzar, Frog Morris and Charlotte Young are among the artists of:

Scene in the Making

(More Info)

Curated by Lee Campbell and Frog Morris

as part of CONCRETE AND GLASS festival OCTOBER 2ND 6-9PM and OCTOBER 3RD 12-8PM Nicholls and Clarke, Shoreditch High Street London

THE deviant ART FESTIVAL in TROLLHÄTTAN (D.A.F.T) participants at Independents Biennial Liverpool 08.

2008-09-25T10:01:00.000-07:00

THE deviant ART FESTIVAL in TROLLHÄTTAN (D.A.F.T) participants at "The Salon", a part of Independents Biennial Liverpool 08: Matt Blackler, Bill Howard, Sayshun Jay, Fred Lindberg and Charlotte Young. The Salon (More Info) Liverpool: Wolstenholme Projects Space, 11-13 Wolstenholme Square, Liverpool L1 4JJ 6 October - 20 October 2008. Private view: 5 October 2008 Exhibition: A selection of contemporary painting, drawing and video art Selected by The Projection Gallery and Mission Studios, in association with The Art Organisation and Liverpool Biennial Independents 2008. The Salon London preview: Thursday 25 September @ The Mission, 91 Eastway E8 7pm +

A performance by (deviant) participants: (H)Appy Logies, Thursday 9 October , Lisbon, Portugal‏

2008-09-25T09:37:00.000-07:00

THE deviant ART FESTIVAL in TROLLHÄTTAN participants performs in Lisbon: (H)Appy Logies presents "Series of routines" an improvised and durational performance on dance routines, mental patterns, and human obsessions at Bacalhoeiro, Rua dos Bacalhoeiros Lisboa Portugal Thursday 9 October 11pm After a series of performances last May in Paris (la Miroiterie) and London (Shunt Vaults), (H)Appy Logies are performing "Series of routines" in Lisbon @Bacalhoeiro on October the 9th. "Series of Routines" is a highly visual, atmospheric and intense performance entirely improvised around a few objects (flour, mirror, "fragile" tape, chairs) and a dancer who comes back to dance after a 16 year break. It explores the violent, the sublime, the absurd and the humorous in human patterns and in our link to every day objects. (H)Appy Logies have worked since 2006 around the visceral in the every day, the human in the routine, the sublime in the domestic,and the political in the personal by forming partly improvised, mainly non narrative performances and through the shaping of tense and intense atmospheres. More info: happylogies.blogspot.com

FRESH AIR MACHINE curated by (deviant) participant Iavor Lubomirov among others.

2008-09-24T09:18:00.000-07:00

Other (deviant) Artists also participating is Lee Maelzer, Minou Norouzi and Charlie Tweed.

Saturday, 20th September.. BINGO games devised by Lorna Giezot and Daniel Lehan

2008-09-17T09:06:00.000-07:00

BINGO inspired events by artists, musicians and performers including (deviant) participants such as: Daniel Lehan, Frog Morris and Charlotte Young. (7:30pm-Midnight) BINGO, Nunhead Arts Week, Upstairs at The Old Nun's Head, 15 Nunhead, Nunhead, London, SE16 http://www.fancyapint.com/pubs/pub3620.html

Lee Maelzer, (deviant) particapant shows work in Shoreditch Town Hall Basement

2008-09-15T09:39:00.000-07:00

NOTHING WORKS

An exhibition of works by 20 artists and designers in the basement of Shoreditch Town Hall

Private view 18 September 6:30 - 9:30 pm

Shoreditch Town Hall Basement, Old Street, London EC1V 9LT

Exhibition dates: 19 - 21 September 11:00 - 18:00, 22 September 12:00 - 21:00

Beth Collar, (deviant) participant at newcontemporaries 2008

2008-09-10T10:05:00.000-07:00

(deviant) Artist's other projects: Joanna Ageborn Exhibits at Konsthallen in Rättvik, Sweden.

2008-09-04T12:00:00.000-07:00

(deviant) Artist's other projects: Lee Maelzer at Gallery Primo Alonso

2008-08-24T10:02:00.000-07:00

GALLERY PRIMO ALONSO

presents

SideSHOW

5th- 28th September, 2008

Private View: Thursday 4th September 6pm - 9pm

395-397 Hackney Road, London, London E2 8PP

Open Thursday-Sunday 11am - 6pm or by appointment

David Ben White

Alex Gough

David Holland

Lisa Ivory

Lee Maelzer

Bethany Murray

Hyo Myoung Kim

Taryn Takahashi

Gabriela Talavera

For further information please contact

Angelica, Paul or Richard by email: info@primoalonso.com or phone +44 (0)20 7033 3678 or visit www.primoalonso.com

plusminus, new blog containing three (deviant) Artists.

2008-07-24T09:47:00.000-07:00

Angus Braithwaite, Cai Nyahoe and Matthew Giraudeau presents Statement of Intent for the Plusminus Group. (Image: Angus piece "Birds Of Paradise") Visit: http://plusminusarts.blogspot.com/

The end of (deviant) Art: Oliver Evelyn-Rahr for Cancer Research UK

2008-07-21T01:25:00.000-07:00

The last but not least action to be taken at the 2008 edition of The (deviant) Art Festival was Oliver Evelyn-Rahr´s "Sweden to London cycle ride for Cancer Research UK"

Follow his progress and jorney back to UK at: swedenlondon.blogspot.com
Support his quest and donate money directly to Cancer Research at: www.justgiving.com/oliverdude

Art Project by (deviant) participant Elizabeth McTernan

2008-07-19T10:35:00.000-07:00

CIVIL DUSK - LET'S TRY AGAIN TOMORROW LOOK WEST, BE THERE Saturday, July 19th, 2008 Let's all watch the sunset together as the sun sets on America. I will be observing and documenting the time between sunset and civil dusk in Cape Alava, Washington, USA, on the evening of July 19th, 2008. That's where I will be at that time, on my way to Japan. Please join me from wherever you are for that 40 minutes - whether it's light out or pitch black - and take a photo of your western horizon at the moment of our Civil Dusk (see below for your time). All you have to do is look west, be there. "Civil dusk" is the official name for the moment when the sun sinks lower than 6 degrees below the horizon, finally leaving the land in true darkness. This term is not only one of scientific functionality, but also one that is poetically and politically loaded, ambiguously optimistic or fatalistic. I chose Cape Alava because it's the westernmost point in the contiguous U.S., and I quite like the idea of acknowledging the country's very last experience of sunlight for the day. Look west, be there. Let's watch the sunset together as the sun sets on America. Let's try again tomorrow. Political cynicism holds hands with a romantic gesture of hope. Both apocalyptic and like a first date. Please note your respective times: Cape Alava, WA (westernmost point in the contiguous US): - sunset 09:12pm civil dusk 09:51pm US Western Summer Time: - our sunset 09:12pm our civil dusk 09:51pm US Mountain Summer Time: - our sunset 10:12pm our civil dusk 10:51pm US Central Summer Time: - our sunset 11:12pm our civil dusk 11:51pm US Eastern Summer Time: - our sunset 12:12pm our civil dusk 12:51pm British Summer Time: - our sunset 5:12am our civil dusk 5:51am Central European Summer Time: - our sunset 6:12am our civil dusk 6:51am Japan Standard Time: - our sunset 1:12pm our civil dusk 1:51pm +1 day South Korea Standard Time: - our sunset 1:12pm our civil dusk 1:51pm +1 day The time just after sunset is a transitional one that redefines our perceptions, be them legal (burglary is considered night burglary 30 minutes after sunset, upon which time the penalty is increased) or physical (there is an official time each day after sunset when objects are definitively indiscernible to the naked eye). Focusing on civil dusk addresses the question of "objectiveness" in representation - in terms of the limitations of the eye, the limitations of journalistic images, the limitations of our own faith in these instruments of "truth." Also, I think there is something to be said for observing civil dusk on an arbitrary day. While every new day brings a brand new civil twilight, we are free to begin again, and fail again. IT WOULD MAKE ME SO HAPPY IF YOU WOULD JOIN ME - DON'T BE LATE, AND DON'T FORGET TO EMAIL ME YOUR PHOTO AFTERWARDS! -- Elizabeth McTernan Somewhere in the Pacific Northwest, en route to Japan 443.570.4636

Dear (deviant) Moments: 19th July Performance by Maria-Lena Hedberg & Steffan Atherton

2008-07-19T02:06:00.000-07:00

New (deviant) Participants 2008: Noomi Österling

2008-07-18T02:28:00.000-07:00

During the last two years, Noomi Österling has been working with sensor controlled Installations, the human voice and computer processed everyday sounds. She is interested in questions related to how we construct and imagine our reality, communication and change.

(deviant) 2008 NEWS: Showing this week at MOCAP: SHIT TV goes NYC

2008-07-14T08:22:00.000-07:00

From Today onwards we will be showing SHIT TV with Charlotte Young & Fred Lindberg. This new 30minute special episode "SHIT TV goes NYC" was made specially for a show at the New Gallery Catalog, New York. It has since then been shown on different Galleries and occasions in London , New york & Sweden. Within the SHIT TV concept, Charlotte and Fred are working as art performers, TV hosts, journalists and film makers.
You can catch their latest episode featuring recent movie star Russel Brand here:
FAMOUS SHIT

(deviant) 2008 NEWS: Minou Norouzi films showing this week in KONSTHALLEN.

2008-07-14T02:25:00.000-07:00

MINOU NOROUZI FILMS IN KONSTHALLEN The (deviant) Art Festival is pleased to present the following films by Minou Norouzi: U NEVER ASKED TO BE MY MOUNTAIN IMAGO SITTING IS BELIEVING LIMB FROM LIMB

Channel 4 News report on The (deviant) Art Festival 2008.

2008-07-09T11:48:00.000-07:00

(deviant) 2008 NEWS: Beth Collar Films at MOCAP

2008-07-07T04:05:00.000-07:00

This week we are showing two films by Beth Collar at MOCAP, Museum Of Contemporary Art Periferi. MOCAP is located at Kungsgatan 33 in the center of Trollhättan. The two films "The Great Irish Elk" & "24th of July 2007" were both filmed by Beth in Trollhättan at previous (deviant) Art Festivals. The film "24th of July 2007" was also shortlisted and finally selected for "New Contemporaries 2008"!

THE (deviant) ART FESTIVAL 2008

2008-07-01T23:58:00.000-07:00

THE (DEVIANT) ART FESTIVAL ÄR TILLBAKA I SVERIGE!

Initiativtagare och arrangörer till denna uppmärksammade konsthändelse är som vanligt Fred(rik) Lindberg och Joanna Ageborn, två erfarna konstnärer skolade huvudsakligen i London, Amsterdam och Göteborg. Det som tidigare var något så ovanligt som en konstfestival i Trollhättan med uteslutande brittisk konst, har nu utvecklats till ett internationellt nätverk med unga konstnärer från hela världen. Utställningens tyngdpunkt detta tredje år ligger dock istället på Nordisk samtidskonst.

Som konsthappening är The (deviant) Art Festival unik i sitt slag och lämnar sällan publiken oberörd, uppmärksamheten sträcker sig ofta utanför den vanliga konstkretsen. Festivalen och dess deltagare har redan säkrat en plats i konstlivet med diverse utmärkelser och engagemang i utställningar så som Independents Biennal i Liverpool och YoungContemporaries i London samt även events i Göteborg och Örebro.
The (deviant) Art Festival levererar ett rikt program av film, musik och poesi i samarbete med Konsthallen i Trollhättan. Förutom de tre huvudarenorna Konsthallen, Galleri Pumphuset och MOCAP utlovas även udda upplevelser i det offentliga rummet för den som har sinnena på skaft.
Initiativtagarna har även i år byggt vidare på sina idéer kring atmosfär och mänsklig interaktion för att skapa något större än varje enskilt konstverk och detta verkar vara kärnan till det som så ofta gör The (deviant) Art Festival till en udda och spännande konstupplevelse där konstnärer med olika bakgrund möts i en blandning av fasta utställningar och lekfulla konstaktioner. Festivalen kommer som tidigare att ha en stark betoning på installationer, performance och platsspecifika verk.
Välkommen och upplev, deltag och reagera!
KONSTHALLEN TROLLHÄTTAN
Kungsgatan 25 (i Folkets Hus/Kulturhuset)
Tel. 0520 - 49 64 53, 49 64 54
Öppet: Tis-Lör 12-16
www.periferi.nu
PUMPHUSET Öppet: Tis-Lör 12-16
Pumphuset ligger mellan Folkets Park och Hjulkvarns Camping

Bilder och information om deltagare och tidigare festivaler:
www.deviantARTfestival.blogspot.com
Mail: deviantartfestival@gmail.com
Tel. 0520 - 49 64 53

(Brådskande ärenden ring: 0704 32 33 40)

Upcoming Artists, (deviant) 2008: Angus Braithwaite

2008-07-01T06:45:00.000-07:00

“Art Knowledge Performance Conducting Head Piece”

(deviant) ARTicle in MAGAZINE: THE (DEVIANT) ART FESTIVAL IS BACK IN SWEDEN!

2008-07-01T04:30:00.000-07:00

The (deviant) Art Festival 2008: NEW (& OLD) BATCH OF ARTISTS

2008-06-29T23:47:00.000-07:00

(Angus Braithwaite), Anton Shindelar, (Beth Collar), BRUS, (Corinne Mynatt), (Charlie Tweed), (Charlotte Young), Diana Storåsen, Eliana Ivarsdotter Haddad, Erik Östensson, (Fred rik Lindberg), Frida Franker, Helena Sundström, (Joanna Ageborn), John Huntington, (Johan Lindblom), (Jon Klein), Kristina Bength, Kristin Vestrin, Linn Hansén, Mattias Karlsson, (Minou Norouzi), Maria-Lena Hedberg, (Miranda Peake), Nina Lassila, Nina Sinkkonen, Noomi Österling, (Oliver Evelyn-Rahr), Otto Mogren, Per-Arne Sträng, (SHIT TV), Stina Rosenberg, Steffan Atherton, Tim Pratt, Åsa Millholm

D.A.F.T. Info about Kanslibyrån's whereabouts at the festival, in Swedish.

2008-06-29T07:54:00.000-07:00

New (deviant) Participants 2008: Erik Östensson

2008-06-29T05:53:00.000-07:00

Erik Östensson is showing two pictures at the deviantartfestival this year. One at Trollhättans Konsthall and one in the "Pumphuset". The two pictures are photographs (90cm/120cm) and they are a part of a work he calls "Låt det bli så" (Let it become). This work is going to be shown at the "Galleri Verkligheten" at the end of 2008. To view more pictures of this work and other works visit: www.zweinollfyra.org

New (deviant) Participants 2008: Stina Rosenberg

2008-06-29T05:46:00.000-07:00

THE (deviant) ART FESTIVAL 2008 at OPEN ART ÖREBRO with David Stamp

2008-06-29T05:32:00.000-07:00

In collaboration with The (deviant) Art Festival Artist David Stamp this artwork has been put up in Örebro at the OPEN ART exhibition.

The (deviant) Opening in Konsthallen 2008.

2008-06-28T05:21:00.000-07:00

New (deviant) Participants 2008: Diana Storåsen

2008-06-27T04:15:00.000-07:00

THE (deviant) ART FESTIVAL 2008: TTELA.se

2008-06-26T00:33:00.000-07:00

NÖJE & KULTUR

Opretentiös konst för alla

Publicerad 26 juni 2008 kl 4.15.
Konst som berör och integrerar publiken. Det är målet med konstfestivalen The (deviant) Art som nu arrangeras i Trollhättan för tredje året i rad. - Vi vill få bort prettostämpeln, säger konstnärerna och arrangörerna Fredrik Lindberg och Joanna Ageborn.

Med start på lördag invaderas stan av svenska och brittiska konstnärer som ska visa upp både fasta utställningar och göra konstaktioner under den tre veckor långa konstfestivalen.
Arrangörerna utlovar konstnärliga uttryck och händelser för alla smaker. Som tidigare år kommer festivalen att ha en stark betoning på installationer, performance och platsspecifika verk. - De fasta platserna blir Konsthallen och Pumphuset. Däremellan och runt omkring kommer vi också att sprida ut oss på gator och torg, berättar Fredrik Lindberg, före detta Trollhättebo som numera är bosatt och verksam som konstnär i London.
I årets upplaga av The (deviant) Art Festival deltar ett 60-tal utländska och 16 svenska konstnärer med verk. I Konsthallen, där förberedelserna nu pågår för fullt, kommer publiken att kunna ta del av bland annat fotografier, teckningar, videokonst och skulpturer. Och Joanna Ageborn planerar att hänga upp tomma ramar och sedan på plats skapa egna verk i form av teckningar och målningar som kan fylla dem.
- Vi vill visa att konst inte behöver vara något krångligt och oåtkomligt, anpassat för en klick intellektuella. Och att det kan vara mer än att bara titta på en tavla. Därför integrerar vi publiken i skapandet, om de vill, säger Joanna. Flertalet av de medverkande konstnärerna kommer också att närvara under festivaldagarna. Något som är viktigt enligt arrangörerna. - Publiken ska ha möjlighet att ställa frågor och diskutera konsten direkt med konstnärerna på ett avspänt sätt. Mötet är det centrala. Konstfestivalen pågår 28 juni till 20 juli.

Monica Sahlback

0520 - 42 26 07
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THE (deviant) ART FESTIVAL 2008 at OPEN ART ÖREBRO with The Projection Gallery

2008-06-25T05:44:00.000-07:00

OPEN ART ÖREBRO/ THE PROJECTION GALLERY The Projection Gallery and The (deviant) Art Festival has made a selection of Artists who are showing films at the OPEN ART exhibition in Örebro. OPEN ART ÖREBRO

New (deviant) Participants 2008: Per-Arne Sträng och John Huntington

2008-06-25T05:00:00.000-07:00

Kanslibyrån
www.kanslibyran.se (swedish)

A collaboration between Per-Arne Sträng och John Huntington.
Kanslibyrån is against the present order. Kanslibyrån is against everything that's considered to be normal. Kanslibyrån is against all conventions. Kanslibyrån stands above the law. The actions of Kanslibyrån shall be planned. The actions of Kanslibyrån shall be documented. Kanslibyrån advocates being irrational and to disobey. Kanslibyrån is not practical, profitable or efficient. The platform of Kanslibyrån is the everyday life.

125. Crawl into a hole in the ground

New (deviant) Participants 2008: Åsa Millholm

2008-06-23T04:24:00.000-07:00

www.myspace.com/asamillholm

D.A.F.T participants other projects: Robert Luzar

2008-06-17T13:14:00.000-07:00

BOW ARTS TRUST OPEN STUDIOS (Klick attached flyer)

Friday 20th - Sunday 22nd (Opening party: Friday 20th)

SEE-ME (a group performance to coincide with the last day of the Bow Arts Open Studios)

Sunday, 22nd; Bow Arts Trust Open Studios (event) 3 - 6pm Created by: Lee Cambell Projects

Time: TBA (but most likely in the afternoon)

Place: Bow Arts Trust

183 Bow Road CAMBERWELL ARTS FESTIVAL 2008 a sight specific installation: Lucas Gardens, Peckham High Street. Ongoing until Sunday, July 22nd.

New (deviant) Participants 2008: Nina Sinkkonen

2008-06-17T05:51:00.000-07:00

In my work with the forest I reconnect to old myths and childhood memories. The specific place of most of my pictures are taken in a forest that I know well since I was a child. A forest and a place where I have played, built huts, hidden out when sad or angry. The forest is a place which I miss when I’m away. The forest is a place where I am alone but without feeling lonely. My work does also expanded outside the forest to deal with myths about other people and places. Both which I find very difficult and interesting.

Whitstable Biennale - Performance Programme 28th of June

2008-06-15T07:56:00.000-07:00

whitstablebiennale On this event day curated by Frog Morris you can catch two performances by (deviant) Art Festival participants. (Image: Frog Morris performance on the Circle Line, London)
Charlie Tweed The Man from Above Main Beach 10:00 - 18:00 (not at high tide) The Man From Above will construct a small dwelling on top of a scaffold tower located on the Horsebridge Slipway at Whitstable. From there he will lecture visitors on his ideas of safety, security and survival and his plans for embracing the dangers of flooding by releasing all the water. (Image: Charlie Tweed performing "The man from below".) Frog Morris, Mark Quinn and Daren Callow The Unwrong Quiz The Smack Inn, Middle Wall 18:00 - late Frog Morris and Mark Quinn will be your quiz masters, in a pub quiz where there are no right or wrong answers. Prizes will be awarded for the most creative or interesting answers and musician Daren Callow will provide sing-along musical interludes between rounds.

New (deviant) Participants 2008: Kristina Bength

2008-06-14T04:49:00.000-07:00

–There was once a time when the attention turned towards another then, tried to pull it into a future and make memories of it. It could have been thus. Or thus. The frame was there and the body tried leaning against it, but the touch stopped at the images blocking the way. A shut door to an inaccessible room. A covered window, wallpaper and the wallpaper’s patterns, all merged in an experience of perishing. Events that had passed when the attention gracefully and carefully tried to conquer them never returned. The same for all events, then as now. And it was easy to regard the impermanent as the border to an unconquerable emptiness or nothingness. The distance between the passed events and the images of them does not decrease. You feel your way and the patterns change.
Extract from a conversation between Kristina Bength and Fredrik Ehlin, translated by Kalle Mellberg, publiched in the cataloge for the third year exhibition The Loose Knowledge Movement at the Royal Art Academy in Stockholm.

Detail from Sliding side-scenes, inc and watercolor on paper, Kristina Bength, 2008

(deviant) Artist's other projects: Sayshun Jay & Fred Lindberg in show: Some Things Worth Knowing

2008-06-13T06:53:00.000-07:00

For it's inaugural show, ENDERS presents an unthemed group show.

Each artist has been invited to exhibit some thing they feel merits awareness.

Nothing particularly different from what they should be doing anyway, except the title also allows for the exhibition of articles outside of the artist's usual practice and reemphasises value exchange between producer and audience.

Therefore, the show will consist of a mixture of artist's works alongside objects/information, which reflect an artist's interests.

WEB: http://www.enders.org.uk

(deviant) Artists reviewed in degree show.

2008-06-12T06:00:00.000-07:00

"Other highlights include... ...“Quercuc Ano” by Matt Blackler, a fabulous remaking of a section of tree trunk by winding oak veneer round and round into growth rings". "Also very interesting and novel was the archive of Clem Fatale and Fatalism constructed by Charlotte Young and I couldn’t decide whether it was a spoof, and I’m still not sure."

Fine Art degree show - London Metropolitan 2008

commentart.com, 12.Jun.08 Author Imogen Welch

(deviant) Artist's other projects: Oliver Evelyn-Rahr project: Raising money for CancerResearch UK.

2008-06-09T05:42:00.000-07:00

On the 20th July Oliver will be setting off from the Deviant Art festival in Trollhattan, Sweden and cycling for 850 miles through Sweden, Denmark,Germany, Holland and England to Trafalgar Square, London in aid of Cancer Research UK. Oliver is planning to complete the journey in about two weeks and arrive back in London on the 1st or 2nd of August Follow his progress on his blog (the details of which will be following shortly). Check out the route on Google Maps.

People or companies who donate over £40 will be able to place a logo/message on the expedition T-shirt which which will be warn for the duration of the trip. For more information on this excellent advertising opportunity, please email him at: oliver.rahr@gmail.com

or call him at: 0784 1871 352.

Fund raising progress: http://www.justgiving.com/oliverdude

(deviant) Artist's other projects: Charlotte Young gets award!

2008-06-08T05:09:00.000-07:00

Charlotte Young has just been awarded the Owen Rowley prize for her degree show piece Fatalism: 1990 - 1992. Her work can be seen at the London Metropolitan degree show that opens on this Tuesday. (More info on earlier post.)

(deviant) Artist's other projects: Daniel Lehan at Frog Morris'es Second Thursday's

2008-06-07T13:33:00.000-07:00

(deviant) Flyposting at the Trollhättan town square.

2008-06-03T06:10:00.000-07:00

THREE (deviant) ARTISTS SHORTLISTED FOR "newcontemporaries2008" Exhibition.

2008-05-19T04:24:00.000-07:00

(deviant) Artist's other projects: Minou Norouzi, Fred Lindberg & Beth Collar have all been "shortlisted" for the well known exhibition newcontemporaries this year. This annual exhibition was first set up in 1949 and it is independent of place. www.newcontemporaries.org.uk One of the selected work's for the "shortlist" is the following:

"Dancing In Berlin"

(deviant) Artist's other projects: Charlotte, Graham, Giles, Matt B and Jay: Degree Show.

2008-05-11T14:31:00.000-07:00

Charlotte, Graham, Giles, Matt B and Myself have a huge show on Tuesday 10th of June 6mp - 8 pm we've taken over a huge five story building called Central House it's opposite the whitechapel art gallery. We will be pretending to be the graduating year of an art college degree, each of us is playing the parts of up too 20 different artists, the total being somewhere around 70, we're not sure as none of us has yet to figure out how to use a calculator. You are all welcome, their will be guards on the door so you will not be able to bring your own alcohol, plus the inside of the building is controlled by evil alcohol overlords who will stop at nothing to make sure it will cost you an awful lot to get even half cut.

(deviant) Artist's other projects: (H)appy Logies performance at SHUNT.

2008-05-09T04:47:00.000-07:00

(H)APPY LOGIES will be performing " A series of routines" a new improvised, durational performance at SHUNT, under London Bridge station Wednesday 7, Friday 9, and Saturday 10 May between 8-10pm in the penthouse (next to the bar) to find the venue: http://www. shunt. co. uk/ See you there

(deviant) Artist's other projects: Gregory Sodegren show at INDO.

2008-05-07T04:15:00.000-07:00

A party has been promised...

(deviant) Artist's other projects: Lee Maelzer at Gallery Carter

2008-05-06T13:33:00.000-07:00

Lee Maelzer The way of seeing and language developed creates an interdependence which makes the artist own her subject and the subject in turn control her inescapably. Her paintings, seemingly both nostalgic and traditional, have a sting in the tail, offering a contemporary vision of the world told with traditional and technical craft. The observation of Vuillard with the realities of today. A graduate from The Royal College of Art, she has work in international collections and she has exhibited widely in Britain in group shows such as the prestigious John Moores painting exhibition at the Walker Art Gallery, the BP Portrait Award, the Hunting Art Prizes and in Germany, Amsterdam, Los Angeles, New York and Switzerland. She has carried out residences abroad including an Arts Council of England Residency in Colima, Mexico and the Abbey Fellowship at the British School in Rome.

(deviant) Artist's other projects: Angus Braithwaite at The Globe Gallery

2008-04-11T05:58:00.000-07:00

A glimpse into the future of British contemporary art featuring the work of 12 talented recent graduates from Newcastle University, Northumbria University, Glasgow School of Art, Norwich School of Art and Design, and Goldsmiths College, London. This large-scale exhibition, spanning two floors of Globe City Gallery, showcases a diverse range of work including installation, painting, sculpture and video.Globe gallery cordially invites you to the preview event on Friday 11th April from 6pm until 8pm. Exhibition dates: 12th April - 3rd May Opening Times: Wednesday - Saturday 11.30am - 5.00pm 4th Floor, Curtis Mayfield House, Carliol Square, Newcastle upon Tyne. Tel: 0191 222 1666 email: info@globegallery.org web: www.globegallery.org

(deviant) Artist's other projects: Fred Lindbergs latest Film

2008-03-19T11:07:00.000-07:00

(deviant) Artist's other projects: Minou Norouzi in "Monkeys With Car keys"

2008-03-15T11:57:00.000-07:00

(click on the flyer for inf.)

(deviant) Artist's other projects: Charlotte Young Bangs The Drums.

2008-03-12T05:45:00.000-07:00

The (deviant) Art Festival artist Charlotte Young is performing, as a drummer with her three piece band BUILT FOR GHOSTS alongside the great THE SPIVS among others...

(deviant) Artist's other projects: Minou Norouzi's film selected for film festival.

2008-03-10T06:35:00.000-07:00

SYNOPSIS

Carlos Castaneda, sixties author and ‘celebrated godfather of New Age’ died in his Los Angeles home in 1998. Five women forming his ‘harem’ disappeared within days.

In 2004, bones are found at the edge of Death Valley belonging to one of the missing women.

In a series of Californian road trips, filmmaker Minou Norouzi reflects on what the women’s obsession with Castaneda may have been, and begins to wonder if her own life isn’t mirroring theirs. She meets a concoction of Castaneda associates who are all invested in telling her about Castaneda, whilst the story of the women remains in shadow.

SCREENING TIMES

Apr 25 7:15 PM The ROM Theatre, Toronto Apr 27 2:30 PM The ROM Theatre, Toronto

" an intensely personal piece of work " - Michael Grigsby, Filmmaker

" a fascinating study of the power of myth and personality" - Shannon Abel, Hot Docs Programmer

________________________

Links:

http://www.anatomyoffailure.com/

http://anatomyoffailure.blogspot.com/

http://hotdocsaudience.bside.com/2008/films/anatomyoffailure_hotdocs2008

(deviant) Artist's other projects: Cai Nyahoe & Matthew Giraudeau

2008-02-19T06:50:00.000-08:00

Newcastle artist Cai Nyahoe and Waygood gallery present Metro Stations of the Cross (working title): an exploration of redemption through suffering and the struggle for authentic spiritual interaction within the context of belligerent atheism. The piece will take the form of a circumnavigation of the city via 12 metro stations on Saturday 23rd February 2008 concluding at Waygood Little Jewel Cinema High Bridge Street, Newcastle 4.30pm As part of Matthew Giraudeau and Ben Houghton’s book launch.

(Image of Cai Nyahoe performing "Skyburial" in Sweden 2006)

(deviant) Artist's other projects: 8 deviant artist in exhibition “Twelve Steps Down”.

2008-01-16T11:39:00.000-08:00

Valentina Ferrandes, Beth Collar, Hugo Sterk, Elizabeth McTernan, Gareth Barnett, William Brock Graham Hughes, Giles Hinchcliff and Matt Blackler are the deviant participants in the show:
“Twelve Steps Down” Shoreditch Town Hall, London 16th to 20th January Private view 16th January 2008 6-10 pm 25artists have been invited to produce a site-concerned work inspired by the short story “The Drowned Giant” by J.G. Ballard and by the labyrinthine, vernacular architecture of Shoreditch Town Hall’s basement The result is a stunning exhibition that exploits the dialogue between space and narrative through of Ballard’s concerns. Decay,fragility and relativity of human morality, as well as representation of body through architecture, violence and sanity are some of the conceptual directions taken by the artists.

(deviant) Artist's other projects: Frog Morris & Fred Lindberg at The Montague Arms.

2007-12-13T06:02:00.000-08:00

Frog Morris keeps arranging his marvelous Art&Music spectacles at Second Thursdays. This time when Fred performance with his THE PEACE deviant artists Beth Collar and Oliver Evelyn-Rahr will be doing backup vocals.

(deviant) Artist's other projects: Fred's musicArt: ThePeace at Frog Morris Event.

2007-11-14T10:41:00.000-08:00

NEXT EVENT on the 13th of December will include infamous guitarist: Chucky Eggy (Charlotte Young)

Above: Fred, frontman of "ThePeace" live&unplugged at Montague Arms. Performing at the "Second thursdays/ Music, Art and occational moments of wit" event arranged by Frog Morris.

(deviant) Artist's other projects: Minou Norouzi at the Menier Gallery

2007-11-13T02:58:00.001-08:00

Minou will be in part 2: private view on Tueday 20th November 6.30 - 8.30 Menier Gallery The Menier Chocolate Factory 51 Southwark Street London SE1 1RU www.thelondongroup.com Sponsored by bridgeArtFair

(deviant) Artist's other projects: Frog Morris does "Second thursdays".

2007-11-08T02:24:00.000-08:00

SECOND THRUSDAYS : Art, music and occasional moments of wit in the Montague Arms, New Cross, London 8th November, 13th December For more information have a look at: http://www.frogmorris.net/

(deviant) Artist's other projects: Charlotte&Fred's Shit TV 1:6 www Premiere

2007-11-01T04:40:00.000-07:00

Beloved Shitheads,
Charlotte & Fred are pleased to announce the World Web Premiére of Shit TV Christmas Special: Shitmas.
In a recent interview, they explained:
"After a tortuous 2 years of leprosy, herpes and extreme drug abuse, we decided that we could no longer keep our fans waiting. One day we woke up, finally sober, and, stepping over the unconscious, substance- addled bodies of Winehouse and Doherty, we looked at each other and said, 'Let's do it. It is time.'"
Young & Lindberg go further, stating, 'The demand from the public is too great to ignore any longer. The pussy blister of ignorance needs popping. Shit TV must been seen by all, continuously, forever.'
The episode can be viewed in this post or on youtube here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=agcgfRso3Zc
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YRAlpYXOcuQ
Best Wishes,
The Shit TV Shitheads Association.
Part 1
Part 2
Want to watch all episodes? Go here: http://shittv.blogspot.com/

(deviant) Artist's other projects: Daniel Lehan at Space Station Sixty-Five

2007-10-30T08:29:00.000-07:00

Davina and Daniel's Eight weeks of Change Offering you: Therapy Of The Day, Self Help Actions and One To One Consultations FREE "I never knew therapy could be so much fun!" anon client Opening Hours: Saturdays & Sundays 15th September - 11th November 2007 12-6pm All welcome Space Station Sixty-Five 65 North Cross Road London www.spacestationsixtyfive.com

Shit TV (with Charlotte & Fred) in NYC & on TV!

2007-10-27T06:13:00.000-07:00

Hello, We're very excited to announce that Shit TV (with Charlotte & Fred) is going to be included in a group show at New Gallery Catalog, New York, called The Guy Debord Show. The new S(h)ituationist-themed episode will be stream on ustream.tv, after Fox News (!) on Monday, 19th November at 11:30pm, East Coast time (4.30am GMT). Shit TV will be discussing the impact of Situationism on culture and art, interviewing members of the public and members of the private to get their points of view, recreating some of the defining moments of SI and hanging about in toilets. All the regular Shit TV segments will be featured, such as 'Shitty Things', 'Hunt the Dump' 'Charlotte Talks Shit', and 'And now for something Completely Shit', but with a Situationist twist. Don't forget to tune in! Charlotte and Fred xx

(deviant) Artist's other projects: Janie Nicoll curates The Consequence Video Screenings at Lowsalt Gallery.

2007-10-16T02:51:00.000-07:00

Video Screenings Curated by Janie Nicoll and Alex Hetherington FEATURED ARTISTS: ANN Vance (UK), ANNE Colvin (US), ANTONIO Contador (Portugal), BALDVIN Ringsted (Iceland), CAROLYN KANE (US), HAKEEM B. (France), ISABELLE Prim (France), JOHANNA Reich (Spain), JONATHAN Franco (Portugal), LAURE Forét (France), MATHIEU Rouget (France), PENELOPE Reichley (US), PETER S. Amantea (US), POPUP FILMS (UK), STEPHEN Palmer (UK).

The Consequence http://www.consequencescreening.org http://alexhetheringtontheconsequence.blogspot.com Lowsalt Gallery http://www.lowsalt.org.uk

(deviant) Artist's other projects: Robert Hope is now represented by a new Gallery.

2007-10-10T06:15:00.000-07:00

More Information: http://www.future-masters.co.uk/hope.html

(deviant) Artist's other projects: Minou Norouzi Exhibiting.

2007-09-14T02:50:00.000-07:00

For more Info:

www.minounorouzi.com

(deviant) Artist's other projects: Frog Morris arranges another great "FrogStock" festival.

2007-09-08T07:16:00.000-07:00

(click on flyer to enlarge)

Deviant Moments 2007 in Retrospective!

2007-08-16T02:48:00.000-07:00

You can catch some of them at http://www.youtube.com/FredtheArtist Klick on this!

(deviant) Artist's other projects: Lee Maelzer at Flowers East Gallery.

2007-08-03T06:04:00.000-07:00

'says the junk in the yard' LEE MAELZER / ZED NELSON / JASON ODDY CORNELIA PARKER / EDUARDO PAOLOZZI / GAVIN TURK among others at Flowers East Gallery. 3 AUGUST - 8 SEPTEMBER 2007 PRIVATE VIEW THURSDAY 2 AUGUST 6 - 8pm 42-44 Kingsland Road London

The Official (deviant) Art Festival Program. (klick it)

2007-07-24T00:18:00.000-07:00

(deviant)Artists: Daniel Lehan

2007-07-21T05:24:00.001-07:00

During the first few days of the festival, Lehan promoted the event 
around the streets of Trollhatten, parading a Deviant Festival 
sandwich board.


I WANT - a collaborative work with artists participating in the 
Festival. Lehan invited each artist to make a cardboard sign 
announcing one thing that they wanted.
Lehan mounted each statement on the walls of the small house at the 
Pumphouse.

Lehan's work seeks audiences in non-gallery situations. Encounters, interactions and conversations ensue . . . . . Small hand printed cards, each one an invitation to participate in a prescribed creative act (ART RECIPE HAIKUS), are handed out during FRED, 2006. The captain of a local boat in Coniston responds by writing: 'It feels, The wheels, Might stick, So the trick, Is to lick, An oily, Pique Nique' An anonymous artist? Surely that grey polyester suit worn on a hot summer's day, singles him out amongst the milling throng of holidaymakers? And yes, posters in the locality declare him to be an artist, acknowledge him as he pursues his lonesome seaside trail, and he proffers his edible artwork, a gift from the artist, children mock and clamour. Writing his childhood memories (CHALKWALK), on pavements in Margate where he grew up, attracts the attention of passersby. While a gang of 'hoodies' prove to be charming and swap recollections, a woman berates him for squandering taxpayer's money. And for a forthcoming arts festival, a sandwich board, featuring a selection of tenderly hand painted dog stories gleaned from the local and national press (DOG TAILS) will be worn during a dog themed event, the point ... the point? ... to encourage benign canine behaviours. Lehan - A 'bob a job, odd job kind of artist.' Influences Anything, all are valid to maintain my creative juices. I used to acknowledge only the 'art ones' but now: a chat in the pub newspaper headlines and stories the light falling across a row of trees outside my flat reading and cooking a recipe from a weekend magazine article for friends knowing that John Cage would stop the Merce Cunningham Dance Company tour bus to forage for rare wild mushrooms and that the Dadaists drew letters of the alphabet one at a time out of a hat and read these as poems the mantle piece ornaments once belonging to my father Career path Paper-boy, choirboy, greengrocer's assistant, Margate chip shop and cafe worker, bakery worker, theatre usher, envelope stuffer, front of house manager, children's book author and illustrator, teacher.

(deviant)Artists: Charlotte Young

2007-07-17T07:45:00.001-07:00

‘The Kingdom of God is Within You’(pictured above), is a direct reference to Leo Tolstoy’s book of the same name. The publication was highly influential on a young Ghandi, eventually famous for the advocation of non-violent protests against physical conflict, and of inner spiritual peace. The installation references this with a pun on ‘the spiritual’, that spirituality can take many forms and that religious experiences, as well as alcohol- or drug-induced are often reported as producing moments described as higher states of consciousness, suggesting that they are, experientially, closely related.

As in the commodification of spiritual belief through the fetishisation of religious symbols, it is also a reference to the commodification of creativity through the fetishisation of original creative output, the posthumous transmogrification of artist into consumable/commodity. One of the most recognisable icons in the world is the Christian crucifix, yet, despite its attributed meanings and associations, it is also a highly desirable fashion icon. Images of a mentally unstable Van Gogh with bandaged ear as a result of self-mutilation are readily available to buy on t-shirts, stationary, calendars. The bottle of alcoholic spirits branded ‘Tolstoy’ is also a demonstration of this, the origin and association of the name lost to branding, saleability, consumption.

Charlotte Young’s work focuses on the comic and inherently absurd, both in day-to-day life and in the machinations of the art world. Her current work takes several different forms; installation, performance, text, video - from Art ‘protests’ to apathetic manifestos, counter-Art World TV programme Shit TV (with Charlotte & Fred) to bad stand-up comedy.

Charlotte Young lives and works in London. She is currently studying at London Metropolitan University.

Giles Hinchcliff goes into the shed...

2007-07-17T07:29:00.000-07:00

At 22.00 yesterday, Monday 16th, Giles went into his makeshift shed for a planned 72 hours. After a surprisingly good nights sleep he seemed confident that his time in the shed would be productive. However, it has since rained with some force.

below are the instructions accompanying the piece in Swedish and English:

Skjulprojektet

Processen:

- Bygga ett skjul med material funna på platsen. - Leva i skjulet under minst 72 timmar utan avbrott. - Det enda som får medföras är penna och skrivblock. - Mat, vatten och sovsäck är tillåtet. - När du väl är i skjulet får människor ge dig saker, prata med dig etc., men du är helt beroende av dem. - När projektet avslutas, kommer skjulet och dess innehåll att brännas och askan bevaras.

Shed Project

Process:

- Build shed using only materials to hand at that time. - Live in shed for an amount of time, no less than 72 hours without leaving. - You are only allowed a pen and pad as stimulus. - Food, water and bedding are allowed. - Once in the shed, passers by may talk to you, give you things etc. However you are completely reliant on them for stimulus. - Once project is finished, the shed will be burnt, and the ashes will be kept.

Robert Luzar: Weathered

2007-07-15T06:40:00.000-07:00

Robert Luzar began his drawing perfomance at 1.30 today (Sunday 15th). here are some images of his progress.

(deviant)Artists: Charlie Tweed

2007-07-15T04:28:00.000-07:00

Charlie Tweed works with a variety of alter egos to explore the mechanisms of power and control and the potential of the irrational. In the Man From Below project his alter ego - heads to the Thames Gateway in order to build a new safer world below the surface. The Man From Below is currently tunneling his way towards the town of Trollhattan in order to search for the entrance to the hollow earth where he hopes to find safety. He will also present his plans for the future of Trollhattan - for further information visit the Man From Below’s blog which he is attempting to write in Swedish. www.manfrombelow.co.uk Charlie Tweed also has a musical alter ego known as the Man From the Woods. The MFW lives in some woods somewhere and writes songs about living in the woods somewhere. The MFW will be playing a live set at the Deviant Art Festival on July 20th at the Pump House Gallery in Trollhattan. www.myspace.com/manfromthewoods Charlie Tweed lives and works in London and is currently currently studying his MFA Fine Art at Goldsmiths College. Recently he was selected for Bloomberg New Contemporaries 2007 which will tour the UK beginning at the New Art Gallery Walsall on July 12th, then traveling to London and Manchester. He has exhibited his video works internationally at galleries and film festival including Artsway, New Forest, Alma Enterprises, London, Santa Fe Film Festival, New Mexico Hi/Lo Film Festival, San Francisco and Stadtgalerie, Schwaz, Austria.

(deviant)Artists: Gregory Sodergren

2007-07-12T09:04:00.000-07:00

Gregory Sodergren is a painter, printmaker and performance artist. His paintings are autobiographical and usually shed a dark light on seemingly cosy domestic scenes. His work often includes written elements, derived from his poetry, or short stories. His artists fanzines explore text and imagery containing ‘throw-away’ poetry with ‘throw-away’ pictures. This sense of light-heartedness continues into his performance based projects, a musical pairing called ‘Fred &Greg’. These normally impromptu performances occur in public toilets and the songs, performed in a hap-hazzard, un-trained way, explore themes of sexuality, peace, and the seemingly aloof and meaningless ‘Art World.’

(deviant)Artists: Miranda Peake

2007-07-12T03:14:00.000-07:00

Miranda Peake’s work focuses on the everyday, and our immediate environments. She is interested in the humour and poetry inherent in our day-to-day lives, and her work seeks to extract this. Her current work on paper and also in video combines text and image snatched from the worlds we are all familiar with, domestic objects, secrets whispered into mobile phones, arguments overheard on buses, the background to our daily lives. These elements combine to create images which act as emblems or flags for our daily existence.

Miranda Peake is a London based artist. She received her Fine Art degree from Oxford Brookes University and a Fine Art MA from Chelsea College of Art in 2000. Her practice is predominantly drawing and painting based, however she works with video and installation, as well as on paper. She has shown her work in London as well as abroad.

(deviant)Artists: David Stamp

2007-07-12T02:33:00.000-07:00

Barrel Push - David Stamp
Sunday 22nd July - racing starts 12'noon sharp
Location - TBC

Barrel Push is a Sisyphean contestant to see who can push an empty keg up a hill the fastest. In the week running up to the race a makeshift pub will be made and erected on the summit of the hill. On race day each participant will take it in turns to try and set the time for the fastest Barrel Push. After the allotted 3 hours of racing time, in which period participants can do as many runs as they want, the quickest contestant will be crowned "Lord of the Pub" and will don the ceremonial top hat. This 'coronation' will be marked by a celebratory drink.

A BBQ will also be held at the pub so come along and spend the day as spectator, participant or eater of charred meat but above all come and revel in the absurd.

Barrel Push is a new work by David Stamp who's work is concerned with the ways in which we associate with our environment and the significances we place on particular activities and events. Stamp is fascinated both with traditional festivals, rites and the nostalgic longing to live in harmony with our environment. Working within a research-based practice he takes an idiosyncratic view of cultural phenomenon, often drawing on game play, competition and re-enactment.

Along with such past works as Bartertown, in which 2 men inhabited a tiny Hebridean islet for 7 seven days and decided who owned it each day by playing a darts match each day at 12'noon, Stamp's work also includes an ongoing series called Wiseman. Wiseman is an alter ego of the artist - an uber-armchair-survivalist who ineptly uses sources of information such as the SAS Survival Handbook as a guide to show him how to ‘get back to his roots’. In this way Wiseman is used to confront ideas of self-sufficiency and the sense of loss that afflicts modern man. Past works in this series has seen Wiseman attempt to make animal traps out of Ikea furniture (Fördömda Kanin, 2004) and survive off the land (6 Day Wiseman, 2006). However the most recent work in the series is Reach - a synchronised dual video projection that sees Wiseman face, once again, the wilderness embodied as a giant rabbit.

The Poster:

2007-07-08T12:39:00.000-07:00

This years poster is designed by Deduction, who've done the graphic design for the whole festival (including the fabulous new website: www.deviantartfestival.com) and features an image by (deviant)artist Karin Gunnarsson

(deviant)Artists: Robert Luzar

2007-07-08T09:02:00.000-07:00

Robert Luzar will be performing ‘Weathered’ a highly physical street drawing that will stretch along the Kungsgatan, Trollhättans pedestrianised main drag. This drawing will be made using 50 kilos of raw quarried chalk, and will take him a whole day to complete. The drawing process requires immense stamina; only ending when the artist can no longer physically make marks.
Using performance and concrete abstraction – marks made from lines composing plastic forms – in conjunction with various materials and objects, Robert’s works explore the tension between non-representation and pure presentation and he says “themes such as time and language appear directly in my forms of drawing, more to be exhausted than for their celebration”.
Robert will be performing ‘Weathered’ all day on Sunday the 15th. The drawing will last until it is washed from the streets.

(deviant)Artists: Frog Morris

2007-07-08T08:51:00.000-07:00

Frog Morris is an artist, poet and performer from the small rural village of Blo’ Norton in the east of England. He is an artist in the broadest most contemporary sense of the word where art can be anything from video to poetry to rock festivals. His work takes many forms, not all of them readily recognised in the hierarchy of art. He has recently been making a name for himself performing songs, poems and stories in the fashionable art galleries of East London in his own unique style. Frog Morris’s work wanders between moments of acclaimed comedy and painful pathetic pathos as he agitates audiences into a profound sense of bemusement. The artist will be running a poetry workshop on Wednesday 25th from 12-16.00 after which he’ll be performing his art poetry with Swedish poet Johan Lindblom on the Deviant Art Festivals Poetry Night.

(deviant)Artists: Giles Hinchcliff

2007-07-08T08:26:00.000-07:00

For 72 hours during the first week of the festival, Giles Hinchcliff will be locked in a specially made shed, isolated from the world, his ability to communicate and take part in festival activities will be completely restricted.
This experiment of self-confinement is perhaps a metaphor for life itself; setting up home but never being happy, or just the journey; the movement from one place to another. Perhaps it’s simply about isolation, taking time-out to create a space for yourself. But when does that time-out stop being enjoyable and become a sentence? With this performance the artist hopes to find an answer to the question: is it possible to generate new ideas in a hermetically sealed environment?

The performance begins at 22.00 on Monday 16th and finishes at 22.00 on Thursday 19th.
Giles will also be performing ‘three birds in a box’ with Sayshun Jay and Matt Blackler, on the evening of Friday 13th July.

Deviant Shipping

2007-07-08T08:04:00.000-07:00

(deviant)artist Hugo Sterk, resting after completing work on the Crates that were used to ship the art over to Sweden from London.

(deviant) Artist's other projects: Lee Maelzer at Fieldgate Gallery.

2007-06-26T09:04:00.000-07:00

(deviant) Artist's other projects: The Projection Gallery

2007-06-16T04:08:00.000-07:00

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Deviants other projects: John Cass Summer Show

2007-06-10T07:14:00.000-07:00

Dear Deviants, (and others) please come along to the fine art degree show on Tuesday the 12th of June 6-8pm at: london met university central house whitechapel high st (directly opposite whitechapel art gallery, closest tube Aldgate East) deviant artists and curators will be showing, these include: Fred, Joanna, Beth, Hugo Sterk, Aiden Quigley and that's it. i think. Please come along for the craik. There will be a party afterwards at the rhythm factory. Also, on the night expect performances from Fred&Greg who will be launching the 'ladys loos' tour, and there will be a performance from Aiden Quigley too. The show runs from Wednesday the 13th till Sunday the 17th. and the opening times are as follows: 12-6 and 12-8, but i cant remember which days... i'll get back to that later... hope to see you there, regards/ crew

(deviant) Artist's other projects: Minou Norouzi: Paradise is for the blessed

2007-06-01T06:45:00.000-07:00

(deviant) Artist's other projects: Jainie Nicoll exhibits in Glasgow

2007-05-09T03:50:00.000-07:00

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