Volume at Glasgow International Festival of Visual Art

Volume is heading up to Glasgow for the 2010 edition of Glasgow International Festival of Visual Art, launching on April 16th.

For the festival, Volume has commissioned Content, a publication of artist's and curator's writing that will be available through Aye Aye Books at the CCA and through Patricia Fleming's Social Landscape event at Stereo on April 18th.

Information about Content and Social Landscape below. We hope to see you at the festival!


Social Landscape/Paysage Social
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In September 2008, Glasgow based curator Patricia Fleming was invited by Larys Frogier Director of La Criee Centre D’Art Contemporain in Rennes to make a proposal launching a new cycle of cooperation with European curators. Social Landscape is the first in this series and aims to create links between the cultural sectors in Rennes and Glasgow.

Artists: Anne-Marie Copestake, Jocelyn Cottencin, Katy Dove, Steff Norwood, Muscles of Joy, Sophie Macpherson, David Zérah and Damien Marchal in collaboration with (Stuart Brown) and (Sirens of Titan).

Social Landscape takes its direction from the energy of local artists to reveal the meeting points across cultural terrains and between the creative sectors, where ideas and exchange are the common currency. Through a series of artists’ residencies and events in France and Scotland curated specifically for the context of the Glasgow International Festival of Visual Art and the Rennes Biennale 2010, the project makes visible the potential of meaningful cultural exchange locally and at an international level between artists and the public and between art institutions and the society in which the artist operates.

GI 2010: Social Landscape appears as a one –off event held at Stereo on Sun 18th April. The event starts at 4pm with a performance by Muscles of Joy, an eight member, all female, all singing, instrument shifting, art into pop group, featuring new animation by Glasgow based artist Katy Dove created during her residency in Rennes. Visual artists and band members Sophie Macpherson creates a new sculpture taking the form of a stage set, and Anne-Marie Copestake presents a special edit of a new video featuring Muscles of Joy. French sonic artist Damien Marchal performs new work in collaboration with musicians from Glasgow, including innovative choral group Sirens of Titan and The Glasgow Improvisers Orchestra’s Stuart Brown, created during a three - month residency at Trongate 103. David Zérah will screen a new film made in Rennes and Glasgow, Artist’s talk about their work made during an experimental on-line residency for Social Landscape in collaboration with www.thisiscentralstation.com.

Social Landscape is hosting a new publication commissioned by Volume London, curated by Caroline Stevenson, in association with GI. Content examines the role of written language in contemporary visual art practice. Bringing together text and image contributions from six contemporary artists and curators, it is inspired by the capacity for writing to create slippages and intimate connections with art, extending beyond the object and creating another entry point into contemporary art practice through language.

Contributors: Shama Khanna, Rashanna Rashied-Walker, Tamarin Norwood, Ross Birrell, Criodhna Costello and Claire Nichols.

Designed by Michael Brauchli. www.michaelbrauchli.com

The publication has been produced in association with Glasgow International Festival of Visual Art 2010 (Friday 16 April – Monday 3 May) and has been generously supported by the Arts Council England. It will be available during the festival from the Centre for Contemporary Art in Glasgow and at the Social Landscape event on April 18th, Stereo.

http://volumelondon.blogspot.com/

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Events (Glasgow): 18 APR 4PM - MIDNIGHT Social Landscape – Muscles of Joy, Damien Marchal in collaboration with Sirens of Titan, Katy Dove, Sophie Macpherson. Screenings: Anne-Marie Copestake, David Zérah at Stereo, 20 Renfield Lane, Glasgow (FREE)

Talks: 1 APR 7 - 8PM Damien Marchal (in French) part of Cafés des Arts series with the Alliance Française de Glasgow at the April ‘First Thursday’ programme at Trongate 103, Glasgow (FREE)

16 APR – 3 MAY David Zérah on-line residency www.thisiscentralstation.com

Social Landscape programme and events in France www.criee.org

We would like to thank our partners for their support: Rennes: La Criee Centre D’Art Contemporain, Les Trans Musicals, Les Ateliers de Rennes – Biennale d’art contemporain, L’ Ecole regionale des beaux –art de Rennes, La Ville de Rennes, Rockin’ Bones/rock ‘n’ roll record shop. Glasgow: GI (Glasgow International Festival of Visual Art), Culture and Sport Glasgow, Glasgow City Council International Office, Alliance Française de Glasgow, Wasps Artists’ Studios, Stereo, www.thisiscentralstation.com

Press/more info: studio@patriciaflemingprojects.co.uk
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http://www.myspace.com/pfp68 http://community.thisiscentralstation.com/Patricia http://www.trongate103.com/
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