(In no particular order)
Emma- Ruth Richards
2 Koi Karp (Louise Woodcock & Neil Francis)
Rachael Field
Jennifer McDonald
Alexander Morrison
Alison Cooper Magpahi
Alison Kershaw
Sian Williams
HOMOCULT
Michael Lucas
Stephen Kelly
Mark Harris
Whitney Bluzma
Tom Evans
Sarah Wilde
Rebecca Rogers
James Mcsharry
Sharon Walsh
Wayne Walters
Happa
Testrack
Wachi Wachi
ILL
(The Penthouse pin ups is a list of all the artists that have worked with us here at the penthouse in 2013 a big thank you to all of them and all the volunteers and everyone who came to one of our events over the year and made it such a good one. Roll on 2014)
https://www.manchestersfinest.com/arts/noise-above-noise-two-at-the-penthouse-northern-quarter/
A great collection of images and response to Noise Above Noise by Anne Louise Kershaw for Manchester Finest.
Noise Above Noise _One_ Sept 2013
Recordings of first 3 sets-
Debbie Sharp- Amplified surfaces, TV Static, Voice.
Gary Fisher- Various objects, electronics and instruments.
Matt Dalby- Voice (In The Pines)
(apologies, we do not have recordings of 2 KOI KARP and Rosanne Robertson who also performed as part of the evening)
‘a bottle of coke and a packet of crisps’ is an in depth research project and subsequent 3 exhibitions and series of public events across 3 key cities- Manchester, Bradford and Leeds with accompanying book.
ART
EXPRESSION
FREEDOM
YOU
CREATE
POWER
Debbie Sharp’s In Memorie guerilla plaquing project goes to Deptford, London for the Deptford X festival. Lead artist Bob and Roberta Smith’s statement tying together people’s efforts for the festival is ART MAKES PEOPLE POWERFUL.
Debbie’s project demonstrates expressing on the streets, making the public space personal and therefore political is important. Create, speak out, orchestrate efforts against those who aim to control with fear.
See more about Deptford X here https://www.deptfordx.org/
and more about Debbie’s practice here https://debbie-sharp.com/
2 Koi Karp- recording of live set for Queer Show 4 at The Penthouse. We are excited to welcome 2 Koi Karp back to The Penthouse for NOISE ABOVE NOISE Thurs 19 Sept
As part of From The Rooftops, our residency program at The Penthouse, we are excited to welcome artist Holly Rowan Hesson as our next artist in residence. One of our residencies are especially offered to a recent graduate who we believe would benefit from time and space dedicated to making new work post graduation. Holly recently graduated with distinction from MA Contemporary Fine Art at the University of Salford and was selected for the residency based on her graduation exhibition ’Only forward?’.
For Only Forward? Holly used her graduation exhibition to carry out her own end of course residency occupying a large empty city centre office/retail unit. Holly demonstrated an intelligent use of space and efficient decision making and editing. The risk of responding to this specific time and space without a definite ‘show’ in mind for the end point, for us, paid off well. What was offered was both an end point and a starting point, a crucial moment in time. We are excited by Holly’s approach and believe it will flourish well paired with the experimental interests of The Penthouse.
over manchester pride weekend we will be doing our annual queer art show
now in its 4th year, and so is that time again to do a call out.
if you identify has queer and a artists and would like to be involved in our event
please get intouch,
this is a open inclusive platform, and all art forms are welcome and we are very open to ideas.
Olivia Glasser | Suite 2, Corridor project space | 10 July- 7 August
Based in Manchester, Olivia graduated from BA Interactive Arts at Manchester School of Art in 2010. Since, she has worked as Assistant Curator at Nida Art Colony, Lithuania, received a film commission from Castlefield Gallery for artplayer.tv, exhibited at galleries from Chinese Arts Centre, Manchester to the Hangar, Barcelona and recently completed a research residency at Lionel Dobie Project.
“Investigating lifestyle choices of the artist / curator and the city / countryside’s influence on this, my current work is a series of experiments in and around this, often working collaboratively. Playing with action, aesthetics and use of the city as a member of a new DIY dance group, we will be using the Penthouse as a dance studio and base.
Hosting 2 film screenings, I hope to continue with a method I have accidentally / informally arrived at in my practice, of anchoring research and thoughts in new directions once reframed by a given piece of work, in this case a shared film, accompanied by sunset views courtesy of Manchester’s skyline and the Penthouse’s corridor. ”
Events:
Sunday 21st July 9pm
Olivia will be presenting Slacker, a 1991 American independent comedy-drama film written and directed by Richard Linklater.
Sunday 28th July 9pm
Olivia will be selecting a 2nd film to share and watch together.
Wednesday 7th August
Olivia will host an open studio event from 6pm.