Richard Shields- The Future is Bright The Past is Colourful- Preview Thurs 12 July 6-9pm at Paradise Works.
In many ways he went ‘too far’ becoming physically, spiritually and mentally involved with the small town of Cushendall- but that is just where he needed to go. His art practice burns as bright as the fire that burns and it comes from the very centre of his being which also burns as bright as the fire that burns as bright as the brightest fire that burns.
The Curfew Tower 2017 Resident Richart Shields is showing a new body of work born of his EVF project devised during his IMPOSE|LIFT residency. Shields is a Manchester based artist from Northern Ireland and was selected for this residency based on his explorative, research based practice combining drawing and performance. This residency focused on the socio political situation of The Curfew Tower and we knew Richard would explore all of the corners of this without holding back.
Shields describes that he has continued to explore issues surrounding the fractious history of his country, offering an alternative Ulster, in which art movements are at the centre of the troubles. Parallels are drawn between what some consider to be elitism within the arts and the secretive nature of Ireland’s paramilitary and masonic style fraternities.
We have had a sneak peek of his new film which is layered with outstanding wit, moments of brilliant connection- wiping our slates clean and welcoming us into a new future.
Newly commissioned videos by Mykki Blanco, Cheryl
Dunye & Ellen Spiro, Reina Gossett, Thomas Allen Harris, Kia Labeija,
Tiona Nekkia McClodden and Brontez Purnell premiering on World AIDS Day
2017.
ALTERNATE ENDINGS, RADICAL BEGINNINGS is the 28th
annual iteration of Visual AIDS’ longstanding Day With(out) Art project.
Curated by Erin Christovale and Vivian Crockett for Visual AIDS, the video
program prioritizes Black narratives within the ongoing AIDS epidemic,
commissioning seven new and innovative short videos from artists Mykki Blanco,
Cheryl Dunye & Ellen Spiro, Reina Gossett, Thomas Allen Harris, Kia
Labeija, Tiona Nekkia McClodden and Brontez Purnell.
In spite of the impact of HIV/AIDS within Black communities,
these stories and experiences are constantly excluded from larger artistic and
historical narratives. In 2016 African Americans represented 44% of all new HIV
diagnoses in the United States. Given this context, it is increasingly urgent
to feature a myriad of stories that consider and represent the lives of those
housed within this statistic. ALTERNATE ENDINGS, RADICAL BEGINNINGS seeks
to highlight the voices of those that are marginalized within broader Black
communities nationwide, including queer and trans people.
The commissioned projects include intimate meditations of
young HIV positive protagonists; a consideration of community-based HIV/AIDS
activism in the South; explorations of the legacies and contemporary resonances
within AIDS archives; a poetic journey through New York exploring historical
traces of queer and trans life, and more. Together, the videos provide a
platform centering voices deeply impacted by the ongoing epidemic.
This screening is programmed back to back with HIVideo by Balaclava.Q - A Global Exhibition of Video Art for World Aids Day. HIVideo is the moving image strand of Balaclava.Q- an international Queer Art Project and collective. HIVideo seeks to promote contemporary dialogue(s) on World Aids Day via video art from both a local and global perspective. HIVideo complements current discourse and the de- stigmatization / -criminalization movement by creating dialogue about HIV/AIDS via art – and the attendant aesthetics and politics.
HIVideo is A Global Exhibition of Video Art for World Aids Day. HIVideo
is the moving image strand of Balaclava.Q- an international Queer Art Project
and collective, better known as TACTIC 2. HIVideo seeks to promote contemporary
dialogue(s) on World Aids Day via video art from both a local and global
perspective. HIVideo complements current discourse and the de- stigmatization /
-criminalization movement by creating dialogue about HIV/AIDS via art – and
the attendant aesthetics and politics.
In 2016 HIVideo was
screened at Manchester’s LGBT Foundation and worldwide across Toronto (Canada),
Paris (France), South Africa, Puerto Rico, New Mexico and Oakland (California,
US) in galleries, safe spaces and sexual health centres. In 2017 The Penthouse present HIVideo at
their homeParadise Works on the
Manchester > Salford border. HIVideo brings together international artists
and venues across 5 continents to showcase art films which look at HIV/AIDS
with the intention of a more direct action approach with a specific theme for artists.
Films will be screened on World AIDS Day in Rome, (Italy), Manchester (UK),
London (UK), Berlin (Germany), New Zealand, Puerto Rico, Colombia and various
other locations across the UK, USA and Europe.
In 2017 Balaclava.Q is working in partnership with RAMP: Recycled
Medicine Campaign, LGBT Consortium UK and the global movement Prevention Access
Campaign.
The artist films create awareness and promote discourse
specifically about the Prevention Access Campaign, a global movement which
seeks to educate communities on current findings and statistics which state
unequivocally that Undetectable = Untransmissable or U=U as it has been branded
by www.preventionaccess.org. At the very core of this year’s screening is a
message about intimacy without fear of transmission.
This screening is programmed back to back with Visual Aids- a program of newly commissioned videos by Mykki Blanco, Cheryl Dunye & Ellen Spiro, Reina Gossett, Thomas Allen Harris, Kia Labeija, Tiona Nekkia McClodden and Brontez Purnell titled ALTERNATE ENDINGS, RADICAL BEGINNINGS is the 28th annual iteration of Visual AIDS’ longstanding Day With(out) Art project. Curated by Erin Christovale and Vivian Crockett. This event is part of
Manchester’s first Day With(out) Art programme from Superbia.
This year’s Greater Manchester serving of HIVideo 2017 is presented
by The Penthouse .
The Penthouse is an artist led Dyke|Queer
contemporary art project and space based in Manchester founded and ran by
artists Rosanne Robertson and Debbie Sharp. Curatorial and research projects
are focused on Queer art, radical practices, Queer feminism, experimental and
raw art- we consider the power at the margins.
The Penthouse is currently based at Paradise
Works in a luxurious corner suite- a
fitting home on the border of Salford and Manchester. Paradise Works is a new
artist run initiative providing studios & project space to a community of
proactive, intergenerational, contemporary artists established 2017.
HIVideo is produced by Balaclava.Q : An international Queer Art Project and collective. Connecting,
promoting and Creating Platforms for Queer artists.
Founded in June 2016 by Stiofan
O’Ceallaigh as a reaction to the Orlando, Florida massacre, Balaclava.Q is
a not-for-profit and relies solely on the passion, motivation and influence of
its volunteers, artists and advocates; an international queer visual art
project and collective that asks artists to look at tactics that disrupt,
activate, instigate and explore contemporary queer concerns. Currently
showcasing works by over 200 international queer artists, this project acts as
a platform and connector for artists and audiences.
This project is supported by a grant from Superbia. Superbia Grants provide financial support for LGBT events as part of Manchester Pride’s commitment to the quality and diversity of cultural events taking place throughout the year in Greater Manchester. https://superbia.org.uk
“This July, we are giving the Show & Tell reins to our friends at Manifest, an artist-led festival aiming to showcase the talent of North West contemporary artists. Discover the regional art scene with artists making lightening presentations about their current projects, experiments or sources of inspiration.”
The Penthouse will be presenting a Show & Tell on our inspirations for The Curfew Tower projects including the current climate for gay rights.
The Penthouse brings their curatorship of Bill Drummond’s Curfew Tower (Northern Ireland) to their Manchester artist led space with an event titled REVOLT. REVOLT is a half way project from Curatorship IMPOSE||LIFT.
REVOLT will not be described to you prior to the event.
It will be brought to you in collaboration with Manchester’s finest LGBTQ+ and deliver Queers against Facism in action.
We are curating The Curfew Tower in the small Northern Irish town of Cushendall.
Considering issues of feminism and LGBTQ+ rights across the UK bridging NI and Manchester.
We can not ignore that The Curfew Tower belongs to Bill Drummond. We can not ignore that this happens to be the year of the KLF comeback. We can not ignore ideas of epic gesture, action, destruction, restriction, liberation and deviance. We can not ignore our part as the english in the colonisation of the Irish and how resistance has been re framed as mindless violence. We can not ignore that the IRA bombed Manchester. We can not politely ignore violence and oppression. We can not ignore that we are lesbian women and religious views of homosexuality are often homophobic and our very being considered deviant and oppress women. We can not ignore that religious views impact of societal values, fears and beliefs in Cushendall, Manchester and all over the world.
*added* Most recently we can not ignore proposals for a Conservative and DUP alliance.
REVOLT
Curated as part of Manifest 17
Supported by Arts Council England Grants for the Arts
Florian Fusco (Berlin/Vienna/Manchester)- residency special presenting new sound and video live project- Generic Wrongness.
NOISE ABOVE NOISE IS A SOUND, ART AND PERFORMANCE SERIES BORNE OF INDEPENDENT DIY ARTIST LED SPACE THE PENTHOUSE.
“PERFORMANCE SERIES NOISE ABOVE NOISE ELEVATES MANCHESTER’S UNDERGROUND SCENE TO THE FIFTH FLOOR OF A TOWER BLOCK.”
- THE WIRE
Florian is using his Noise Above Noise residency for some intense experimentation with his Random Appropriation Synth projecthttps://vimeo.com/75954593 as well some new sound to video automation experiments- resulting in the final live work being a responsive video projection.
— Noise Above Noise 2014/15 series is kindly supported by Arts Council England Grants for the Arts. —
This event is in collaboration with Kraakhaus co curated by Flo see the trailer video here made by Flo (https://www.youtube.com/embed/3YANMyuizw0 The festival sees the end of an era and the start of a new one (read the event page for details). Enjoy the following bands on the Saturday 25th at Kraakhaus - the day after Noise Above Noise x The Feminists, Wedge, Salford Media City, Mike O’Neil, Danny Saul, Sam Weaver, Warm Widow, Water, The Jungfraus, Politburo, TheRunningChelsea.
is a coffee morning and contemporary art and sound reading and listening group at artist led space The Penthouse in Manchester’s Northern Quarter.
+unlimited freshly ground single origin coffee from the gadgety brew bar. +things on toast such as organic peanut butter and jelly. +rooftop views of Manchester.
Topics can range widely relating to contemporary art and sound. We mention sound specifically as contemporary art is often confused for just visual art- when it blatantly is not. It may also be interesting to talk about visual art and sound art concurrently. We suggest that texts, essays, chapters are kept at around 20 pages max to be able to discuss enough in the time frame.
There is no theme- at the end of each text another member of the group suggests another which may follow on- and we see where we end up.
The price is £5 entry which gets you pepped up on high quality coffee beans (decaf also available) via siphon and v60 brew bar and a slice of something organic and delicious for breakfast. This leaves a small (pretty small) profit for The Penthouse to help sustain existence.
Please book here to help with preparations/ seating and then pay on the day.
(Previous events have sold out, we recommend booking in advance to secure your place).
++GARY FISHER++
Gary Fisher has joined us for a residency project- we are excited to welcome him back to The Penthouse following his completion of his very fruitful MA Sound Art at London Communication College- MA show curated by Electra Productions.
Recent Projects include a 30 minute live experimental radio broadcast ‘The Inaugural Terminal Program’ in collaboration with artists Barry Dean and Gilda Manfring and aired on Resonance FM, London. Performing as part of ‘Sculpture’ in Allan Caprow: Yard, The Hepworth, Wakefield, ensemble improvisation and intervention, Sculpture series curated by David Toop and Rei NakajimaIn. In 2015 Gary was invited with other performers to play in a live composition with Christain Marclay and Thurston Moore at Marclay’s major exhibition at White Cube London.
“Gary Fisher works with sound in a continuous process of experimentation and enquiry focussed around instinctive and investigatory responses to objects, actions, ideas words and places. Central to the work is the ongoing development of improvised playing, composing and recording practises, in both live and studio contexts, based around different approaches to sound making including combining analogue and digital, re-working technologies, home-made instruments and electronics and adapting or finding personal approaches to instruments and objects as materials to produce sounds.”
++ HELMUT LEMKE ++
Has been specially invited to perform as part of Gary Fisher’s residency event particularly because of his influence on Gary’s artist practice which turned to a focus on sound arts during his BA at Salford University under Helmut Lemke’s teaching.
Some words from Helmut:
Imagine you have a plastic bottle…. You fill it with water and you hang it upside down…. You make a little hole in the cap…. and then you sit back, you wait and you listen – drips appear – they fall – they hit sounds … inaudible when the water squeezes through the little hole … imaginable when it falls … audible when it hits
Events like this drive Helmut Lemke’s curiosity. Since he started his journey into the world of sound more than 30 years ago, he investigated sounds that are around us, some are obvious, some are familiar, some have to be found… and he has performed and exhibited process based work responding to his investigations. His endeavour has taken him to concert halls and outdoor markets, to Galleries and Museums and to the frozen seas off Greenland, to Function Rooms of Pubs and to International Festivals. He has presented his work all over the globe, collaborating with other Sound Artists and Musicians, with Dancers and Scientists, Visual Artists and Architects, Poets and Archaeologists, Performance Artists and Wildlife Rangers.
Helmut Lemke is still listening.
++ TEAR FET ++
Tear Fet is the sound project of Manchester artist Matt Dalby. In recent years he has concentrated solely on developing his voice, and beginning to explore extended techniques. Tear Fet draws on a range of influences from blues and folk music through to contemporary improvisation. Tear Fet can be found (among other places) at https://soundcloud.com/matt-dalby
His CD Underpath was released through Chocolate Monk in October 2014; his most recent collection is the self-released Islands : Wind, part of a year-long project called Islands.
As part of Islands Matt will walk round the outside of the M60, Manchester’s orbital motorway, on 30 May 2015. A variety of artworks will be created from this event.
Tickets are £5 on the door but only subject to availability. There is a capacity limit. Please book at least one day in advance to avoid disappointment.
This event has a licensed bar- it is not permitted to bring your own alcohol into the space.
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The 2014/15 series of Noise Above Noise residency projects are supported by Arts Council England- Grants for the Arts.
Quotes:
“A BRILLIANTLY CURATED AND VISUALLY STUNNING NIGHT OF SOUND ART AND PERFORMANCE. THE ATMOSPHERE IS ALWAYS INTERESTING, RELAXING, WELCOMING AND OVERALL INSPIRING.” – MANCHESTER’S FINEST
“THE PENTHOUSE ARTISTS FROM ENGLAND. KNOWN BACK HOME AS MANCHESTER’S FINEST SOUND ART SHOW” – BUSHWICK DAILY, NEW YORK
D A N C E H A L L is a DIY journal based in Manchester that publishes encounters with sound by musicians, artists and writers that can one way or another be committed to paper.
The Penthouse are hosting the Launch of D A N C E H A L L 1 0 which includes contributions by Gwilly Edmondez & Posset, Amelia Bywater & Rebecca Wilcox, Daniela Cascella, Irene Revell, Jenny Moore & Aonghus McEvoy, featuring among other delights the noises of Belfast; the Ursula Bogner hoax; the sound of Sorrentino’s The Great Beauty and memories of Rome; and a to and fro manifesto of sorts by Newcastle’s finest players of the glitch/slip & gibber.
And Live Performances by:
Gwilly Edmondez & Posset
Rebecca Wilcox & Amelia Bywater
Tom White
Rosanne Robertson and Louise Woodcock
- a performance of a work in progress by Rosanne Robertson and Louise Woodcock from their current Noise Above Noise Residency which will inform a future contribution to D A N C E H A L L
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