“Are the Kids Alright” Exhibition Leipzig

My most recent film Chatsworth: The C.A.G.E will amongst the works exhibited as part of the

“Are the Kids Alright Exhibition” at the Essential Existence gallery, Leipzig, Germany.

Exhibition from:

27 March 2009 to 26 April 2009

// essential existence gallery
// Westwerk, Karl-Heine-Straße 93,
Tor B, 04229 Leipzig

The essential existence gallery LEIPZIG is hosting the exhibition ‘Are the kids alright?’. The exhibition critically addresses current policies of control and the regulation of youth behaviour and aims at creating a space which brings together scholarly and artistic perspectives, documentary commentary and aesthetic interventions. Manu Luksch will participate with the film installation ‘FACELESS’ and ‘Manifesto for CCTV Filmmakers’.

Are the kids alright?

New Film: Chatsworth The C.A.G.E.

The short 15minute documentary piece, was filmed in 2006, and 2008.  The film forms part of a project to document the regeneration of an area in Newham, London in the shadow of the planned London Olympics building programme.  The film centres on the opening and subsequent use of a Games Enclosure play space for young people on the Chatsworth estate.  The C.A.G.E represents those spaces that are developed as a way to offer an outlet for young people, but also represents a form of surveillance.  The film begins to document the constant struggle of local people to find a space for themselves, as well as an approach to visually presenting the urban environment.

Space Place event at the Stephen Lawrence Centre

Mapping Event|Saturday 29 November 2008

As part of the Space Place project, a residency of myself and Rastko Novakovic at the Stephen Lawrence Centre. (See previous posts about the project).  We are hosting a Mapping Event on Saturday 29 November 2008.

SPACE PLACE day of action|Saturday 29th November

As part of the SPACE PLACE project to explore out local environment of Deptford, we will begin with a mass day of Mapping.

Asking the questions what is a Map, and how do we make our own!

The day will packed with activities of drawing, video making, sound recording and making maps.

The main activity will be centred around a SENSORY WALK of the Stephen Lawrence Centre.

We are hoping to bring together everyone’s work from the days events into a Collective largescale map that will form part of the projects archive.

The day will run from 11.00am  - 3.30pm

All welcome and will be advised to bring a PACKED LUNCH,

Tea and coffee will be provided.

In order to start promptly at 11am it is advisable to arrive at the Centre early.

For more details check the spaceplace blog.

Anna Dumitriu Tesla Talk 5 November 2008

Anna Dumitriu –

Talking to Bacteria, Unnecessary Research and the Sublime

Wednesday 5th November 2008

Garwood Lecture Theatre, UCL

6-7pm

In this talk Anna Dumitriu will explain her approach to transdisciplinary art practice, what working collaboratively means to her, why she ‘talks’ to bacteria and why unnecessary research is so important. As Einstein said: “If we knew what it was we were doing, it would not be called research, would it?

Space Place

Space Place is a 3 month project that should start at the end of October 2008 based at the Stephen Lawrence Centre.  The project aims to be another progression in my practice of collaborative, participatory art works. The aim is to explore deptford with a group of young people, concerned with exploring space and place through mapping, research, performance and video.  Space place is a project launched by myself and artist Rastko Novakovic. For more details spaceplace

Igloo talk at Tesla UCL

We are delighted to announce the start of the Tesla autumn season with the presentation by Ruth Gibson and Bruno Marteli, well known as the artistic duo Igloo.
Don’t miss the opportunity to hear about their work that challenges boundaries of arts, sciences, interactive and other technologies through imaginative and often playful projects.

Tuesday 7 October 2008

18:00 – 19:00

UCL, Garwood Lecture Theatre

For More Information check the Tesla Blog.