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TheGallery at The Arts University College at Bournemouth offers a unique space in the South West for the arts including design, media and performance.
Showcasing work from contemporary artists, TheGallery has forged important links with regional arts organisations including ArtSway, Aspex and The Russell-Cotes Art Gallery and Museum.
text + work is a Gallery initiative which invites artists to develop exhibitions and events in partnership with writers and critics who provide supportive narrative in the form of published text to accompany the exhibitions.
Following a re-launch in December 2010, the newly designed Gallery includes a café with indoor and outdoor seating.
Exhibition Talk, Preview and Publication Launch
Professor Jeffrey Baggott in conversation with Martin Newth, where they will be discussing the ideas explored in the project and accompanying essay. There will also be an opportunity to view the exhibition prior to its opening.
Martin Newth, artist and Programme Director, BA Fine Art at Chelsea College of Art and Design, University of the Arts London.
Professor Jeffrey Baggott, Dean of Facility of Media and Performance, the Arts University College at Bournemouth.
Booking Information
Thursday 8th March 2012
5.00 – 8.00pm
TheGallery
Admission Free
Booking essential (numbers limited)
Image used with permission of www.bfi.org.uk
Film Night: ‘Radio On’
(Directed by Christopher Petit, 1979)
‘Radio On’ is a rare example of a British road movie, shot in black and white. It is a grim but fascinating journey through late seventies Britain by way of a road trip from London to Bristol. Following David Beames, a young London DJ on the road to Bristol to investigate the mysterious death of his brother, ‘Radio On’ offers a unique, compelling and even mythic vision of a late 1970s England, stalled between failed hopes of cultural and social change and the imminent upheavals of Thatcherism.
‘Radio On’ is a cult classic and, is one of the most striking feature debuts in British cinema - a haunting blend of edgy mystery story and existential road movie, crammed with eerie evocations of English landscape and weather.
Featuring music from David Bowie, Kraftwerk, Lene Lovich, Ian Dury, Robert Fripp, Wreckless Eric and Devo.
Chosen by Martin Newth to coincide with Sentinel (South), ‘Radio On’ provides a deeply atmospheric depiction of the British landscape. Through its stark but beautiful cinematography the film evokes ideas about memory, trauma and loss – themes which resonate with those explored by Martin Newth in his Sentinel project.
Booking Information
Thursday 15th March 2012
6.00 – 8.00pm
Lecture Theatre 2
Admission Free
Booking essential (numbers limited)
Contact: [email protected]
Sentinel (South)
Pippa Oldfield + Martin Newth
9th March to 20th April 2012
Sentinel (South) is a project that examines and explores the potential of wartime buildings to provide a unique perspective on the English landscape through the transformation of the structures themselves into cameras. Within Britain there are thousands of small military defensive structures commonly known as ‘pillboxes’. Built during the Second World War these simple concrete and brick buildings were designed as look out points in anticipation of an enemy invasion that never happened.
The project and exhibition includes distinct phases with overlapping photographic methods. There is a series of photographs of pillboxes; prints made by transforming the buildings into camera obscuras; and multi-screen video installations where the intended position of the soldiers’ guns have been replaced by cameras to create moving panoramas of the views that the buildings survey.
Sentinel (South) is a text + work collaboration between artist Martin Newth, for whom this research has been ongoing for several years, and writer Pippa Oldfield.
Oldfield’s essay ‘Sentinels of War: The Pillbox as Camera Obscura’ highlights aspects of the project relating to the use of pillboxes as cameras and the project’s status as part of the ongoing canon of war photography.
WestBeach, Pier Approach will be exhibiting a selected artwork from the Sentinel (South) project and exhibition, in the restaurant. Please visit their website for directions www.west-beach.co.uk
Pippa Oldfield is a writer, curator, Head of Programme at Impressions Gallery, Bradford, and a Doctoral Fellow at Durham University.
Booking Information
TheGallery
Admission Free
Booking not required
Supported by Chelsea College of Art and Design, University of the Arts London
Mat Chivers, Outbreath (Facts and Fictions) Copyright the artist
Introduction to
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Spring Programme
Contemporary Art in Bournemouth
The Arts University College at Bournemouth, Wallisdown, Poole, Dorset, BH12 5HH
Telephone: 01202 363272 Email: [email protected] Website: www.aucb.ac.ukwww.west-beach.co.uk
TheGallery would like to thank WestBeach for their support.
Visitor Information
Opening Times (term time)
9.00am – 5.00pm Monday – Thursday* 9.00am – 4.00pm Friday 9.00am – 4.00pm Saturday Closed Sunday (and Bank Holidays)
*TheGallery is open until 7.00pm on Thursdays
Please visit our website for non-term time dates.
TheGallery is closed during exhibition installs / builds.
Admission
Admission to TheGallery is free.
Group Visits
We welcome educational groups, art clubs, companies, businesses and all interest parties of all ages and offer tours, discussions and activities. To discuss your requirements contact TheGallery Office on 01202 363272 or [email protected].
Corporate and Private Events
TheGallery provides a unique opportunity to experience the most exciting art as a backdrop in the company of colleagues, friends and family. Within its modern interior, TheGallery provides a unique setting for all corporate events, private functions, meetings and launches and is available for corporate and private hire.
For further information contact TheGallery Office on 01202 363272 or email [email protected].
Eat and Drink
Origins Café; with indoor and outdoor seating offers a selection of refreshments from Monday to Friday 8.30am to 3.30pm (term time only). The Café is open for all late night gallery events, serving a selection wines and beers.
Booking Information
Unless otherwise specified, all bookings for exhibition related events should be made via [email protected] or 01202 363272 and are hosted in Lecture Theatre Two and TheGallery, North Building.
Location
TheGallery is located within the Arts University College at Bournemouth campus, in the North Building at Wallisdown, Poole, BH12 5HH. Full directions (together with information about public transport) can be found at www.aucb.ac.uk.
Parking and Access
Parking is limited but it is not usually necessary to reserve a space after 4.00pm each day or at weekends for specific events. Reservations may be made for visitors with a disability, please contact [email protected]. There is designated accessible parking available for visitors, please make enquires with our main reception.
Find Out More
If you would like to receive regular updates about forthcoming exhibitions and events at TheGallery, please email [email protected].
Exploratory Laboratory (Ex Lab) – Art, Science and the Coast
9th July to 3rd August 2012
Ex Lab will be presenting a series of new contemporary artworks created in response to the unique environment of the Jurassic Coast this summer. Artists Simon Callery, Mat Chivers, Zachary Eastwood-Bloom, Simon Ryder and creative studio Proboscis are collaborating with earth scientists on the creation of a series of temporary site responsive artworks to be presented at various coastal and inland locations across Dorset throughout the summer of 2012.
The Ex Lab exhibition at AUCB will provide an insight into the practice of the five commissioned artists: Simon Callery, Mat Chivers, Zachary Eastwood-Bloom, Simon Ryder and creative studio Proboscis. You will be given a glimpse of the working methods behind Ex Lab and how the artists’ research evolved from their engagement with scientists in response to the Jurassic Coastline, prior to the works being shown as part of Maritime Mix – the London 2012 Cultural Olympiad by the sea.
Work from three Dorset based emerging artists who have been awarded bursaries, in association with Dorset Visual Arts, will also be shown.
Ex Lab is a Big Picture initiative. Big Picture is a collaboration of visual arts organisations and professionals in Dorset working with Dorset County Council to sustain and develop vibrant visual arts in the county.
Blog: www.exlabproject.wordpress.com/
Website: www.bigpic.org.uk
Twitter: @Exlab2012
Email: [email protected]
Exhibition Event on Thursday 12th July 2012, 5.00 – 7.00pm
School Events
We believe that learning doesn’t just take place in the classroom, it happens everywhere. That’s why we’ve created a diverse programme of Gallery activities that offers children and young people the unique opportunity to learn about what happens in Galleries and see and interact with original artworks. These have included workshops, discussions groups, talks and tours.
Schools can book a free one-off workshop for visiting students. These workshops are lead by artist and creative facilitator Rebecca Strain who is an established education workshop leader. Class sizes should be no more than 30 pupils per group and workshops usually last two hours. All materials will be provided.
Exploring Early Photography
Newth uses pillboxes as a camera to produce his work. As an introduction to alternative photography we will make images by exploring one of the earliest photographic methods.
Thursday 29th March 2012
Times: 10.00am – 12.00pm or 1.00 – 3.00pm
Booking is essential by contacting Josie Powell, Marketing on 01202 363367 or email [email protected].
Spring Art School 2nd – 3rd April 2012
Two day activity for those who are in Years 9 / 10. Students can choose from: animation, fine art, photography, textiles and 3D design. These sessions will allow students to develop specialist learning, team-building, problem-solving and communication skills. For further details please contact: [email protected].
Saturday Art SchoolAutumn / Spring term time only
Saturday Art School is a vibrant collection of arts-based courses aimed at students in school years 5 to 13. There are a limited number of places on each course and the enrolment procedure operates on a first-come, first-served basis. For further details please contact: [email protected].
More of… TheGallery Resource Centre
TheGallery Resource Centre provides visitors with further information on exhibiting artists and designers. In addition, the Centre holds archive materials, reviews and details of future events.
The Centre also stocks the essays produced by TheGallery and text + work. These essays are commissioned writings and interviews from some of today’s most prominent curators, critics, artists, designers, filmmakers and writers. Prices range from £5.00 to £12.00.
We will shortly be launching an online collection of work for sale by associated artists and staff.
Please refer to the website www.aucb.ac.uk for further information.
The Resource Centre is open Monday to Friday from 9.00am to 4.30pm, with late night opening on Thursdays until 7.00pm (during term time only). Closed at weekends.
Featured Publications
Witness: An Odyssey with Otto Freundlich Michael Roberts
£5.00 / 32 pages, soft cover publication, with an essay by Michael Roberts and a contribution by David Evans.
Fashion Revolution China Curated by Anthony Bednall
£5.00 / 32 pages, soft cover publication illustrating the background narrative to the garments, images and objects displayed in the exhibition Fashion Revolution China.
Summer Shows 2012
TheGallery offers its space to highlight the University College’s Summer Shows, which takes place from May to the end of June and September. Each year our exciting and inspiring Summer Shows are open to members of the public.
These Summer Shows offer an excellent opportunity and insight to see graduating students’ work from all our courses in a series of exhibitions and events across our Bournemouth campus.
For further information on our Summer Shows, please visit www.aucb.ac.uk/summerseason.
Image on the front cover: ‘Sentinel – The Thames at Dartford’ (detail), Martin Newth, 2011, unique c-type negatives on aluminium, 76 x 124cm each
The Arts University College at Bournemouth,
Wallisdown, Poole, Dorset, BH12 5HH
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