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An exhibition of the art of invitations from Spike Island shows.

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Welcome and thank you for coming to this exhibition of ‘The art of Exhibition Invitations’. Often overlooked, the invite is the first and foremost piece of advertising that a potential audience would recieve. Here you will find a showcase of invitations from the last 10 years of exhibitions at Spike Island. A Special thank you to Spike Island and Charlotte Hetherington for granting us access to the Spike Island Archives.

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‘Spike Open” - Spike Island

‘BUD’ - Anna Lucas

‘Quarry’- Lucy Gunning

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(5). ‘Gang Hut’ - Kevin Reid

‘Comic book Queens’-Lady Fest Bristol

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‘Ursa Major’- Snaebjornsdottir/Wilson

‘Asylum’- Julian Rosefeldt

‘VANiSH’- Ashley McCormick

‘Spin Cycle’ - Runa Islam - Damien Roach - Hiraki Sawa

‘Ice Rink’- Amy Feneck

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‘Girl and dead goose’- Joanna Byniarska

‘New Work’ -Chris Braa- Alex Le Feuvre - Angus Sanders Dunnachie

‘The Heavenly Machine’ - Ged Quinn

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‘What are we doing here?’ -Pedro Barateiro

‘Journal 2 & 3 Launch’ -Spike Island

‘Random Border Pt1 & pt2 - Luis Nobre

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‘Nuevas Floras’ - Maria Elvira Escallon

‘Flash in the metropolitan’ - Nashashabi & Skaer

‘See-Thru’- Damien Roach

‘The returning officer’ - Spike Island

‘Kindling Wood’ - Mahali O’Hare

‘Residency’ - Galleria Huuto/ HIAP

‘InterExchange’ - Spike Island

‘Working things out / Solo show / Flash in the metropolitan’- Spike Island

‘Residency’ - Galleria Huuto/ HIAP

‘Me, You, The Cosmos and Other people’ - David Makintosh

‘Liberations’ - Jem Noble

‘Primer’ - Elizabeth Bowley - Chloe Brooks - Laurence Chalk - Brin Frost & Zoe Williams

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‘New York Artists Studio Awards’ - Spike Island

‘Prophet’ - Georgie Hopton - Estaban Igartua - Cornelia Parker

‘Part - ilha’ - Spike Island

‘All of the known universe’ - James Ireland

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‘Like Love - Part 1’ - Sonya Boyce

‘See - Who - Presents’ - Clare Stephenson

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‘Sanity Assasin’- Amanda Beech

‘The flight of O’ - Zoe Williams

‘The world appeared to her reflected by pure inwardness’ - Jorge Santos

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‘The speed and eagerness of meaning-Richard T Walker

‘Structure and Material’ - Claire Barclay - Becky Beasley - Karla Black.

‘Savage’ - Jean Micheal Jarre

‘Again, A time machine - Loure Prouvost - Jonathan Monk

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‘Dewar & Gicquel’ - Crepe Suzette

‘The edge of collapse’ - Suzanne Mooney

‘vvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvv’ - Haroon Mirza

‘Pull everything out’ - Ciara Philips - Corita Kent

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SPECIAL THANK YOU!Special thank you to Spike Island for granting access to thier archive, and Thank you for attending the show!

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SPIKE ISLAND

SPRING 2013