9 Talbot Square.

the talking space.

the thinking chair,

thinking thoughts,

thoughts concerning the cyclical nature of knowledge and how it relates to an art event, its ability to initiate discourse, an agent for change in perception or not,

thoughts about what is knowledge,

taking the epistemology,

Conversation's Commencing 26th March 2012

Preparations are underway for a DJCAD visit to Collaborating with an Event

We met with MFA students Joanne, Rowan and Sinead yesterday to discuss their trip down to the Royal College of Art and involvement in Collaborating with an Event next week. This project is an extension of the Writers in Residence programme - An Action of Words which took place alongside the exhibition and event project A CUT A SCRATCH A SCORE - a comic opera in three parts last October in Dundee.
The three original Writers in Residence, John Dummett, Ajay AS Hothi and Christina Manning Lebek, have devised an exhibition in progress and events to take place at the RCA between 26 and 29 March 2012. 


Here's a link to the writers' blog while they were in residence with us:


http://anactionofwords.blogspot.co.uk/

and here are some photos of salons and discussions during A CUT A SCRATCH A SCORE.

(Photos: Ross Fraser McLean)

First Annual Fun A Day Dundee.

(better late than never blog post)

Building on the artclash! collective's 8 year strong Fun A Day tradition (artclash.com) I organized an event here in Dundee.

I made a blog, funadaydundee.wordpress.com, and spread the word. Starting

January 1st, and continuing all month long, anyone was invited to participate in making a

daily artwork. The month flew by. I was making a warming device a day (from hats and haikus to hearty soups) others were putting together musical loops, venturing outdoors, moving their body, drawing portraits, or writing epigrams.

With the help of Sophia and Laura, as part of the Student Curatorial Team, I readied The Bradshaw Art Space in DJCAD for the exhibition debut on Friday February 24, 2012. It went very well. Loads of people came to see what the 15 participants had been up to. There was a debut performance of Katy Meehan's 'A Red Day', the release party for The Satellite Zine's 6th issue, and The Courier even came down to snap a picture.

I want to say how proud I am that this was a success. The Fun A Day tradition will continue in Dundee, so keep on the lookout next Fall as we ramp up for 2013. You can also email us at funadaydundee@gmail.com to be added to our mailing list.

Morgan Cahn

An Action of Words at RCA, London, 26 - 29 March, 2012

Symbols and Symbolism Exhibition

As part of the Student Curatorial Team, Kerry Lindsell and Sofia Khan would like to invite you to the Opening night of the Symbols and Symbolism Exhibition, Thursday 15th March from 5pm to 7pm in the Lower Foyer Gallery.

The exhibition will run from Friday 16th March - Wednesday 28th March.

The aim of this exhibition is to highlight the vast range of symbolic communication within contemporary art.

Drawing Breath, Cooper Gallery

Lys Hansen and Kraig Wilson’s Drawing Breath opens tonight, 6-8pm in the Cooper Gallery, DJCAD.

 

The show is phase two of Cooper gallery’s Materiality & Metaphysics Series and with Wilson’s works, which “draw attention to the haunting encounter between the mind and the world” positioned alongside Hansen’s drawings, “all of which were made during her visits to Berlin, [and] are a material ‘confrontation with the reality of life and its inherent Beauty and Truth,’” I can understand why. 
(Press Release)

Having had a quick peek at the show I am interested in the curation, which positions the works alongside one another without distinguishing between Hansen and Wilson – all framed, sometimes leaning, sometimes propped on shelves or stilts – allowing for parallels and comparisons to be easily drawn. Looking forward to the opening tonight and seeing Wilson’s video work!

Drawing Breath runs until March 30th with an In Conversation event held on March 14th, 11am-1pm in the D'Arcy Thompson Lecture Theatre, Tower Building.