Well alot has gone on since the last blog, the exhibition at Plymouth Arts Centre from the 9th to the 11th was a real success and attracted alot of attention to our collective. The work was fantastic and we all had a good time, for something that we had put together in such a short amount of time we should be very proud.
Next arts centre exhibition will be around Christmas time, so we can develop the foundations that we have laid and strive to make it even better and even more organised.
We have also been discussing a mini exhibition, which is likely to be in 45 cafe on Ebrington Street, and can hopefully go on for a couple of weeks this time. The date we have in mind is 20th of October, and there is a loose 'technology' theme. So get working and be sure to produce work that takes up less than... I don't know, a meter squared?
What do people think of this idea?
If you wish to submit work then please make an effort to turn up to meetings or at least read the minutes so that you know of any developments, and we know that you wish to show work. The more organised we can be, the more we can raise the profile of practising artists in this city, which is good for the city and of course good for the artists who are working hard wanting to show their work to the world.
We have proved that we can put on a good diverse show in a good contemporary gallery, now we have to push things even further forward. We are here and we cannot be ignored!
Watch this space...
Dan
Friday, 24 September 2010
Wednesday, 8 September 2010
Final Push
OK, I'll be at the Arts Centre to put up this show this afternoon. I can't wait to see how it looks when it is up! I only got back from my art trip to Brussels, Antwerp and Rotterdam yesterday, and spent the day getting my bearings back in Plymouth by finishing my paintings for the show (always a last minute kind of guy).
The opening tomorrow night is a really exciting prospect. I hope you have seen our posters all over the city, if not it doesn't matter! This is happening and it is going to be a great display of the current, constantly evolving creative scene in Plymouth.
So I hope to see you all there, and also hope that people are already starting to get excited about the 10-10-10 exhibition, which has a technology theme due to the binary date.
So please get developing some ideas!
See you all either at the meeting at 6pm tonight in the exhibition space or at the exhibition itself, the opening night being tomorrow from 6pm til 9pm, Batter Street behind Plymouth Arts Centre.
Dan
The opening tomorrow night is a really exciting prospect. I hope you have seen our posters all over the city, if not it doesn't matter! This is happening and it is going to be a great display of the current, constantly evolving creative scene in Plymouth.
So I hope to see you all there, and also hope that people are already starting to get excited about the 10-10-10 exhibition, which has a technology theme due to the binary date.
So please get developing some ideas!
See you all either at the meeting at 6pm tonight in the exhibition space or at the exhibition itself, the opening night being tomorrow from 6pm til 9pm, Batter Street behind Plymouth Arts Centre.
Dan
Sunday, 29 August 2010
Things are hotting up...
Not long to go now people! We now appear to be showing about 20 artists at the exhibition, a ridiculous amount I know, but the idea was always to get talented artists who find it hard to show work in other contexts a place to exhibit and be seen by the public, so everything is going the way it should be!
Everyone who wants to submit work must send a statement of up to 300 words about your work and some images also to Hannah Jump at hannyj@googlemail.com.
Well its Sunday today, so I will be going down to the Mayflower steps in a moment to paint there all day. This may sound insane, but anyone who wishes to work on some art and get it seen by the public should come along and talk to the clown. I'll be there till 5 or 6.
Meeting will obviously be at 6pm in the Arts Centre on Wednesday as usual, and it is absolutely vital for artists wishing to exhibit to come along if we want things to run smoothly, so hopefully we will see alot of you there. The idea of this collective is supposed to be that we collectively get together and talk, so come and show some solidarity!
Right, be sure to keep promoting the event in all of your networks, opening night is Thursday the 9th from 6 til about 9, and we want it to be a 'biggun'!
Hope everyone is feeling as excited about it as I am....
Dan
Everyone who wants to submit work must send a statement of up to 300 words about your work and some images also to Hannah Jump at hannyj@googlemail.com.
Well its Sunday today, so I will be going down to the Mayflower steps in a moment to paint there all day. This may sound insane, but anyone who wishes to work on some art and get it seen by the public should come along and talk to the clown. I'll be there till 5 or 6.
Meeting will obviously be at 6pm in the Arts Centre on Wednesday as usual, and it is absolutely vital for artists wishing to exhibit to come along if we want things to run smoothly, so hopefully we will see alot of you there. The idea of this collective is supposed to be that we collectively get together and talk, so come and show some solidarity!
Right, be sure to keep promoting the event in all of your networks, opening night is Thursday the 9th from 6 til about 9, and we want it to be a 'biggun'!
Hope everyone is feeling as excited about it as I am....
Dan
Monday, 23 August 2010
Train Rolling Faster
Hi everyone.
Well its been a very busy week. The meeting on Wednesday went well, there was little time to discuss the Picnic, which I think we all agreed was an effective bonding exercise, which helped us to really start making proper plans for the exhibition.
We have at least 10 artists to accommodate, so we can either focus on getting the space to be very carefully divided between us or we could aim for a bit more of a chaotic looking approach. If anyone has any thoughts about this please post what you think here.
We will be having some live sound generation courtesy of Oddstep Deployment Unit and Mummy Thinks We're Special whizzkid Alex Johnson. More artists will be announced as things develop.
The posters are currently being designed by Hannah and we will hopefully have something looking right in the next couple of days. We have all agreed to put in £10 to get it all looking right, especially the wine table, very important. Of course the most important thing is the work, so please carry on slaving away at your creations so that we have something that looks suitably kickass for the opening night on the 9th, I'm sure we will!
We're meeting again at the Arts Centre cafe at 6pm on Wednesday, please come along as this is an artist lead community, so it can't be lead efficiently unless you, the artists come and do some leading!
Thats all for now,
Dan
Well its been a very busy week. The meeting on Wednesday went well, there was little time to discuss the Picnic, which I think we all agreed was an effective bonding exercise, which helped us to really start making proper plans for the exhibition.
We have at least 10 artists to accommodate, so we can either focus on getting the space to be very carefully divided between us or we could aim for a bit more of a chaotic looking approach. If anyone has any thoughts about this please post what you think here.
We will be having some live sound generation courtesy of Oddstep Deployment Unit and Mummy Thinks We're Special whizzkid Alex Johnson. More artists will be announced as things develop.
The posters are currently being designed by Hannah and we will hopefully have something looking right in the next couple of days. We have all agreed to put in £10 to get it all looking right, especially the wine table, very important. Of course the most important thing is the work, so please carry on slaving away at your creations so that we have something that looks suitably kickass for the opening night on the 9th, I'm sure we will!
We're meeting again at the Arts Centre cafe at 6pm on Wednesday, please come along as this is an artist lead community, so it can't be lead efficiently unless you, the artists come and do some leading!
Thats all for now,
Dan
Sunday, 15 August 2010
Stuff's Starting to Happen
Hi everyone. The meeting in the arts centre on Wednesday went well, we seem to be developing well as a team and beginning to progress with some good ideas and efficient division of duties.
Whatever peope are able to contribute at the moment to assist U:1 is definitely welcome, the world is our oyster, and it will be easier for us to devour this oyster together. Hang on that makes no sense. Or does it?
Well the 'picnic' on Saturday was an experience thats for sure. It has confirmed that there is good work in production by our rapidly expanding army of artists, and a there was a useful exchange of ideas. And cream teas. It was a bit wet but we soldiered on nevertheless.
Until it started raining 'properly', then we sat in the shade at everyone's favourite filth ridden alcoholic dump Voodoo Lounge and started to discuss the upcoming exhibition. Its looking to be an interesting show, with sound art elements on the opening night (Sept 9th), and some really interesting work from a diverse range of some damn interesting practitioners.
Then when the clouds cleared we went to perform the slightly alcohol fuelled noise orchestra performance, at which no one got arrested. Which is a shame as that would have been good publicity.
We'll all be meeting again at 6pm in the Arts Centre on Wednesday, so hope to see as many of us there as possible.
Whatever peope are able to contribute at the moment to assist U:1 is definitely welcome, the world is our oyster, and it will be easier for us to devour this oyster together. Hang on that makes no sense. Or does it?
Well the 'picnic' on Saturday was an experience thats for sure. It has confirmed that there is good work in production by our rapidly expanding army of artists, and a there was a useful exchange of ideas. And cream teas. It was a bit wet but we soldiered on nevertheless.
Until it started raining 'properly', then we sat in the shade at everyone's favourite filth ridden alcoholic dump Voodoo Lounge and started to discuss the upcoming exhibition. Its looking to be an interesting show, with sound art elements on the opening night (Sept 9th), and some really interesting work from a diverse range of some damn interesting practitioners.
Then when the clouds cleared we went to perform the slightly alcohol fuelled noise orchestra performance, at which no one got arrested. Which is a shame as that would have been good publicity.
We'll all be meeting again at 6pm in the Arts Centre on Wednesday, so hope to see as many of us there as possible.
Tuesday, 10 August 2010
Hi everyone, we're having a meeting on Wednesday 11th August 6pm in the Arts Centre Cafe. This is to discuss arrangements for the U:1 event at the Jigsaw Garden on the 14th, which is THIS Saturday, so time is ticking and its all getting very exciting. So it would be great if we could have as big a crowd as possible at Wednesday's meeting so we all can have a good idea of what to expect, see you there!
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