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is an artist run project space where artists, writers and curators can present their work in a one day or evening event. It could be a work still in the making or not exhibited before, and a chance to talk about it with other people there and then.
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July 2009 - Will Holder
Further details and the date of the event will be added soon.
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Friday 16th January 2009 - Lois Rowe
occasionals presented 'Argument from Design' 2006, and 'Mannerism to Mind' 2007, two videos by Lois Rowe.
Both works were shown twice (4'48" and 10'32"), from
6:30 - 7:30 p.m with short intervals between each screening.
At 7:30 there was an informal discussion between Lois Rowe, Philomene Pirecki and everyone who wanted to participate.
video still of 'Argument from Design'.
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Saturday 14th June 2008 - Double Object
a group exhibition curated by Leigh Robb
Six artists have been invited to respond to the construct of the double within their practice. Using the exhibition as a site of research, the artists will present works which investigate the potential of the double in some of its guises to see how, or if such a simple construct can open a more complex field of possibility both formally and conceptually. From a pair, copy or diptych to studies in repetition, synchronicity and comparison, the double is a structure that forces questions of singularity and difference. This exhibition is an opportunity to think about why it recurs as a pivotal strategy for Joseph Beuys, Andy Warhol, Robert Rauschenberg, and Roni Horn, for example, to artists working today.
Participating artists
Bradford Bailey
Vanessa Billy
Jason Dungan
Elizabeth McAlpine
Sam Porritt
Maria Zahle
Earlier works by Dieter Roth, Barry Flanagan, Glenn Ligon and Michel Francois were also included.
The exhibition was open for one day only
Saturday 14th June, 2:00 p.m - 8:00 p.m
At 7:00 p.m.
there was an informal discussion between Leigh Robb, the exhibition artists and Philomene Pirecki, along with anyone else who wanted to join in.
installation view of Double Object. Artists from left to right - Jason Dungan, Glenn Ligon, Barry Flanagan, Maria Zahle.
installation view of Double Object. Artists from left to right - Elizabeth McAlpine, Vanessa Billy (floor), Dieter Roth, Bradford Bailey, Sam Porritt, Michel François.
More images from Double Object >
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Saturday 15th March 2008 - Juan Cruz
occasionals presented 'In The Shape of What We Know', a video work by Juan Cruz.
Two videos are projected onto a wall where they partly overlap; one uses images and sound of the artist and his immediate environment, the other uses text recounting intimate memories and thoughts. The videos differ in length, which changes their synchronisation as they loop and continue to play. This presents us with a literally overlapping, contextually shifting structure that inflects upon the relationships between what is read, seen and heard.
In part it is a reflection upon reconciling daily life and art practice, upon unexpected recollections triggered by seemingly unrelated events, and the contradictions and compromises that many of us are often faced with.
The work was shown from 6:00 p.m until 8:00 p.m (duration approximately
8 minutes).
At 7:30 there was an informal discussion between Juan Cruz, Philomene
Pirecki and everyone who wanted to join in.
the video and the crowd during the projection of In The Shape of What We Know
more images from Juan Cruz's event >
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Saturday 26th January 2008 - Ian
Whittlesea
occasionals presented 3 projections by Ian Whittlesea. Each projection shows a series of names and is an attempt to list chronologically everyone an individual met in their lifetime. The names are projected as white text on a white wall in an illuminated space. Each name slowly appears and fades away to be replaced by the next. This is an ongoing work, altered and added to as the artist acquires new biographical information about the subjects.
The work could be viewed from beginning to end, or at any time between 2:59 – 8:00pm.
2:59 – 4:53pm > Everyone - Peggy
Guggenheim
4:53 – 6:26pm > Everyone - Frank
O’Hara
6:26 – 8:00pm > Everyone - Gertrude
Stein
There were drinks and a short, informal discussion during the
final projection from 6:26 - 8:00pm.
image from Everyone - Frank O’Hara
more images from Ian Whittlesea's event >
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The first in a series of occasional events happened on
Friday 5th October 2007 - Andrew Chesher
Andrew Chesher showed his video 'Changing the System', a documentary about musicians rehearsing.
In 1973, taking his title from a remark by Tom Hayden, a key figure of
the Student Movement of 1968, the American avant-garde composer and erstwhile
student of John Cage, Christian Wolff, wrote a score called ‘Changing
the System’ - a kind of ‘participatory democracy’ for
a large scale musical ensemble. Following the preparations for a performance
of the piece to celebrate Wolff’s 70th birthday in 2004, Andrew's
film observes the musicians and their discussions during rehearsals, elucidating
the score, its significance and the experience of rehearsing it through
comments by the musicians themselves.
c. 53 mins long.
After the screening, Andrew Chesher talked about the video, his working
process and ideas relating to it.
video still from Changing the System
more images from Andrew Chesher's event >
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organised by Philomene Pirecki