Between 7-11 tonight, New Langton Arts in San Francisco will inaugurate a program devised by Bay Area artist Anne Colvin titled "The Colony Room: Anne Colvin and Guests."
Each Friday and Saturday night through Nov. 6, Colvin will host a different performance event or screening. Future guests will include the band Rubber O Cement, writers Bill Berkson and Emily Wilson, and performance innovators Tim Etchells and Alex Hetherington.
The inaugural evening commemorates San Francisco conceptual artist Tom Marioni's milestone "relational" work, begun in the 1970s, "The Act of Drinking Beer With Friends is the Highest Form of Art," which took the form of sporadic get-togethers among art world comrades and invited guests.
At 8 tonight, Marioni will perform his sound work "One Second Sculpture" (1969) for the first time publicly and will sign copies of his book "Beer, Art and Philosophy."
The evening will include a screening of Melvyn Bragg's 1985 television interview with Francis Bacon, who helped to make the Colony Room Club in London famous as a hangout for artists.
Tickets to "The Colony Room: Anne Colvin and Guests" are $5 at the door; a $50 subscription is available for the entire series. Information at (415) 626-5416, www.newlangtonarts.org.
- Kenneth Baker
Friday, 26 September 2008
Thursday, 25 September 2008
Wednesday, 24 September 2008
Twinning Project - A Calendar for Callendar Park
We are now working on our final project which is to create a calendar, that will be distributed to all the Callendar Park High Flats, and we are starting to pair up artists with residents.
Anyone interested in having a piece of Contemporary Art in their homes, for a short while in October please get in touch !
Here are some photographs taken at the studio of artist Kenny Hunter, who is most famous for his sculpture of The Firefighter Sculpture outside Central Station in Glasgow. We have been in discussion with Kenny about a suitable piece of work for this project and it looks like it could be a squirrel !
Anyone interested in having a piece of Contemporary Art in their homes, for a short while in October please get in touch !
Here are some photographs taken at the studio of artist Kenny Hunter, who is most famous for his sculpture of The Firefighter Sculpture outside Central Station in Glasgow. We have been in discussion with Kenny about a suitable piece of work for this project and it looks like it could be a squirrel !
Wednesday, 17 September 2008
Sunday, 14 September 2008
ALT-W, New Media Scotland
Programme_Alt-w Awards Announcement
Paparazzi
Following the exhibition Alt-w: New Directions in Scottish Digital Culture at the Centre for Contemporary Art in Glasgow, New Media Scotland is proud to announce that the following eight projects are the recipients of the 2008/09 Alt-w awards.
Production Award: Cybraphon
Ziggy Campbell, Simon Kirby & Tommy Pearman (Found)
found-electronics.net
Inspired by the nickelodeon this is an interactive version of a mechanical band in a box. Consisting of a series of robotic instruments housed in a glass display case, Cybraphon will behave like a real band. Image conscious and emotional, the bands performance will be effected by online community opinion.
Production Award: Mutsugoto
Tomoko Hayashi and Stefan Agamanolis (Distance Labs)
www.distancelab.org
A communication system for long distance lovers. Unlike mobile phones, e-mail or SMS messages which use generic interfaces in business-like contexts, Mutsugoto allows distant partners to communicate through the language of touch as expressed on the canvas of the human body.
Production Award: The Loop
Wendy McMurdo & Paul Holmes
www.wendymcmurdo.com/
Exploring the relationship between digital gaming, fantasy and play examining the nature of interactivity itself. Alt-w will fund the creation of an experimental film which will delve into the psychological state of the player of a kinetic figure-skating computer game.
Production Award: A Short Film about War
Thompson & Craighead
www.thomson-craighead.net
A documentary made entirely from information found on the world wide web. In ten short minutes viewers are taken around the world to a variety of war zones as seen through the collective eyes of the online photo sharing community Flickr, and as witnessed by military and civilian bloggers.
R&D Award - project2891
Benjamin Dembroski
www.dembroski.net
A system that encourages engagement from less technically experienced artists in the development of both hardware and software solutions for nodal device art installations. The simple user interface will provide control of connected hardware, as well as other nodes via the Internet. A series of free workshops will explain how to use the system and suggest how it might be modified for creative applications.
R&D Award - A Million Lies;
Once and Only Revealed After Death
Alex Hetherington
www.alexhetherington.com
Researching the nature, psychology, construction, philosophy and consequences of lying. The work will include the construction of personality, identity and personal truth and will explore cultural forms that employ fakery, sham, scams and deliberate misinformation. This research will lead to exploration of these themes both online and through performance.
R&D Award - Aeolia
Sarah Kettley
www.sarahkettley.com
This project explores the nature of space and place and will examine the concept of a bodily connection with the land through sketch prototyping of stretch sensors in sculptural textile forms. The resulting series of woven pieces for the body will be remotely connected to three-dimensional forms in the Scottish landscape, combining information from each to create unique low frequency feedback to be experienced by the wearer.
R&D Award - Imagine 3D
Emma Tolmie
www.emmatolmie.co.uk
Assuming the role of digital voyeur, visionary and creator the artist will explore the potential and the practical limits of a retro-futuristic subversion of the experience and aesthetics of film. Mixing low-tech gadgetry and high-tech imagery she is developing a heads-up display and unique digital content that re-imagines the concept of stereoscopic imaging.
The distribution of Alt-w awards is managed by New Media Scotland and funded by Scottish Screen and Scottish Arts Council.
Paparazzi
Following the exhibition Alt-w: New Directions in Scottish Digital Culture at the Centre for Contemporary Art in Glasgow, New Media Scotland is proud to announce that the following eight projects are the recipients of the 2008/09 Alt-w awards.
Production Award: Cybraphon
Ziggy Campbell, Simon Kirby & Tommy Pearman (Found)
found-electronics.net
Inspired by the nickelodeon this is an interactive version of a mechanical band in a box. Consisting of a series of robotic instruments housed in a glass display case, Cybraphon will behave like a real band. Image conscious and emotional, the bands performance will be effected by online community opinion.
Production Award: Mutsugoto
Tomoko Hayashi and Stefan Agamanolis (Distance Labs)
www.distancelab.org
A communication system for long distance lovers. Unlike mobile phones, e-mail or SMS messages which use generic interfaces in business-like contexts, Mutsugoto allows distant partners to communicate through the language of touch as expressed on the canvas of the human body.
Production Award: The Loop
Wendy McMurdo & Paul Holmes
www.wendymcmurdo.com/
Exploring the relationship between digital gaming, fantasy and play examining the nature of interactivity itself. Alt-w will fund the creation of an experimental film which will delve into the psychological state of the player of a kinetic figure-skating computer game.
Production Award: A Short Film about War
Thompson & Craighead
www.thomson-craighead.net
A documentary made entirely from information found on the world wide web. In ten short minutes viewers are taken around the world to a variety of war zones as seen through the collective eyes of the online photo sharing community Flickr, and as witnessed by military and civilian bloggers.
R&D Award - project2891
Benjamin Dembroski
www.dembroski.net
A system that encourages engagement from less technically experienced artists in the development of both hardware and software solutions for nodal device art installations. The simple user interface will provide control of connected hardware, as well as other nodes via the Internet. A series of free workshops will explain how to use the system and suggest how it might be modified for creative applications.
R&D Award - A Million Lies;
Once and Only Revealed After Death
Alex Hetherington
www.alexhetherington.com
Researching the nature, psychology, construction, philosophy and consequences of lying. The work will include the construction of personality, identity and personal truth and will explore cultural forms that employ fakery, sham, scams and deliberate misinformation. This research will lead to exploration of these themes both online and through performance.
R&D Award - Aeolia
Sarah Kettley
www.sarahkettley.com
This project explores the nature of space and place and will examine the concept of a bodily connection with the land through sketch prototyping of stretch sensors in sculptural textile forms. The resulting series of woven pieces for the body will be remotely connected to three-dimensional forms in the Scottish landscape, combining information from each to create unique low frequency feedback to be experienced by the wearer.
R&D Award - Imagine 3D
Emma Tolmie
www.emmatolmie.co.uk
Assuming the role of digital voyeur, visionary and creator the artist will explore the potential and the practical limits of a retro-futuristic subversion of the experience and aesthetics of film. Mixing low-tech gadgetry and high-tech imagery she is developing a heads-up display and unique digital content that re-imagines the concept of stereoscopic imaging.
The distribution of Alt-w awards is managed by New Media Scotland and funded by Scottish Screen and Scottish Arts Council.
Wednesday, 10 September 2008
Tuesday, 9 September 2008
Monday, 8 September 2008
Tuesday, 2 September 2008
Artist Talk
We will be doing an Artists' Talk on Wednesday 3rd September at 2pm - 3pm in the Park Gallery, Callendar Park. All welcome !
Favourite Trees from Callendar Park.
This image was created in collaboration with the Village Voice Group, which meets every Tuesday at 2pm in the Education Room of Callendar House, all welcome! Feel free to come along.
We are about to launch the Village Voice website, and create the next edition of the Village Voice Magazine and we are also planning a trip to Edinburgh soon.
Friday, 29 August 2008
Monday, 25 August 2008
mineral stills #4
On it (American Voodoo Wish Machine) and Voodoo King Kenny, with email scam, John Sebastian Vitale and Alex Hetherington screening at Total Kunst, Edinburgh Friday 29 August 2008
Friday, 22 August 2008
Garlands slide images
These slides are photographs taken when I revisited the former gardens of both my grandmothers.
I have created an A4 leaflet to go with this slide projection, containing an essay about both these women and their gardens.
Anyone requesting a copy of this leaflet please email a name and address to janienicoll@yahoo.co.uk. Thanks.
Wednesday, 20 August 2008
Tuesday, 19 August 2008
Monday, 18 August 2008
Sunday, 17 August 2008
Saturday, 9 August 2008
Garlands lyrics
Cocteau Twins Garlands lyrics
Garlands evergreen
Forget-me-not wreaths
Chaplets see me drugged
I could die in a rosary
Die in a rosary (x4)
Well, with these brave garlands
They never find out for her
They never find I'm lying
Well, with these etchings
Cravings convince
My cravings commence
Garlands evergreen
Forget-me-not wreaths
Chaplets see me drugged
I could die in a rosary
Die in a rosary (x4)
Well, with these scarve's scars
Cravings convince
My cravings commence
Well, with these splint's scars
I'm all that to you
I'm all that's who
Garlands evergreen
Forget-me-not wreaths
Chaplets see me drugged
I could die in a rosary
Die in a rosary (x4)
Well, with these scarve's scars
Cravings convince
My cravings commence
Well, with these splint's scars
I'm all that to you
I'm all that's who
Robin Guthrie is a genius
You don't feel damned
between the sunrise and sunset
You're damned well panicky
I know the rainy days
Please them or run on the turf
You could be raising money
with your momma
You might be sure when you're
round and dressed up with kid
Take a toast to that, imbibe
you're alone
Men are so nice
(Lays can be)
Roses may fly
Men are so useful
(He's a flirt)
Men are so useful
(Reflection beauty)
Men are so nice
He pleases me fine
(Reflection beauty)
Men are so useful
(Be able to feel)
Don't feel damned between the sunrise and sunset
You're damned well panicky, I know the rainy days
Please them or run on the turf
(You could be)
You could be raising money with your momma
(You could be)
You might be sure when you're round and dressed up with kid
Take a toast to that, imbibe, you're alone
Men are so nice
(Lays can be)
He pleases me fine
Men are so useful
(He's a flirt)
Men are so useful
(Reflection beauty)
Men are so nice
He pleases me fine
(Reflection beauty)
Men are so useful
Beautiful hands us no way
lies a means of love
(Men are so nice)
On sounds and guard the stone
and bed had a law
(He pleases me fine)
Answers written and I reason
(He pleases me fine)
In the reign of sex, blown more
than it's pleased to be
(Fine, fine)
He's a beauty affection, oooh
(x3
between the sunrise and sunset
You're damned well panicky
I know the rainy days
Please them or run on the turf
You could be raising money
with your momma
You might be sure when you're
round and dressed up with kid
Take a toast to that, imbibe
you're alone
Men are so nice
(Lays can be)
Roses may fly
Men are so useful
(He's a flirt)
Men are so useful
(Reflection beauty)
Men are so nice
He pleases me fine
(Reflection beauty)
Men are so useful
(Be able to feel)
Don't feel damned between the sunrise and sunset
You're damned well panicky, I know the rainy days
Please them or run on the turf
(You could be)
You could be raising money with your momma
(You could be)
You might be sure when you're round and dressed up with kid
Take a toast to that, imbibe, you're alone
Men are so nice
(Lays can be)
He pleases me fine
Men are so useful
(He's a flirt)
Men are so useful
(Reflection beauty)
Men are so nice
He pleases me fine
(Reflection beauty)
Men are so useful
Beautiful hands us no way
lies a means of love
(Men are so nice)
On sounds and guard the stone
and bed had a law
(He pleases me fine)
Answers written and I reason
(He pleases me fine)
In the reign of sex, blown more
than it's pleased to be
(Fine, fine)
He's a beauty affection, oooh
(x3
Sunday, 3 August 2008
Song To The Siren
This Mortal Coil
"Song To The Siren" (written by Tim Buckley)
On the floating, shipless, oceans
I did all my best to smile
til your singing eyes and fingers
drew me loving into your eyes.
And you sang "Sail to me, sail to me,
Let me enfold you."
Here I am, here I am
waiting to hold you.
Did I dream you dreamed about me?
Were you here when I was full sail?
Now my foolish boat is leaning,
broken lovelorn on your rocks.
For you sang "Touch me not, touch me not,
Come back tomorrow."
Oh my heart, oh my heart shies from the sorrow.
I'm as puzzled as a newborn child.
I'm as riddled as the tide.
Should I stand amid the breakers?
Or shall I lie with death my bride?
Here me sing: "Swim to me, swim to me,
Let me enfold you."
Here I am, Here I am, waiting to hold you."
The song was first featured on Tim Buckley's 1970 album "Starsailor", and it has been widely covered by many artists including George Michael. Tim Buckley gave an early performance of the song on the final episode of The Monkees TV show which aired on March 25, 1968.
This Mortal Coil was a musical pop project of Ivo Watts-Russell, founder of 4AD Records. The project brought together key 4AD artists, as well as others not signed to the label, under an umbrella name. Among others, This Mortal Coil featured contributions from Howard Devoto, Colourbox, Dead Can Dance and, pivotally, Cocteau Twins. Between 1983 and 1991 This Mortal Coil released three albums—It'll End in Tears, Filigree & Shadow, and Blood—each of which consists largely of atmospheric interpretations of songs by 1970s artists such as Alex Chilton, Chris Bell, Roy Harper, Gene Clark, and Tim Buckley.
Two tracks from the first album, It'll End In Tears, feature vocals by Elizabeth Fraser of the Scottish group Cocteau Twins, who also recorded for 4AD. The better-known of these is the ethereal cover of Tim Buckley's "Song to the Siren", which created considerable renewed interest in Buckley at a time when his albums were not widely available.
The name "This Mortal Coil" is drawn from William Shakespeare's Hamlet and is a poetic expression referring to the earthly condition.
"Song To The Siren" (written by Tim Buckley)
On the floating, shipless, oceans
I did all my best to smile
til your singing eyes and fingers
drew me loving into your eyes.
And you sang "Sail to me, sail to me,
Let me enfold you."
Here I am, here I am
waiting to hold you.
Did I dream you dreamed about me?
Were you here when I was full sail?
Now my foolish boat is leaning,
broken lovelorn on your rocks.
For you sang "Touch me not, touch me not,
Come back tomorrow."
Oh my heart, oh my heart shies from the sorrow.
I'm as puzzled as a newborn child.
I'm as riddled as the tide.
Should I stand amid the breakers?
Or shall I lie with death my bride?
Here me sing: "Swim to me, swim to me,
Let me enfold you."
Here I am, Here I am, waiting to hold you."
The song was first featured on Tim Buckley's 1970 album "Starsailor", and it has been widely covered by many artists including George Michael. Tim Buckley gave an early performance of the song on the final episode of The Monkees TV show which aired on March 25, 1968.
This Mortal Coil was a musical pop project of Ivo Watts-Russell, founder of 4AD Records. The project brought together key 4AD artists, as well as others not signed to the label, under an umbrella name. Among others, This Mortal Coil featured contributions from Howard Devoto, Colourbox, Dead Can Dance and, pivotally, Cocteau Twins. Between 1983 and 1991 This Mortal Coil released three albums—It'll End in Tears, Filigree & Shadow, and Blood—each of which consists largely of atmospheric interpretations of songs by 1970s artists such as Alex Chilton, Chris Bell, Roy Harper, Gene Clark, and Tim Buckley.
Two tracks from the first album, It'll End In Tears, feature vocals by Elizabeth Fraser of the Scottish group Cocteau Twins, who also recorded for 4AD. The better-known of these is the ethereal cover of Tim Buckley's "Song to the Siren", which created considerable renewed interest in Buckley at a time when his albums were not widely available.
The name "This Mortal Coil" is drawn from William Shakespeare's Hamlet and is a poetic expression referring to the earthly condition.
Thursday, 31 July 2008
Every commercially released Cocteau Twins song
Blood Bitch
Wax and Wane
But I'm Not
Blind Dumb Deaf
Shallow Then Halo
The Hollow Men
Garlands
Grail Overfloweth
When Mama Was Moth
Five Ten Fiftyfold
Sugar Hiccup
In Our Angelhood
Glass Candle Grenads
In the Gold Dust Rush
The Tinderbox (of a heart)
Multifoiled
My Love Paramour
Musette and Drums
Ivo
Lorelei
Beatrix
Persephone
Pandora (for Cindy)
Amelia
Aloysius
Cicely
Otterley
Donimo
Lazy Calm
Fluffy Tufts
Throughout the Dark Months of April and May
Whales Tails
Oomingmak
Little Spacey
Feet-Like Fins
How to Bring a Blush to the Snow
The Thinner the Air
Blue Bell Knoll
Athol-Brose
Carolyn's Fingers
For Phoebe Still a Baby
The Itchy Glowbo Blow
Cico Buff
Suckling the Mender
Spooning Good Singing Gum
A Kissed Out Red Floatboat
Ella Megalast Burls Forever
Cherry-coloured funk
Pitch the baby
Iceblink luck
Fifty-fifty clown
Heaven or Las Vegas
I wear your ring
Fotzepolitic
Wolf in the breast
Road, river and rail
Frou-frou foxes in midsummer fires
Know Who You Are at Every Age
Evangeline
Bluebeard
Theft, and Wandering Around Lost
Oil of Angels
Squeeze Wax
My Truth
Essence
Summerhead
Pur
Violaine
Serpentskirt
Tishbite
Half-Gifts
Calfskin-Smack
Rilkean Heart
Ups
Eperdu
Treasure Hiding
Seekers Who Are Lovers
Feathers Oar Blades
Alas Dies Laughing
It's All But An Ark-Lark
Peppermint Pig (7-inch version)*
Laugh Lines
Hazel
Peppermint Pig (12-inch extended version)*
Sugar Hiccup (12-inch extended version)
From the Flagstones
Hitherto
Because of Whirl-Jack
The Spangle Maker
Pearly-Dewdrops' Drops (12-inch version)*
Pepper-Tree
Pearly-Dewdrops' Drops (7-inch version)*
Aikea-Guinea
Kookaburra
Quisquose
Rococo
Pink Orange Red
Ribbed and Veined
Sultitan Itan
Plain Tiger
Great Spangled Fritillary
Melonella
Pale Clouded White
Eggs and Their Shells
Love's Easy Tears
Those Eyes, That Mouth
Sigh's Smell of Farewell
Orange Appled*
Rilkean Heart
Golden-Vein
Pink Orange Red
Half-Gifts
Feet-Like Fins
Seekers Who Are Lovers
Violaine
Cherry-Coloured Funk
Iceblink Luck
Mizake the Mizan
Watchlar
Heaven or Las Vegas (edit)
Dials
Heaven or Las Vegas
Evangeline
Mud and Dark
Summer-blink
Winter Wonderland
Frosty the Snowman
Bluebeard
Three-Swept
Ice-Pulse
Bluebeard (acoustic version)
Tishbite
Primitive Heart
Flock of Soul
Tishbite
Round
An Elan
Violaine
Smile
Tranquil Eye
Violaine
Circling Girl
Alice
Wax and Wane
But I'm Not
Blind Dumb Deaf
Shallow Then Halo
The Hollow Men
Garlands
Grail Overfloweth
When Mama Was Moth
Five Ten Fiftyfold
Sugar Hiccup
In Our Angelhood
Glass Candle Grenads
In the Gold Dust Rush
The Tinderbox (of a heart)
Multifoiled
My Love Paramour
Musette and Drums
Ivo
Lorelei
Beatrix
Persephone
Pandora (for Cindy)
Amelia
Aloysius
Cicely
Otterley
Donimo
Lazy Calm
Fluffy Tufts
Throughout the Dark Months of April and May
Whales Tails
Oomingmak
Little Spacey
Feet-Like Fins
How to Bring a Blush to the Snow
The Thinner the Air
Blue Bell Knoll
Athol-Brose
Carolyn's Fingers
For Phoebe Still a Baby
The Itchy Glowbo Blow
Cico Buff
Suckling the Mender
Spooning Good Singing Gum
A Kissed Out Red Floatboat
Ella Megalast Burls Forever
Cherry-coloured funk
Pitch the baby
Iceblink luck
Fifty-fifty clown
Heaven or Las Vegas
I wear your ring
Fotzepolitic
Wolf in the breast
Road, river and rail
Frou-frou foxes in midsummer fires
Know Who You Are at Every Age
Evangeline
Bluebeard
Theft, and Wandering Around Lost
Oil of Angels
Squeeze Wax
My Truth
Essence
Summerhead
Pur
Violaine
Serpentskirt
Tishbite
Half-Gifts
Calfskin-Smack
Rilkean Heart
Ups
Eperdu
Treasure Hiding
Seekers Who Are Lovers
Feathers Oar Blades
Alas Dies Laughing
It's All But An Ark-Lark
Peppermint Pig (7-inch version)*
Laugh Lines
Hazel
Peppermint Pig (12-inch extended version)*
Sugar Hiccup (12-inch extended version)
From the Flagstones
Hitherto
Because of Whirl-Jack
The Spangle Maker
Pearly-Dewdrops' Drops (12-inch version)*
Pepper-Tree
Pearly-Dewdrops' Drops (7-inch version)*
Aikea-Guinea
Kookaburra
Quisquose
Rococo
Pink Orange Red
Ribbed and Veined
Sultitan Itan
Plain Tiger
Great Spangled Fritillary
Melonella
Pale Clouded White
Eggs and Their Shells
Love's Easy Tears
Those Eyes, That Mouth
Sigh's Smell of Farewell
Orange Appled*
Rilkean Heart
Golden-Vein
Pink Orange Red
Half-Gifts
Feet-Like Fins
Seekers Who Are Lovers
Violaine
Cherry-Coloured Funk
Iceblink Luck
Mizake the Mizan
Watchlar
Heaven or Las Vegas (edit)
Dials
Heaven or Las Vegas
Evangeline
Mud and Dark
Summer-blink
Winter Wonderland
Frosty the Snowman
Bluebeard
Three-Swept
Ice-Pulse
Bluebeard (acoustic version)
Tishbite
Primitive Heart
Flock of Soul
Tishbite
Round
An Elan
Violaine
Smile
Tranquil Eye
Violaine
Circling Girl
Alice
Wednesday, 30 July 2008
Up On The Roof
CARPE DIEM washing line installation for a video work for Garlands exhibition at the Park Gallery, and Helen Beurskins Vintage Lanvin Scarf.
Some other versions of "Carpe Diem", at Edinburgh Sculpture Workshop exhibition Magazine '07; on the Kunstlerhaus window in Trollhattan, Sweden; and at the Embassy Gallery, Edinburgh in Associates, May 07. A special thank you to Irene and George Dickson who have been extremely patient allowing me access to the roof of Leishman Tower, and also to Judy Beattie of Marshall Tower.
Tuesday, 29 July 2008
Lanvin Garland
Garland created using vintage Lanvin scarf, from Helen's mother's wardrobe
Pearly Dewdrops Drops.
Friday, 25 July 2008
Cath Whippey
Yorkshire and Glasgow-based visual artist Cath Whippey gave a presentation of her performance and mask-making projects to the Village Voice group, some images here:
Thursday, 24 July 2008
Wednesday, 16 July 2008
Monday, 14 July 2008
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