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Palomar: Kate Brigden, Pippa Gatty, Dylan Shipton
07Mar13 –
Bloc Projects presents:
Palomar
Kate Bridgen / Pippa Gatty / Dylan Shipton
Preview: Friday 8th March 2013
7-9pm
In Italo Calvino’s 1985 novel Mr. Palomar, the reader is taken on a journey through mundane but highly individual musings, seen from the perspective of the title character, who takes his name from the famous telescope and observatory. Mr Palomar tries to [...]
Das Wird Sich Alles Finden
13Dec12 –
Lydia Panas, Bird
7-21 December
In the spring of 2011, a group of international artists were selected to take part in an exhibition called The Berlin Project. The original call out stated: ‘The aim of this exhibition is selecting artists who dedicate their time to create original works who distinguish themselves through technical quality, innovation and [...]
The Red Headed League
20Nov12 –
Friday, 30th November
7-9pm
A publication curated by Furlough
Alice Bradshaw
Cathrine Dahl
Eddy Dreadnought
Tim Etchells
Daniel Fogarty
Dag-Arve Forbergskog
Chris Gibson
Lesley Guy
Kim Noble
Lisa Murphy
Jóhanna Ellen Ríkharðsdóttir
Mary Smith
Alice Thickett
In the Sherlock Holmes story, The Red Headed League, Jabez Wilson, a red-haired London businessman, is selected for a meaningless but well-paid clerical job by virtue of the redness of his hair. The job he [...]
The Everyday
20Nov12 –
Opening event Friday 23rd 7-9pm
A screening of artist’s short films relating to aspects of the everyday selected by Victoria Lucas.
Sam Belinfante
Elly Clarke
Michael Day
Hondartza Fraga
Claire Harbottle
Flis Holland
Leo
Bob Levene
Victoria Lucas
Christian Sievers
Phil Slocombe
LONGBARROW PRESS: SCALE
25Oct12 –
24-27 OCTOBER
Longbarrow Press, in association with Sheffield artists Paul Evans and Becky Bowley, presents a series of new works embracing performance, painting, photography and poetry. ‘Scale’ will focus on collaborations between Bowley, Evans and Leeds-based artist Hondartza Fraga and poets James Caruth, Matthew Clegg, Mark Goodwin, Rob Hindle, Andrew Hirst, Chris Jones and Fay Musselwhite. The [...]
Katherine Hymers - Requiem for a Spring Afternoon
11Oct12 –
Opening Friday Oct 5th, 7-9pm
October 5th - 20th
This new video installation is as much an ongoing exercise in looking and perception as it is a persistent interrogation of time.
Hymers utilises the body as a presence and a tool, often featuring herself within the work. Concerned with the viewer’s awareness of his or her own perceptiveness, [...]
Assembly13: BIRTHDAY!
23Sep12 –
Assembly13: BIRTHDAY!
28-30 September
Opening event 28th, 7pm until 9pm
ASSEMBLY is a series of one-off events offering new and established artists a platform to show or perform experimental ideas or work in progress, within the gallery and its adjoining courtyard.
Last year we offered an opportunity to those artists working in Sheffield studios to show work together in [...]
Rebecca Lennon - DONT LET IT END THIS WAY TELL THEM I SAID SOMETHING
31Aug12 –
Rebecca Lennon
DONT LET IT END THIS WAY TELL THEM I SAID SOMETHING
8-22 September
Inspired by the last words of Mexican revolutionary Pancho Villa DONT LET IT END THIS WAY TELL THEM I SAID SOMETHING, Rebecca Lennons solo show will combine video, image, collage, performance and sound in a rhythmical choreography of action and inaction, voice and [...]
Victoria Lucas - Bloc Billboards
30Jul12 –
July - September 2012
This photographic series archives thirty-two staircases situated in the twenty-four underground train stations on the U8 line in Berlin, Germany. The images are the result of an interest that has spanned four years, since Victoria Lucas temporarily relocated to Berlin in 2008 to undertake an art residency.
The transient nature of the city [...]