Some very exciting news has just come in that we’ve been asked by (the lovely) Dan and Tom over at Light Eye Mind to curate a show in the coming months! It’ll be the first physical/offline show we’ve actually curated so a big learning experience will be had by all. Just got to start thinking up some ideas and then artists who fit the bill.
The initial install at Dollspace went really well and looks amazing. Bob wanted to carpet the space which was a great idea. It has now also got an Instagram account >>>here<<< so get following, and there is a website but it is domain-less at present. Bob’s also going to be showing his VR piece ‘A MountainWalk’ which is this brilliant work where you climb all the way to the top and then all the way down a mountain in Grand Theft Auto. It’s got ties to another interesting work of his, ‘Simulated Ignorance’, a film where he’s gone on a leisurely drive in the same game. Both are looking into the repetition and automation of game mechanics, and the illusion about the equivalence between real life and open world simulations.
On May 25th we are also curating an online show for isthisit? which is going to be fun. Just starting to get the artists together now and we’re focusing on works which are responding to or in some way encompassing ideas about the art world. Max Hollands has agreed to let us use his work ‘A GUIDE TO ART READING’ and we’ve also contacted Eva and Franco Mattes to see if we can use a film in their ‘Reenactments’ series.
The current SketchUp resident, Abigail Fletcher-Drye, has produced some stunning films which will be revealed next week. Incredible animations of material which appears to be rippling as though its surface was made of water. There’s a preview of what to expect on the Instagram >>>here<<<
