Press Release -
29 November 2008 – 11 January 2009
You are invited to the opening event
Friday 28 November, 6.30–8.30pm
The exhibition opens with demanding performance by Leo Devlin curated by Red Ape, arm wrestling by Ray White and a performance by guests the Grimmer & Steele Trust, heralding the start of this daring programme.
ArtsMatrix and Plymouth Arts Centre are also supporting three artist-led projects in the city of Plymouth: Pilot, U:1 studios and new work by Café Concrete.
Exhibition
29 November 2008 – 11 January 2009
A series of performances, installations, videos and live music by visual artists from the city of Plymouth. The group is brought together for the first time, each with their own individual practice and curatorial experience, to consider the effect of their proximity to the city and each other.
Low Profile embark on a marathon performance: watching the entire 1st series of hit 1980s TV show MacGyver, back-to-back, cataloguing numerous ways of saving the day: rolling under doors, escaping burning buildings and fooling the guards.
Rooting contemporary music to locality and heritage, onec have invited bands and musicians to interpret songs of the sea for a compilation LP. Ray White creates an arm-wrestling forum in the galleries, alongside a relaxation room by the Grimmer & Steele Trust. Nick Grew, in collaboration with Heidi C Morstang, presents a new films, Grain Silo, featuring the erstwhile relic of Plymouth’s skyline. Marianne Torrance continues her research with people who share her passion for ecology, exploring art and marine science collaborations, in partnership with the Marine Biological Association and Plymouth City Council. Red Ape is an enquiry into the relationship between language and live performance. Curated by Mark Greenwood, the project explores issues around male identity and anxieties.
Curator Paula Orrell explains: "We have offered a selected group of artists the opportunity to curate/develop an exhibition in collaboration with Plymouth Arts Centre. The objective is to develop a critical space for the artists to examine their own context and offer up a broader understanding of their work. It encourages exchange and development of links between artists in the region, country and beyond, considering the current climate of the visual arts and the development of audience and profile within the city of Plymouth."
