Dear Ben, Torsten and all on ambit list
Good morning from sunny Cardiff. I must apologise for not introducing myself re protocol, I was reading the cca discussions and my polite self left the building. I may also mess up re communication to the list but will get there in time. I am Patricia Fleming ex graduate from DJCAD circa 90's. Now working freelance formally fuse, fly, satellite (Dundee) and cca. During my new freelance chapter, I have had the pleasure of working with a variety of wonderful creative and inspirational people e.g. Elspeth O'Hare at Wark Clements during Express Yourself, the lovely Jean Cameron ex newmoves and cca now also freelance during New Plaza at the Arches and the Lighthouse and the new board at Bolt FM. I now find myself in Wales part-time working with Wales Arts International. I do miss the daily contact with artists in Glasgow....I have a new dancing partner within the visual arts community here in Cardiff so all is not lost and I have been overwhelmed by the generosity of the visual arts community who have accepted me as one of their own so quickly. I am still on the board at wasps and hope you will all visit our new purpose built studios and project space at hanson st, dennistoun, glasgow. We are currently putting together a strategy to aid the programming of the space at hanson st and to support an event group led by interested artists in the building, this may evolve across all of the Scottish studio buildings. Without being structure heavy.. can anyone think of good models nationally or internationally that we could look at and present to the artists in the studios? We will be inviting artists, curators, educators etc to join this voluntary group to create a space for ideas and support for the ideas of others in order to bring a flexible and diverse programme of events to the East End. The first round of residencies will be announced soon. Anyway thank you so much Ben for getting in touch and Torsten for introducing me to ambit. I aim to open up some exchanges between Cardiff and Glasgow this is not my principal task but of course is something that I would love to see happen, a Dolly Parton quote comes to mind but I will spare you. Thanks Gair for replying re ..the event/meal sounds incredible including N55's current installation....brilliant idea only wish I could have participated. I must confess that I haven't been to cca but glad to see that artists feel that they can still take ideas to it. Torsten also has the right idea lets see what develops. best love aye patricia -----Original Message----- From: Gair [mailto:gair@;easynet.co.uk] Sent: Wednesday, October 23, 2002 11:00 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: meal cca chaos etc "We glorify war as the sole hygiene....." Marinetti, Futurist manifesto. The CCA in Glasgow may be modest about its programme; all the more surprising that one of the largest gatherings in the building recently has gone without mention in its October publicity. A seminar organised by Scottish Enterprise and the Ministry of Defence on Thursday 3rd October featured Anthony Ingram MP ( Minister of State for the Armed Forces), representatives from Nobel Industries, The Defence Export Services Organisation, Defence Supply Service, and representatives from the Glasgow Universities, mingling with Glasgows' would-be body bag suppliers and weapons makers. The Defence Diversification Agency exists to diffuse the expertise from Britains' defence laboratories into industry, and vice versa. A session on "the inventor and the MOD" featured exemplary tales such as that of the man who invented a new hygienic non/piercing syringe, now used for mass innoculation in the US and UK armies. Unfortunately the "percent for art" formula was not applied to this public gathering; artists use of the building was strictly confined to CCA6 where Bill Drummonds' journey from Southampton to Dounreay traced parallel lines of nuclear force. When the CCA re-opened, many of us felt a bit puzzled: there seemed to be little extra functional space, and a corporate style atrium cafe which squeezed artists out. Even more startling was the news that this mismatch of environment to its expected uses was up for major architectural prizes. Now it's clear that these reservations were due to our complete misunderstanding of the purpose of Lottery Revamps on arts structures. The hermetically sealed CCA5 makes a secure and confidential venue for any variety of military-industrial encounters. Assorted nooks and spaces make for quiet discussion zones, excellent service from the cafe sweetens each encounter. It's good to see the CCA devoting its soul to the necessary expenditure on future mayhem. But why leave artists out? If British Airways can commission a series of ethnic tailfins, think what contemporary artists could do with an F16. Defoliants have huge possibilities in Land Art. And a chic desert camouflage motif on the CCA cafe cups will convey an ideal zeitgeist punch this autumn. Why shouldn't artists get their hands on the incredible beauty represented in the apocalypses of tomorrow? ------------------------------------------------- a m b i t : networking media arts in scotland post: [EMAIL PROTECTED] archive: http://www.mediascot.org/ambit info: send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and write "info ambit" in the message body -------------------------------------------------
