Dear all, Don't forget Saturday night at the Free Gallery. Artists talk @ 6pm, opening from 7pm. Details below in English and French.
hope to see you there Lucy and Amy E merge D presents : Parlour : Free Gallery, Parnie Street, Glasgow : 14th December �02 to 13th January �03 : opens Saturday 14th December 7pm : artists talk Saturday 14th 6pm with craig PELUSEY : featuring mark MELVIN (Glasgow) sylvaine CHASSAY (Paris) : the art work shown in this exhibition has been created in response to the gallery, which also functions as a therapeutic clinic : mark MELVIN, a graduate from Glasgow School of Art in June this year, works predominantly in video. Inspired by music, especially, American Minimalist music, he employs a tactic of repetition, creating artwork through process-based investigation. He uses found human gesture and cacophonies of sound to inform his creative process employing rhythmic iteration and mimicry. MELVIN�s work �alternative therapies�, is being made in reaction to the idea of alternative therapy and self-restyling. Questioning how we view individuality and strive for originality in a world dominated by repetition. Using his own image, he will create his own therapeutic art works establish an experience for the viewer that exists very much in the present and is grounded in reality. By deferring any real meaning or conclusion to the processes used in these pieces, MELVIN will provide an interface for the viewer to interrogate their own quest for individuality. : sylvaine CHASSAY lives in Paris but hails from Montreal. CHASSAY�s work approaches modern communications with an intelligent yet powerfully human empathy, realised using lo-tech methods. Non-verbal communication takes on many guises in our globalised society, but rarely do we stop to look at how we manifest that communication, be it through a text message or a physical gesture. The works that have resulted from CHASSAY�s previous enquiries, vary from large scale photography to direct interaction with the public. �parlour/ parloir� sees CHASSAY researching the treatments available at the Free Clinic to contextualise her work with web smileys ; a form of communication becoming increasingly absorbed in to language systems across the globe. Coordinator of the �expressions quest�, CHASSAY will lead the players through the surrounding area in a pursuit of graphical emotions directly linked with the body feelings. The winners will be furnished with a set of happy smileys; another way to remember that smiles are great. Please join us at 6pm on Saturday 14th December, when MELVIN and CHASSAY will be in discussion with craig PELUSEY. PELUSEY is an Australian artist currently living in Edinburgh. He has a strong background in contemporary art and criticism and graduated from Curtin University in Perth, Western Australia. PELUSEY also attended the Ecole Nationale Superior des Beax Art, Paris, France and has exhibited in Glasgow as part of �Public / Private� at the Mansions Caf�. The talk is free and open to all and will be followed at 7pm by the opening of the exhibition, which runs until January 11th 2003. Opening times: please contact + 44 (0) 141 552 7100 For more information : [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.emerged.net +44 (0) 7751 520 889 www.freegalleryglasgow.co.uk www.watever.co.uk E merge D pr�sente : Parlour/Parloir : Free Gallery, Parnie Street, Glasgow : du 14 D�cembre 2002 au 11 Janvier 2003 : vernissage le Samedi 14 D�cembre � partir de 19h : discussion en pr�sence des artistes le Samedi 14 D�cembre � 18h en compagnie de Craig PELUSEY : les pi�ces expos�es ont �t� con�ues en rapport avec la double fonction du lieu qui sert �galement de clinique th�rapeutique. : Mark MELVIN, dipl�m� en juin dernier de l�Ecole d�Art de Glasgow, travaille principalement la vid�o. Tirant son inspiration de la musique, plus particuli�rement la musique minimaliste am�ricaine, ses recherches portent sur la r�p�tition : Il associe la gestuelle humaine � la cacophonie des sons en se servant de rythmes r�currents et leur mim�tisme. Son projet �Th�rapies alternatives�, a �t� con�u en r�action � l�id�e m�me de ces th�rapies et de l�auto-reconstruction. Il questionne notre vision de l�individualit� et de la qu�te d�originalit� dans un monde domin� par la r�p�tition. Utilisant sa propre image, il proposera aux spectateurs une th�rapie artistique par laquelle ils pourront exp�rimenter la richesse de contenu du pr�sent et de la r�alit�. En contournant tout sens propre ou conclusion pouvant �tre tir�s des processus qu�il emploiera, MELVIN fournira une interface permettant au spectateur de s�interroger sur sa propre qu�te d�individualit�. : Sylvaine CHASSAY r�side � Paris, mais est originaire de Montr�al. Son travail aborde la communication moderne avec intelligence et une forte empathie tout en ayant recours � des moyens simples que l�on qualifierait de "lo-tech" ou "technologies pauvres". La communication non-verbale occupe une place pr�pond�rante dans notre civilisation globalisante, mais rarement s�arr�te-t-on pour �tudier o� et comment celle-ci se manifeste, que ce soit � travers le texte ou la gestuelle. Le r�sultat des recherches men�es par l�artiste sur le sujet se concr�tisent aussi bien sous la forme de photographies g�antes que d�actions directes aupr�s du public. �parlour/parloir� voit CHASSAY s�inspirer des traitements dispens�s par la clinique de la Free Gallery pour contextualiser son travail � propos des "smileys", ic�nes d��motions utilis�es � travers la plan�te dans la correspondance par courrier �lectronique. Organisatrice d�une �Chasse aux ic�nes�, elle lancera les joueurs � la poursuite de diff�rentes expressions graphiques cach�es au sein de la galerie et des alentours, ces �tats d��motions �tant li�s aux sensations de certaines parties du corps en th�rapie. Les gagnants remporteront un exemplaire des "happy smileys" ; une autre fa�on de se rappeler les bienfaits du sourire. Le samedi 14 d�cembre, � 18h, le public est convi� � se joindre � une discussion avec Mark MELVIN, Sylvaine CHASSAY et Craig PELUSEY. PELUSEY est un artiste australien vivant � Edimbourg, dipl�m� de l�Universit� de Perth, Australie, et qui poss�de une forte exp�rience de la critique d�art contemporain. Cette rencontre, libre d�acc�s et ouverte � tous, sera suivie � 19h du vernissage de l�exposition qui se poursuivra jusqu�au 11 janvier 2003. 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