Invitation -
please circulate
CASINO Manchester
Saturday 17th July: 4.30 - late
Organised by Midwest
Limited places are available for artists & curators, on
a first-come first-served basis to: a talk by internationally respected
curator, Catherine David, a bus
tour by David Mackintosh, an
artist living in Manchester and
performance by Glasgow-based artist Sue
Tompkins.
�5 payable in advance to 'MIDWEST'. TO
BOOK: send cheques with your name and contact details, to: MIDWEST, PO Box 3641, Kidderminster,
Worcestershire UK DY10 2WP. For venue information & to reserve you
place contact: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Saturday 17th July: 4.30-late
Starting at
the Chinese Arts Centre, Market Buildings, Thomas Street, Manchester
For travel and access information www.chinese-arts-centre.org
4.30: WELCOME
5.00: TALK: Catherine David
Catherine's talk will focus on the
methodologies by which she researches, approaches and negotiates contexts
within her practice. This talk takes place at the end of the first week of her
research undertaken towards the development of a concept for a curated project
in the West Midlands region at the invitation of Midwest.
Catherine David is an internationally
respected and pioneering French curator. She is currently Director
of Witte de With, Rotterdam and was
previously Director of the controversial Documenta X project, Kassel,
Germany between
1994-1997. In 1999 she was curator of Antropofagia � the film and video
programme of XXIV Biennale of Sao Paolo, Brazil and she is currently
researching a project examining contemporary representations of Arabic culture
with the University of Seville
and the Academie Schloss Solitude, Stuttgart.
6.00: BUS TOUR:
The David Mackintosh tour -
a personal interpretation of Manchester mythology
David Mackintosh is an artist
and Co Director of the All Year Round Club, Manchester. He is working on a new book of his
drawings, some of which are currently showing at Felix Ringel Galleries, Dusseldorf.
8.00: BUFFET:
Kings Arms, Salford
9.00:
PERFORMANCE: 'More Cola Wars', a reading by Sue
Tompkins,
Kings Arms, Salford. Supported by StudioSalford.
Sue Tompkins is an artist
living in Glasgow represented by The Modern Institute. Current
exhibitions include 'Haute Street',
Diana Stigter, Amsterdam.
12 midnight: CLOSE
AND
Sunday 18th July, Chinese Arts Centre
11.00-5.00: presentations from artist-led initiatives.
Thank you to StudioSalford and the
Chinese Arts Centre for hosting the event.
Midwest is a new agency with a mission to
provide catalysts for creative thought that will compliment the development of
visual arts artistic practice within the West Midlands region, nationally and
internationally. Since 2003 Midwest has been working with artists, thinkers and
organisations to develop initiatives that encourage artist-led culture. Midwest is dependent on the collective
thoughts and actions of a community.
Midwest was originated
in the West Midlands at the invitation of the Arts Council of England, West Midlands. Midwest seeks to be a catalyst for global sharing.
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MIDWEST
c/o
PO Box 3641
Kidderminster
Worcestershire
UK
DY10 2WP
www.midwest.org.uk
Patricia
Fleming
Projects Director
Reputations
Castlemilk Environment Trust
Glenwood Business Centre
21 Glenwood Place
Glasgow
G45 9UH
mob: +44 (0) 7968 066708
email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
FURTHER - Artists from Wales
at the 50th Venice
Biennale
Cerith Wyn Evans,Bethan Huws
Simon Pope,Paul Seawright
29th May - 5th
September 2004
National Museum & Gallery, Cardiff
Cathays Park
Cardiff
CF10 3NP
www.walesvenicebiennale.org
www.nmgw.ac.uk
