Join us for drinks and a talk by the first PermaCultures artist in residence Simon Blackmore. Simon will talk about his previous work and his residency at SPACE.
Thursday 7 May 6.30pm During his time at SPACE Blackmore adapted an open source rapid prototyping machine to convert electro-magnetic activity (such as electro-magnetic frequencies as used by mobile phones) into beautiful animated drawings. Blackmore creates sculptures with a lo-fi aesthetic drawing on influences from woodworking, hobby style electronics and open source software. The time consuming process of these works aims to question the role of the individual in relation to the mechanisms of a technologically driven society. Alongside his solo practice Blackmore collaborates with Antony Hall and Steve Symons under the name 'Owl Project'. Combining rustic woodworking, electronics and experimental music, pieces such as 'Sound Lathe', 'Log1ks' and 'ilogs' have been exhibited and demonstrated live nationally and internationally. http://www.simonblackmore.net http://www.owlproject.com/ London and Berlin based artist Nick Laessing has been selected for the next PermaCultures residency. Also at SPACE for First Thursday 6pm - 9pm Join in with Belgrade based art activist collective Skart in an informal evening of creative collaboration! Skart's current retrospective exhibition 'On the Origin of Wishes' will be open for late night viewing. Jim Prevett Emergent Technologies Producer [ s p a c e ] 129-131 Mare Street London E8 3RH 020 8525 4339 Mobile number 07951405466 [email protected] www.spacestudios.org.uk Current Exhibition: SKART: The Origin of Wishes 4th April - 22nd May, 2009 A retrospective exhibition of Belgrade art activist group ŠKART documenting their socially engaged collaborative practice over the past 20 years. Art Services Grants Ltd Reg Charity #267021 Reg in England & Wales #1157240 Reg Office: 129 - 131 Mare Street ______________________________________________ SPECTRE list for media culture in Deep Europe Info, archive and help: http://coredump.buug.de/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/spectre
