Four artists and artist groups, Salvatore Arancio, Flora Parrott, Nilsson Pflugfelder and Stuart Whipps, will be in residence at Wysing Arts Centre in rural Cambridgeshire for six weeks from 1 April, where they will develop new work taking The Cosmos as a starting point, culminating in a public presentation in Wysing’s gallery.
The residency process includes events and public presentations made by invited individuals and groups, which profiles the knowledge and interests of people living close to Wysing’s Bourn village location and offers new thoughts and tangents on the theme. In addition, and reinforcing the literary influences on the residencies, Escalator artist-in-residence Patrick Coyle will document the year long programme of residencies through creative writing.
Artists in residence and public events: 1 April – 12 May 2012
Exhibition in Wysing’s gallery: 12-27 May
Thursday 12 April 6-8pm
Adam Davison, Research Associate with the High Energy Physics group at University College London talks about his work searching for the Higgs boson at the Large Hadron Collider with CERN.
Thursday 12 and Friday 13 April 2-5pm
Drop-in, artist-led family workshops making star-gazing dens, mapping constellations and more.
Friday 20 April 6-8pm
Sound artist Kaffe Matthews presents new audio work made from the sonification of constellations for a star-gazing project whilst astrophotographer Paul Beskeen shares his images of space taken in the Pumpkin Patch Observatory in Bourn village.
Tuesday 24 April 6-8pm
John Wickham of the British UFO Research Association discusses UFO related events in history. Author and musician Nigel Pennick makes a presentation on the Cosmic Axis and the Seven Stars, as part of his research into symbolism and the landscape.
Saturday 12 May
The artists in residence present the new ideas that have emerged during their residencies alongside Gerry Gilmore of the Instituteof Astronomy, CambridgeUniversityon The Artistic Perception of Astronomical Time and Tim Heath, Chair of the Blake Society on The Artist as Universe, William Blake's Cosmogony.
Work created by artists during the residency programme, which is funded by Arts Council England and Paul Hamlyn Foundation, is shown atWysing Arts Centrebefore being seen by audiences at venues across the UK and beyond.
Wysing Arts Centre,Fox Road, Bourn,Cambridge,CB23 2TX
www.wysingartscentre.org tel 01954 718881
For further information, interviews and images please contact:
Lucy Wilson, External Relations Manager, Wysing Arts Centre
07787 854468 lucy.wilson@wysingartscentre.org
Notes
Salvatore Arancio was born inCatania,Italy, and lives and works inLondon. He has an MA in Fine Art Photography from the Royal College of Art (2005) and recently had solo exhibitions at Spacex,Exeter; Frame, Frieze Art Fair,London; and Kaleidoscope Project Space,Milan.
Flora Parrott studied Fine Art at the Michaelis School of Art in Cape Town and Glasgow School of Art before graduating from the Royal College of Art with an MA in Printmaking (2009). She lectures on the BA and MA Fine Art Course at Norwich University College of Art and is represented by Tintype Gallery, London.
Nilsson Pflugfelder are a duo based in Berlin and London whose work crosses spatial design, architecture, art and discourse. Recent and current projects include Performa Biennial 09 & 11, New York; Gwangju Biennale, Korea; Manifesta 8, Murcia, Spain; and Manifesta 9 which will take place in Belgium during 2012.
Stuart Whipps lives and works inBirmingham. He was nominated for the Deutsche Börse photography prize in 2011 and won the East International Award in 2009. Recent solo exhibitions include Ikon Gallery,Birmingham; Focal Point Gallery, Southend and The New Art Gallery,Walsall.
Patrick Coyle has an MFA in Writing from Goldsmiths College, London (2010). He has recently performed at the launch of CONCRETE POETRY at Hayward’s Concrete Café,London and atSpikeIsland,Bristol. He was the inaugural writer-in-residence for Akerman Daly in 2011.
WYSING ARTS CENTRE shapes new ways of working in the arts and challenges artists and audiences to re-think what is possible, often in partnership with each other. With a large rural site comprising ten buildings including artists’ studios, educational and new media facilities, a gallery and project spaces; with an ongoing and innovative artistic programme of events, exhibitions, retreats and residencies; and a unique programme for young artists, Wysing is delivering a rich programme that is accessible on many levels to a range of people. Art developed at Wysing is shown at significant venues around the world, and Wysing is part of national networks including Plus Tate, Turning Point, the Arts Council National Portfolio and Own Art.
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