WEST LONDON STORY BURSARIES – OPEN WEEKEND ACTIVITIES 2009
The recipients of the West London Story bursaries are all planning activities for the Open Weekend in London, Friday 24th - Sunday 26th July 2009.
Read more about each project below …
THE BURSARIES
The West London Story is a major new cultural programme for West London and underpins the West London Partnership for the 2012 Games Cultural Olympiad.
The programme was launched last September and has already begun to engage artists and arts organisations through ideas forums held at the start of the year. The project has now awarded four bursaries to enable artists to develop their ideas further:
Constantine Gras: A three year project telling the story of West London’s waterways
Liane Lang: An investigation of the history of artists’ studios in West London
Ray Rankine: A moving temporary structure which depicts movement through West London
Cecile Trijssenaar: A video installation that interprets the Olympic creed through the stories of people from the 205 Olympic nations that have made their home in West London
Each artist is being supported by the arts team in a Western Wedge borough, and each will show some work in progress around the Open Weekend, Friday 24th to Sunday 26th July 2009.
THE PROJECTS
Water- Way of Life (Supported by London Borough of Brent)
Watermans, 40 High Street, Brentford TW8 0DS
http://www.watermans.org.uk/
T: 020 8232 1010
Friday 24th July – Sunday 26th July, 12 pm – 12 am
Launch event on Friday 24th July, 6 – 8 pm
Water - Way of Life is an art, ecology and educational project with the aim of connecting people with rivers, canals and other wetland features in West London. Its first commission is to the artist Jo Roberts, for ‘Tales of the River Brent.’
For the Open Weekend, Constantine Gras, lead artist on Water – Way of Life, will showcase project plans, maps, photos and a short film. Jo Roberts will present stories, images and artefacts collected from walks along the River Brent from the Welsh Harp to the River Thames.
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Thoughts on an Artists’ Book (supported by Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea)
Bradbrook House, Studio Square, Knightsbridge, SW1X 8EL
E. Rebecca.pelly-fry@rbkc.gov.uk/
T. 020 7362 2916
Friday 24th July, 6 - 10 pm
Liane Lang’s project sets out to investigate the history and traces of artists’ studios in West London. It examines the physical and psychological dimensions of the studio space and the relationship between artists and place.
Join a group of artists at Bradbrook House as they present talks, images and excerpts in the first stages of research for an artists’ book.
6pm Drinks reception
6.30 pm Introduction from Kensington & Chelsea Council
6.40 pm Talks and performances, followed by refreshments
Places are limited. To book a place please contact Rebecca Pelly-Fry, Arts Development Officer, the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea. E. Rebecca.pelly-fry@rbkc.gov.uk/ t. 020 7362 2916
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Ray Rankine (supported by London Borough of Hillingdon)
The Great Barn, Manor Farm, Pinn Way, Ruislip, Middlesex, HA4 7QL
http://www.hillingdon.gov.uk/index.jsp?articleid=9599
E: kholliday@hillingdongrid.org
Thursday 23rd & Friday 24th July 11am – 5pm
Summer Party on Thursday 23rd, doors open at 6.30pm
Ray Rankine (painter), Yvonne Watson (textile artist), Steve Cassidy (photographer) and Katrina Williams (mixed media artist) have been working with Brunel University on a moving structure made from high quality materials, which will become a focal point for local communities to tell their visual stories.
Come and see what Ray and the group have been doing, and find out how you can take part.
Free workshops: Thursday 23rd July & Friday 24th July, 11am – 12pm & 2pm – 3pm:
What’s your Route? Working with maps, draw your journey to Manor Farm and help us create a frieze. Draw a personal landmark from your favourite walk, create a colourful luggage label and add it to the frieze.
West London Story summer party: Featuring Pig Earth. See the West London Story exhibition and meet the artists, with local band Pig Earth delivering their unique brew of ‘alternative folk.’ Free entry but tickets must be reserved in advance from the Arts Service Box Office: 01895 673 200
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The Good Neighbour (supported by Watermans Art Centre)
Watermans, 40 High Street, Brentford TW8 0DS
http://www.watermans.org.uk/
T: 020 8232 1010
Friday 24th July 6.30 – 8 pm
On Friday 24th July, The Good Neighbour, led by filmmaker Cecile Trijssenaar,will present a short art film project that explores the back stories and examines the changing face of 6 internationals who live divided lives in West London. It will echo one side of the envisaged final cube which will be presented as a scaled model.
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