The 14m² exhibition consists of 14 photography students from the University of Portsmouth. As part of their degree they are required to curate an exhibition from scratch; picking and gaining a location, raising funds, organising the display and all the other elements required for such an event. The work featured in the exhibition is based around the theme of territories; these spaces can be as large or as small as they wish, with the dimensional, territorial and geographical boundaries flexible. The various photographers will be displaying their work in ways that best narrate their idea, including projections, installations and prints. The exhibition will be on display for 7 days at Bonzo studio.
On the opening night preview, expect a friendly atmosphere at Bonzo studio where you can chat to the photographers and enjoy entertainment in the form of an acoustic set by one of the exhibiting photographers, Alice Chidgey. Portfolios of each photographer will be on display to browse through, allowing the chance to enjoy a wide variety of their work.
During the following week, the exhibition will be open to the public and each day at least two photographers will be at Bonzo studio to talk about the work and answer any questions you may have had. These times will be available from the opening night at Bonzo or found on the 14m² Facebook group.
The exhibition will take place from the 10-17th December at Bonzo studio, with an opening night preview on 9th December from 6 – 9pm.
You can find out more here:
www.wix.com/14meterssquared/territories
Photo from Billie Rae
University of Portsmouth graduates are holding an alumni art exhibition called ‘For Sale’ opening on Thursday 17th Nov.
The show is from artists still local to Portsmouth after graduating and amongst those exhibiting are Sue Meredith, Angela Marlow, Samantha Raymond, Ashley David John, Emma Noble Seymour, Philip Holehouse and Arran Macintosh with a great variety of paintings, handmade prints, and collages. To see the type of work available click on the link for each artist to go to their website.
Artwork is mostly under £50 so is a great opportunity for the people of Portsmouth to grab some wonderful homegrown gifts for christmas! The shows venue is The Hub in the University’s Dennis Sciama building on Burnaby Road. All are welcome to attend the opening night on thursday 17th November, and the gallery is then open to the public until 16th December, 12-6 on mon-thurs and 12-4 fridays.
A few months ago we featured local artist Pete Codling including his work in progress at Space, Eldon Building at The University of Portsmouth. I was lucky enough to take a few more pics of his work in development earlier this week but also found out that someone broke into the room on the 20th September and stole his laptop, sketchbook, mobile phone along with a camera. If anyone can help Pete solve this crime then please contact him at pete@petecodling.co.uk
The building, which will be demolished in November along with this final artwork, was actually Codling’s old studio space when he was a student at Portsmouth College of Art in the late 1980s.
This ‘charcoal epitaph’ is a personal way for the artist to say good bye to the building but also to celebrate the creativity of many artists, designers and musicians who have used this space over the last fifty years. This drawing on the main wall will be nearly ten metres by five meters with other smaller walls being included in the composition. The artwork will be inspired by classical mythology from his travels in the Mediterranean and will refer to Portsmouth and the history of the building.
If anyone wants to see the development of the artwork on the walls then please pop down during the day at Space, Eldon Building, Winston Churchill Avenue, Portsmouth.
Six recent graduates of the University of Portsmouth BA Fine Art degree course are exhibiting and running the Signal Gallery in London’s East End for a week launching on the evening of 26th July 2011, the Private View which will run from 6-9pm. The artists, Danielle Darby, Steve Chivalry, Dale Pattenden, Jodie Eddy, Rob Knox and Richard Eveleigh will be taking over the gallery space, showcasing work from sculpture, paint and animation, hoping to present a selection of work from the Portsmouth based art scene. Life After, the title of the exhibition, describes and visualises the journey from university to the contemporary art industry of the outside world.
For more details visit www.signalgallery.com.
Examples below by Robert Knox and Jodie Eddy.
Wonderful to see students from the BA Graphic Design 2011 course exhibiting their work in London as part of their graduate show. See their website for further details and wonderful examples of work from all the graduates at www.accessimpress.com
Private View 30 june, 5pm – 9pm. Open to the public 01 july, 10am – 5pm
Location – The Rag Factory, 16 Heneage Street, London E1 6LJ
For more information info@accessimpress.com
Examples below - Sam Burton, Marie Cleaver, Darren Page and Jessica Watson.
Friday was the launch night of the University of Portsmouth’s Showtime 2011 event at the Eldon Building featuring work from foundation through to final year graduating students on creative courses including fashion, fine art, 3D, graphic design, illustration, tv production, computer game design, etc. The evening was very busy with people catching the two fashion show either live or via the live feed or wandering around between the different floors checking out the exhibitions of work. Particular personal favourites were the 3D computer games demos (amazing), the meat cushions in 3D, the (mockumentry?) music producer film in TV, dressage horse stills and a book about the Wedgewood Rooms in photography plus the store in illustration with loads of cool zines, badges, prints and more. Props to the tv production crew who had loads of ice cold beers and fan heaters too which made the hot evening even better.
Below are a random handful of photos from Friday but we’ll be highlighting some of the students and their work over the next couple of weeks…lots to be proud of when it comes to the amazing work and students from the University. If you have any photos from Showtime and want to contribute them to Strong Island get in touch.
P.S. Don’t forget you can still see the work yourself until the end of the week, check the link above for full details.
As part of the University of Portsmouth’s Showtime 2011 event this evening (see full details HERE) there will be Vernissage, the degree exhibition by the photography graduates. If you can’t make this evening the show runs from the 6th to the 10th of June from 10am to 4pm.
In July Vernissage moves up to London for an expanded exhibition at Old Truman Brewery, featuring more work and in a gallery environment. The show runs in London from from 14th to the 18th July. Going to be good.
The University of Portsmouth’s School of Art, Design and Media and School of Creative Technologies are proud to announce Showtime 2011.
This year’s degree show includes outstanding, cutting edge work from a broad range of creative disciplines. Fashion, Fine Art, Graphic Design, Illustration, Photography, 3D Design, Animation, Television and Film Production, Computer Animation, Television and Broadcasting, Computer Games Technology and Computer Games Enterprise will all be in view.
The preview evening is Friday June 3 from 5-8pm. The show will then be open to the public from Monday to Saturday from the 6th to the 11th of June, 10am-4pm daily. Admission is free, and everyone is welcome. The venue is the Eldon Building, Winston Churchill Avenue, Portsmouth PO1 2DJ.
The Future Skills Festival is a dynamic programme of workshops and seminars that will explore the ways that new media and technologies are creating new opportunities and ways of working in the creative and cultural industries. Events are designed specifically for artists, designers, performers, writers, creative businesses and professional people working in the arts, culture and creative industries.
The Festival is presented by Cibas, the creative industries business and skills development agency based at the University of Portsmouth.
The festival runs from 20th June – 14th July at different venues across the city.
For the press release, full schedule and to book tickets please visit – http://futureskillsfestival.tumblr.com/post/5334983000/press-release-1
The University of Portsmouth Level 2 BA (Hons) Photography have four separate group exhibitions for their unit exploring the theme of ‘space’. Starting from Friday 10th December there will be exciting photography showcases all around Portsmouth. All of the exhibitions have been curated by students themselves.
Fri 10 December: 10am-4pm Pop-Up Portsmouth, a one day outdoor exhibition at Guildhall Square, Portsmouth
Sat 11 December: 7.30pm-10.30pm Opening night of Engage the Space, including guest speaker Stephen Bull, in Third Space at the UOP Students Union.
Mon 13 December: 4pm is Art Crawl, starting from the Deco pub on Elm Grove, Southsea, continues until 17/12.
Tue 14 December: 7.30pm Preview night of On the box 24/7 at the Pop-up shop at the top of Commercial road, and continues until 20/12
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