“Inaugurated some days ago to London, this fleeting structure of drinks and of metal decorates l’entrée principal of the Victoria & Albert Museum.”
Stunning new public artwork conceived by l’architecte Amanda Levete in collaboration with the engineers d’ARUP
via Timber Wave by Amanda Levete | Muuuz – Webzine Architecture & Design.
Postcards from Europe is the culmination of a pan-European art project set up by a group of young artists and producers based in the UK.
In May of this year four young people from the UK, tired of frequent rejection letters and facing imminent unemployment, decided to come together to do something positive.
Interested in travel, stories, collaboration and creative practices, this group of young people set out to create conversation between emerging artists and designers from across Europe, to foster international collaboration, and to explore what it means to be a young artist in different corners of the world.
Through blogs, social networks, creative forums, and universities they invited emerging artists to create a piece of work responding to the place in which they lived and worked. The work had to express something interesting and real about their relationship to their environment. The only other limitation was the size – 120mm x 170mm – the size of the average postcard.
The result is an exhibition of original postcard sized artwork selected from over 100 emerging artists from 14 European countries including Turkey, Romania, Croatia, Portugal, Greece, Serbia, Italy and the UK. Varying widely in tone and media but united by their format and subject matter, the postcards offer glimpses into the lives and working practices of emerging European artists.
Alongside the exhibition, the design collective ‘Portmanteau’ (the group behind the exhibition) will be running workshops with local schools and colleges. These will take place at Wem Town Hall throughout October.
A publication featuring the work in the exhibition, interviews with selected participants, and conversations with established artists, including German illustrator Sophia Martinek, collage artist Mark Lazenby, and Finnish artist Riitta Ikonen, will be launched on Saturday 22nd October.
The project’s website, www.postcardsfromeurope.org, featuring the work in the exhibition, profiles of participating artists, as well as news and updates on the project.
Both the exhibition and the publication will be launched on 3rd October at Wem Town Hall.
Great news today as Secret City Zoetermeer, the latest project from Andrew Brooks and Curated Place hit the centre spread of quality Dutch broadsheet NRC Next.
The exhibition is now open at the Stadsmuseum Zoetermeer until February with the next Secret Cities project in the Netherlands already taking shape.
Tags: Andrew Brooks, Curated Place, Photography, Secret City Zoetermeer
It might seem a little old fashioned to actually read and write these days but here’s a good reason to keep blogging.
Ooh… hasn’t it been quiet around here? Too much work on to put time aside to write about it recently. Will get back up to speed soon hopefully.
Anyway, the Arts Council have just released the second round of their Building Digital Capacity for the Arts seminar videos.
Full playlist on the Building digital capacity for the arts mini-site.
The fabulous Naomi Kendrick will be showing her latest work at the Lowry Outlet, Salford Quays from Tues – Sat this week as part of her Residency at Salford University. Here at Curated Place we’re very excited to see her latest work . Approachable as ever Naomi is inviting everyone down to see her at work, holding an open studio if you want to talk to her about her practice or even want to have a go yourself.
