GENE GEORGE EARLE
TREVOR PITT
NIKKI PUGH
ADAM SMYTHE
ARTicle gallery
The School of Art, Birmingham
26th April – 11th May 2012
Launch: 6 – 8 pm Wednesday 25th April
And Miles to Go Before I Sleep... is a presentation of four distinct artistic practices. The title is taken from the poem ‘Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening’ by the American writer Robert Frost. The poetic line acts as a metaphor for the durational endeavour and journey inherent in artistic production. This exhibition presents a pause or moment in that journey and shows us not necessarily completed or finished work, but a transitory phase in the generation and exploration of ideas at a given time.
The artists shown are currently participating in the Artists Access 2 Art Colleges scheme at The School of Art, Birmingham.
ARTicle is a new public gallery and project space, sited within the School of Art, Birmingham City University. The space is directed by Mona Casey, artist-curator, in conjunction with the MA Contemporary Curatorial Practice course at Birmingham City University.
ARTicle gallery, School of Art, Birmingham City University, Margaret Street, Birmingham, B3 3BX Open: Monday – Friday 10 – 6pm
Contact – mona.casey@bcu.ac.uk/ www.articlegallery.org
SUN 8 APR | 5PM
Fierce Festival Hub, VIVID
TICKETS £5 cash on the door
Trevor Pitt has locally sourced a cornucopia of talent for what promises to be an extraordinary Fierce Festival closing party - a feast of eccentric and traditional English food, ale and entertainment
Special guest performances from:
Wayfarers Folk Dance Club,
Border Brethren Morris,
Coventry Mummers
Pendulum Burdock
Morris dancing, folk music, readings and a Mummers play will provide a remarkable spectacle as you feast on hand-made fayre.
Easter-themed handicrafts including egg painting and bonnet making and you can capture the day in Joey Vivo and Roseanna Velin’s Feaster Fotostudio.
IMAGE RIGHT: Artwork by Stewart Easton
mac birmingham
Tues 17 January, 7.30pm
FREE - booking essential
Sales & Info: 0121 446 3232
Trevor Pitt hosts an evening of lively conversation with men who have taken to needle and thread as their chosen means of expression.
David Littler (sampler-cultureclash), Jamie Chalmers (AKA Mr X Stitch), Stewart Easton (Four Tragic Tales) and TWIGGY (Birmingham) will talk about their artistic and conceptual approaches to the creative use of stitch.
FREE but booking is essential.
For tickets call Sales & Information 0121 446 3232
http://www.macarts.co.uk/event/in-conversation-with-boys-who-sew
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Curated by Trevor Pitt
The Gallery@Rheged
Penrith
14 January - 15 April 2012
In January 2012 Gallery@Rheged will present WOW, an ambitious exhibition of work by internationally renowned British contemporary artists and designers who have been inspired by the ‘Wonder of Wool’. The gallery is situated in the heart of the Lake District and the Borders, where its wealth of natural resources and the ancient knowledge of how to work them, has inspired artists and writers.
IMAGE RIGHT: Craft Kills, Freddie Robins
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STUART EASTON
curated by Trevor Pitt
mac birmingham
Sat 10 Dec – Sun 15 Apr 2012
Four Tragic Tales is the first solo show by Stewart Easton. The exhibition articulates Easton's developing exploration into folk song and story of pre-war Europe and the Frontier struggles of the firstsettlers of America presented as a journey in the form of four large scale narratives.
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VIVID, Birmingham
Sat 12 Nov 9pm - 2am
Bent on vamping the tired club night formula, BANG! BANG! is the final in a trilogy of explosive art-parties-cum-club-nights curated by Trevor Pitt and played out at VIVID.
DJ sets by: mini moderns // Brian Duffy (Modified Toy Orchestra) // Mazzy (Chicks Dig Jerks) // THIS IS TMRW
Tickets are £5
VIVID | 140 Heath Mill Lane | Birmingham | B9 4AR
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AXIS.WEB
27 July 2011
What does the word 'curate' mean to you?
Trevor Pitt was invited to write The Rant by Axis Webzine Editor, Lucy Bannister. Join in the online discussion about people's personal take on what curating means to them
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mac Birmingham
1 Aug - 11 September 2011
In association with mac birmingham, Trevor Pitt has devised the anticurate project as a challenge to the authorial figure of the curator. Imagined as a version of an open exhibition the project will unfold over six exhibitions in which democratic and collective approaches to exhibition curating will test conventions of the visual art space.
If you are interested in either submitting work, taking part in selecting work as an anticurator or visiting the exhibitions go to mac birmingham website for full details of how to get involved.
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2009 - 2012
During a residency at VIVID, Birmingham during the summer of 2009, Trevor Pitt took a subjective journey through his formative years in Birmingham (1971- 1999), examining the spaces where popular culture fraternizes with the canonical world of art.
More recently, at VIVID he hosted Cum Clubbing, an art party inspired by the colourful club nights of Birmingham's underground scenes in the 1980s and GET BENT! an eccentric club night inspired by pop culture’s affection for gender-bending. .
The Sleeve Notes project will culminate at The Garage, VIVID, Birmingham on 12 November when he will host the final act of his club trilogy BANG! BANG! It's all over, where do we begin? feat The Bang Collective
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1 APRIL 2011, 9PM - 2AM
VIVID, BIRMINGHAM
Tickets are £5 in advance and available from theticketsellers.co.uk
Hot off the high-heels of Cum Clubbing, Trevor Pitt curates the second in a trilogy of events at VIVID - ‘Get Bent!’ is an eccentric club night inspired by pop culture’s affection for gender-bending.
DJ sets by:
Brian Duffy (Modified Toy Orchestra)
Chicks Dig Jerks
Greg Haines (Tropical Hotdog)
John Napier (Jugend Klub)
Prick Your Finger, London
Live music by Greg Bird & Flamingo Flame Sex it up Please! performance by New Macho Pop-UP photo studio by Joey Vivo
PLUS...... The Garage King and Queen beauty pageant hosted by TWIGGY
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NEST, BIRMINGHAM
20 SEPTEMBER - 1 OCTOBER 2010
For Nest eight Salon Benches that have been made by knitting groups from across the UK will be exhibited made by groups in Milton Keynes, Northampton, Devon, Bristol, London, Birmingham, Talgarth, and Newcastle-Gateshead. Using selected fleeces and uniquely spun yarns, each group has worked with an artist to personalise their benches by applying a variety knitting and felting techniques.
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THE PUBLIC, WEST BROMWICH
6 OCTOBER - 7 NOVEMBER 2010
For The Public eight Salon Benches that have been made by knitting groups from across the UK will be exhibited on the ground floor. The benches will be accompanied by resource trolleys to create a salon atmosphere and offered to members of the public as an arena for sharing knitting skills and conversations.
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VIVID, BIRMINGHAM
FRIDAY 10 SEPTEMBER | 9PM - LATE
For one night only VIVID hosts an art party inspired by the colourful club nights of Birmingham's underground scenes in the 1980s. VIVID's project space will be taken over by live music, DJs and visual artists who'll conspire to create an excitingly strange evening of camp disco!
Presented as part of Sleeve Notes, an ongoing project conceived during Trevor Pitt's residency at VIVID in 2009.
Tickets £5 | available from theticketsellers.
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The Knitting Salon at Artwork mk
An Incidental Estate
Salon Bench Newcastle-Gateshead
Salon Bench London
Salon Bench Roving Devon
Salon Bench Northampton
Salon Bench Birmingham
Salon Bench Milton Keynes
Craftspace Collective
Salon Bench Talgarth
THE SHIPLEY ART GALLERY, GATESHEAD
10 JULY - 7 NOVEMBER 2010
The Knitting Salon will be part The Shipley Art Gallery's Summer exhibition, Craftivism: Objects to Change the World. The project will be represented in the gallery by Salon Bench Newcastle- Gateshead and the making of Salon Bench The Shipley.
This exhibition combines historical and contemporary craft and craftivism to reflect the different ways in which craft has been valued as a powerful force for social, political and personal change over the past 150 years.
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The Knitting Salon
Installation by Trevor Pitt & Kate Pemberton
Artworks-mk, Milton Keynes
19 July to 21 August 2010
For Artworks-mk, Pitt and Pemberton recreate The Knitting Salon project as an intriguing installation that resembles a suburban hairdressers. Visitors can knit and chat on the 5 Salon Benches that have been knitted and felted by groups using locally sourced wool in Northampton, Devon, Birmingham, Milton Keynes and Bristol.
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An Incidental Estate
Trevor Pitt and Carolyn Morton
In a parking bay on Colmore Row, Birmingham
14 June 2010 11am - 6.30pm
Plants, turf and mulch have been borrowed from the back gardens, council estates and parks across Birmingham for a day to create a suburban garden in the heart of the city.
An Incidental Estate was commissioned for Road Works curated by Rob Colbourne, Rob Hewitt & Alex Johnson.
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Salon Bench Newcastle-Gateshead, 2010
Joss Wrigg + local knitters, felters and spinners
Salon Bench Newcastle is being produced through a collaborative process led by Joss Wrigg with local knitters, felters and spinners.
The finished Salon Bench Newcastle-Gateshead will be exhibited at The Shipley Art Gallery, Gateshead as part of their Summer exhibition Craftivism; Objects to Change the World :10 July - 7 November 2010.
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Salon Bench London, 2010
Zarah Savage with Rachael Matthews, Louise Harries, Terry Patterson, Jaqueline Peterson, Julie Robinson, Ceilidh Chaplin, Janice Seivey, Carolyne and Sue.
Prick Your Finger, London
Salon Bench London is being made through a collaborative process led by Rachel Matthews with local knitters.
The bench is being made using a 100% British Herdwick that has been genously donated by The Herdy Company for the project.
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Salon Bench Roving Devon, 2010
Carolyn Morton with Terri Bate, Mary R De Salis, Jill Morris, Cassian Bennett, Jenny Tunley-Price, Mary Toon, Jae Burgin, Jane Deane, Amanda Pellatt, Beryl Pitt, Jenny Tunley-Price, Cath Baynton, Hannah Parsons, Jacqueline Welby, Jill Morris, Kathryn Saunby and Jules Bryant
Salon Bench Roving Devon was produced through a collaborative process led by Carolyn Morton as she travelled around Devon.
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Salon Bench Northampton, 2010
Abi Jackson with Janet Jackson, Gloria Marriott, Barbara Hughes, Petrina O'Neill, Janet Jackson, Su Jackson, Connie Butler, Barbara Isaac, Katie Ingram, Jane Roberts and Sue Watson + The Guild of Longdrawer Spinners
Stitch & Make Studio, Northampton, UK
Salon Bench Northampton is being produced through a collaborative process led by Abi Jackson at her Stitch and Make Studio in Northampton with local knitters and spinners.
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Salon Bench Birmingham, 2010
Trevor Pitt with Sara Fowles, Sue Fallon, Eleanor Chalkney, Jen Mercer, John Mercer, Beatrice Ashford, Margaret, Sharon Baker, Doreen Baker, Inge Riley, Munazza Quadir, Clare Atfield, Clare Savage, Alice Bazen, Anee-Marie Porter, Ruth Watts, Christina Watts, Kathryn Teece, Charlie McAllister and Beryl Pitt.
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Salon Bench Talgarth
Ann Rowson + Talgarth knitters
Salon Bench Talgarth is being produced through a collaborative process led by Ann Rowson with local knitters using Black Welsh Mountain wool.
Trevor Pitt is working with Deirdre Buckley at Craftspace to shape and develop a project that is aimed at diverse young people aged 16 -19 from inner city Birmingham (some of whom are not in education, employment and training) but who have some interest/ability in the arts. The project focuses on ideas of guerrilla craft, DIY Craft and Craftivism - with a view to developing a young people led craft collective which will then organise a series of interventions throughout the city.
http://craftspacecollective.wordpress.com/
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Sleeve Notes Go Viral,
Vivid, Birmingham, UK
27 March - 27 April 2010
On Saturday 27th March we launched the next phase of the project at the We Are Eastside open weekend where digital meets analogue as artist Shelli Graham uncovered artefacts made in response to the Sleeve Notes sessions, 2009
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The Knitting Salon
Trevor Pitt + Kate Pemberton
Craftivism
Arnolfini, Bristol, UK
12 December 2009 - 14 February 2010
The Knitting Salon is a project by Trevor Pitt and Kate Pemberton that promotes the sharing of knitting skills via the use of a specially designed mobile salon that comprises of 8 Salon Benches that are being made by knitting groups throughout the UK.
(image by Gina Lundy)
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Salon Bench Knowle West, 2009
Trevor Pitt + Knowle West knitters + Pauline Hicks + Alison Haggas + Wooly Shepherd
Knowle West Media Centre, Bristol, UK
Salon Bench Knowle West has been produced through a collaborative process led by Trevor Pitt and will be presented as part of The Knitting Salon project at Craftivsim, Anolfini Gallery from 12 December 2009.
(image by Gina Lundy)
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Trevor Pitt + Glebe Farm knitters
Museum of Craft and Folk Art, San Francisco
2 October 2009 - 24 January 2010
Bildmuseet, Umeå, Sweden
6 June - 9 September 2009
Artefacts and images from the Soft Bench project are part of a major exhibition that brings together individual and collectively made artworks that explore the relationship between craft and code through social and digital networks.
(image of PK1 pattern by Keith Stephenson)
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