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Conjunction 2010 is a Contemporary Arts Biennial in Stoke-on-Trent. This year’s festival will be based on responses to a thematic related to interpretations of the term Escape.
Conjunction will open on the 15th October 2010 at 6pm and will run from the 16th October for a period of six weeks.
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- Ever thought a career in the arts would suit you?
- Thinking that you would like to study art, but don’t know where to start?
- Looking at starting up as a freelance artist, and want to get your work organised?
Thursday 5 August 2010 - Sunday 8 August 2010
Big Chill, Herefordshire
Blank Media Collective are delighted to announce that we’ll be sat on a sofa next to the one and only Mr Scruff and the charismatic maverick arts producer Michael Barnes-Wynters (aka Barney) from Manchester’s very own Contact Theatre at this year’s Big Chill Festival.
Blank Media Collective are looking for quality, contemporary work to sell in our soon to be revealed, new and improved online shop – BlankMarket.
Friday 13 August 2010, 7:30pm - Friday 13 August 2010, late
Kro Bar, Manchester
BlankSounds, our new live music night has got a treat in store for you this month! We’re delighted to be hosting the first gig in the UK tour of the wonderfully talented Deaf to Van Gogh’s Ear and Chrik.
The discipline of photography is constantly evolving and in greenroom’s new exhibition, Angle of Refraction we are taken to see exciting advances that push this art form to new extremes. Blank Media Collective are curating this exhibition to showcase the work of Gareth Hacking and Mark Devereux who create captivating and unique images using light and photography to produce abstract, painterly images.
This month we're showcasing the work of a new collective on the block – Centrepoint. They show the work of emerging photographers on their blog, so we thought we'd share it with you. blankpages caught up with one of the members to find out what it's all about.
The fiction this month is by Sam Byers – a clever argument where content marries form. And he's about to have his novel published. One to watch!
Our poetry (by Tom Harding) and music this month have been illustrated by the artists (or in the case of Black Jack Barnet, by the shipmate of the artist – Jimmy Blakeley!)
Our cover artist and spotlight share a sense of the psychedelic. Both Kevin Bradshaw's esoteric animal compositions and Monica Metsers' fantastical manifestations yield more and more as you look closer and closer...
And take a look at our new extended Recommends... section – morphing into an emerging arts events listings page – if you have an event you'd like to promote, then get in touch!
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blankpages is getting in the mood for summer with our feature on Imploding Acoustic Inevitable Festival in Fell Food Wood near Windermere in the Lake District. Folk and Experimental music sit next to spoken word on the bill – it promises to be an intimate showcase of what the North West underground scene has to offer.
We're also visiting Affleck's Palace in Manchester this month to talk to illustrator David Bailey, who runs Good Grief! An independent eclectic little shop specialising in books and various artists' merchandise.
This month's poetry originates in Iran. Ali Abdolrezaei now lives in London, and his poetry reflects this sense of detachment. His interesting phrasing has been translated here by Abol Froushan. Kasey Szavai's fiction deals with detachment of a different kind, and the popular theme of transformation through artistic practise.
This month's mp3 comes with a fascinating interview with The Ruby Electric, having just completed their debut release 'The Future Sessions EP'. The selected track from that recording is called 'Lucid'; it's a funky, upbeat electronic affair.
In contrast, our cover artist this month, Chris Leyland, has taken found objects to a gruesome extreme. His arranged animal remains are beautifully photographed and stir up many questions; not least of the fate of these beasts, but also of the artist and the viewer of the work. Very powerful, and controversial.
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Tuesday 25th May 2010, 7:45pm - Tuesday 25th May 2010, 9:15pm
The Lowry, Manchester
Playback Theatre is the immediate, spontaneous theatrical improvisation of real-life moments contributed by the audience. These might be thoughts, hopes, dreams, memories, major events, or the ordinary, everyday moments of life.
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