Blank Media Collective

blankpages Issue 26

Wednesday 1st Sep 2010

September sees several special treats in blankpages – we're presenting the work of not one, but two poets this month. Alicia Stubbersfield shares some supremely crafted and entertaining works alongside her thoughts on the state of modern poetry, technique and how she got to where she is. Lauren Bolger's short internship with blankpages culminates this month with her thoughts on the relationship between poetry and music, and a piece of her own poetry.

As if that double-sided treat wasn't enough, we have the pleasure of sharing Fran Giffard's One of Every Species of Vulture in its entirety. This collection of images is fascinating not only in its subject matter, but also in its meticulous detail and obsessive completeness.

Returning once again to the 'pages are two of our favourite contributors – Kevin Bradshaw does the honours once again on illustration, and Elaine Wilson interviews, reviews and presents this month's mp3 from Stealing Sheep

blankpicks this month covers Spencer Tunick's Big Chill installation through the naked eyes of one of its participants, and don't forget to check out Recommends... Your monthly toe-dipping into what's hot in the world of emerging arts events...

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[Recommends] CUBEOpen 2010: Call for Submissions

Tuesday 31st Aug 2010

“One of the coolest and classiest galleries around. CUBE continue to stage exhibitions that cover our cities’ cultural intermix of fine art, architecture, interior design and contextual theory. While this might sound a bit over-chic and academically dry, in fact CUBE shows tend to be an aesthetic and intellectual delight. CUBEOpen is no exception” Robert Clarke, The Guardian

[Recommends] Call for Artists: Exhibition Opportunity ‘Latitude’

Thursday 26th Aug 2010

To complement its small but growing collection of 20th Century maps of Manchester & Salford, the manchester modernist society invite artists, designers and makers to submit work during the Chapel Street Open 2010, for inclusion in ‘LATITUDE’, an exhibition of artist mapmaking.

Upcoming Event: [Recommends] The Drowning World: Dan Davis, Michelle McKeown, Terry Shave

Saturday 28 August 2010 - Saturday 2 October 2010

AirSpace Gallery, Stoke-on-Trent

In 1962 J. G. Ballard wrote the book The Drowned World, wherein he explored a particular post-apocalyptical scenario and ideas of chaos brought on by the consequences of solar radiation and melting icecaps. Nature takes over, once again, and the world returns to a more primitive state of existence. The protagonist eventually embraces this new natural order but wrestles with the devolutionary position he finds himself in, this sharply contrasts with the determination to retain power and control by other characters. The actions of others eventually persuade the protagonist to find unity with a more organic landscape. After all, you don’t know tranquillity without knowing chaos.

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Upcoming Event: [Recommends] Private/Public

Friday 20 September 2010 - Wednesday 25 September 2010

Gallery 320, Bethnal Green, London

‘Private/Public’, is an exhibition exploring the concept of domestic space in a gallery context, through the work of twelve international artists, Hannah Forbes Black, Ting-Ting Cheng, Yin-Hua Chu, Sarah Churlish, Gerard Cuartero, Milena Galli, Denise Hickey, Steve Hines, Sule Kemanci, Katherine Lubar, Clare Motte and Chong Boon Pok, using various media to investigate the relationship between occupants and their homes. Questioning the relationship between domestic space and occupancy, the works included attempt to come to terms with the complex dialogue between the inhabitant and the home.

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Upcoming Event: [Recommends] Home and Away

Friday 27 August 2010 - Sunday 5 September 2010

Castlefield Gallery, Manchester

Why do people travel? What does it mean to be away from ‘home’? Does our idea of ‘home’ change and transmute the more we travel, or does it perhaps only come into existence when we leave the physical reality behind? Can we ever simply and unproblematically ‘return home’ after our travels, and will it be the same ‘home’ we left? How do we negotiate between our past spatial memories and the new geographical locations we find ourselves in? Last but not least, can we ever really experience a new place for the first time, outside its familiar representations in maps, guidebooks, films and news programmes?

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Upcoming Event: [Recommends] Roxana Allison Becoming a Memory

Saturday 14 August 2010 - Sunday 26 September 2010

Untitled Gallery, Manchester

Untitled Gallery presents Becoming a Memory, a new exhibition of works by Manchester-based photographer Roxana Allison. Open since May 2010, Untitled Gallery is an exhibition space in the basement of the Friends’ Meeting House, a Grade II listed building dating from 1828. Untitled Gallery opened with Untendable, a solo show of new works by New-Zealand born artist Paul Donald.

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[Recommends] Call for Conjunction Artists

Monday 9th Aug 2010

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.

Upcoming Event: A New Sense of Emptiness, Mario Sughi

Thursday 9 September 2010 (6pm) - Saturday 23 October 2010

greenroom, Manchester

If you are suffering from post holiday blues then let Blank Media Collective banish them away, as they aim to keep the cold dreary Mancunian showers at bay by presenting the vibrant and contemporary work of Mario Sughi. Blank Media Collective’s new exhibition, A New Sense of Emptiness will transport you back to the lazy days of summer and make that transition to autumn that little bit easier.

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