exhibitions

	Exhibitions
	PLAY/ MAKE/ LEARN 27th January to 29th January The showcasing of EPR resident Alessandra Cattaneo after a six month collaboration with the Yr 9 pupils at Rookwood School: "The work on display challenges contemporary themes of authorship, the value of art and has opened up the students minds to what art can be. Transcribing, altering and play have been key inspirations for this body of work. Students have responded to the work of others; famous artists, emerging artists and the work of their peers. They have interpreted it for themselves and created responses that exceeded all expectations. Students have led their own work, they have tried new methods of making, and experimented with different materials. The artists and students have challenged each other, have been inspired have opened each others eyes to new thngs and have forged a unique relationship. This exhibition goes along way into challenging the role of the artist, looking into active participation and questioning the value of art: themes that are challenging but have been embraced by the pupils and turned them into the next generation of contemporary artists, giving all involved a show to be proud of." (Alessandra Cattaneo) Look About 21st November to 2nd December Look About is a two year creative research initiative involving Deaf and disabled artists within the South East region and aspiring to spark a cultural shift in attitude towards disability in the arts. Artist/geologist Jon Adams has learned how London 2012 has the power to capture the imagination and enthusiasm of the public, especially young people and those who may not otherwise engage with the arts. Inclusion and accessibility lie at the heart of the Look About project together with the fundamental awareness of the potential barriers experienced by Deaf and disabled people. This artistic and creatively driven, multi layered project, launched in November 2010, weaves together science and art, digital and analogue, observation and autobiographical experiences of Dyslexia and Aspergers by utilizing, in part, a geological metaphor. The outcome, when completed in November 2011, will be an informed personal ‘biostratigraphy’ of creative responses to the forthcoming Olympic and Paralympic Games. Look About will be documented and publicised through numerous media. It will establish a significant web presence, the core of which is a digital archive alongside the DAO and Accentuate websites. All work will be mediated throughout various networks (Facebook, Twitter, University) and e-newsletters (DAO, Dada South, Accentuate, ARC, Cibas, BBC Live Sites, BTP, Ahead of the Game, CCC, an, ACE:SE,), including disability and non-disability related outlets and arts sector connections. Through interactivity and social commentary, the project promises to form a continually evolving responsive socially mediated piece, as well as a series of individual art works; celebratory and public facing events; and video and sound composition. Notably, a proportion of the work will be directly interactive, enabling audiences to inevitably become participants. The public realm nature of the work will ensure that people ‘trip over’ it rather than having to seek it out. Ultimately, it seeks to record, nourish, and further engage Deaf and disabled artists working on London 2012 inspired cultural projects. Look About is part of Accentuate, the London 2012 Legacy Programme for the South East. Accentuate is funded by Legacy Trust UK, creating a lasting legacy from the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games across the UK, SEEDA and the Regional Cultural Agencies. Jon is Lead Geologist to 'Look About' and 'Geologist in Residence' to Accentuate. Rendition Featuring: Tom Mortimer, Alessandra Cattaneo, David Dixon (off-site), Edward Land + Luke Skinner, Jeff Phegley, Kate Theodore, Marius Von Brasch As part of the 10 Days Across the City event, Chapel Arts Studios are hosting an ambitious project curated by Tom Mortimer. For three days, the safe, daytime environment of the studios will be displaced by a nighttime exhibition that draws upon the more sinister aspects of the cemetary location. "The exhibition space becomes an area of theatrical discourse and a merger between active creation and passive observation. The viewer is presented with components of narrative and is left to put the pieces together themselves. As work crosses over, new compositions arise, shifting possible interpretations." Rendition brings together a collection of contemporary artists to create an environment for narrative exploration. The elements of theatre slide into the exhibition environment; as stage structure sculptures, sound and lighting construct an encompassing installation. A story unfolds through the performances of two monitors as they scuttle through components that, operating within out of sync cycles, construct a generative stream of possibilities. How things come together will depend on the viewers experience and the configuration of the moment. The framing extends to its location, as to reach the exhibition; visitors must walk, at night, along a lit path to the converted chapel, located within the local cemetery. Through this haunting journey the work gains an additional sense of "the beyond" or the entry or emergence of the unseen. Rendition is not simply a display of work but an event; something that can be entered, engaged and enjoyed. blUe blUe showcases recent works by Alessandra Cattaneo created during her Educational Residency at Chapel Arts Studios. The works have evolved from her surroundings: they interact with the architecture of the converted chapel and begin to invite you, the viewer to explore the environment further. Investigation also influences these works as Alessandra begins to challenge the limitations and properties of the materials used. Alessandra is a Fine Arts graduate from Winchester School of Art, working across disciplines, encompassing a range of media; installation, video, sculpture and performance. Ongoing questions in her work challenge active engagement, ideas of authorship and questions the role of the artist. Currently her practice is looking closer into the relationship between installation and movement as she challenges the limitations of the surrounding space and explores architectural interventions. Alessandra is the current holder of Educational Project Residency position.
	Home Hub As part of the international One World Week, Chapel Arts Studios are hosting a week of interactive activities and an exhibition featuring the works of Tom Mortimer, Alessandra Cattaneo and David Dixon. We would like to extend our gratitude to Twinings in Andover. They have very kindly sponsored Alessandra's new project *'cuppa'* and made it possible. Open Studio The Chapel Arts Studio artists will be hosting an Open Studio from 4th to 13th March. During this period, the studios will contain a mixture of work that is finished and in progress. The artists will be present throughout the duration, and the contents of the 'exhibition' will be evolving over the 9 days. The work will contain a mixture of painting, projection, drawing and installation. The studios will be open on weekdays from 10am - 5pm, and on weekends from 12noon - 4pm. There will be a launch preview on Thursday 3rd March, between 7pm and 9pm. Educational Project Residency holder Kate Harding will be giving a talk about her current work on Saturday 5th March from 2-3pm. All are welcome to attend this talk. Please contact us if you require any further information. ''All the rest...' Exhibition runs from 25th June to 4th July Press release: "All the rest... is the title of the exhibition at Andover Chapel Arts Studio, in St Mary’s Church courtyard, which opens on Saturday June 25 and continues until Sunday July 4. David Dixon, Kate Harding, Russell Moreton and Yonat Nitzan-Green are artists in residency at the Chapel Arts Studio, supported by Test Valley Arts Foundation. The artists work with many materials ranging from books, dust, flour and clay to oil paints and video. Although they work with different materials and come from different backgrounds they have a shared interest in memory and cultural identities. Moreton’s sculptural object is made of low fired clay. The artist describes it as ‘a fragile vessel.’ Moreton says ‘This vessel is installed to act as a dwelling presence reverberating in a resting place.’ Installation artist Kate Harding is interested in contemporary spirituality and community. Harding uses camera obscura and traditional imagery. Harding says ‘The role of the artist in contemporary culture has become a focus for me, interrogating the subjective in relation to the objective, with a series of "ICON" installations.’ Dave Dixon’s installation consists of books and dust or other powders. Uncertainty, impermanence and the active role of subjectivity are at the centre of Dixon’s enquiry. Dixon uses books in a sculptural way, emphasising their phenomenological aspects. However, Dixon says ‘The book is also a mental trigger for various associations.’ Yonat Nitzan-Green’s paintings are informed by her kibbutz background and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. It was the Palestinian writer Yahya Yakhlif’s book entitled A Lake Beyond The Wind (2003) which sets her on this personal-political investigation. Moreton’s work which conveys an interest in the ‘passages of human presence’ dialogues with Dixon’s installation, informed by impermanence sensibility. Harding’s inquiry of cultural identity and Nitzan-Green’s deconstruction of her own Israeli culture create a curious and stimulating juxtaposition. The artists, through their works, voice the psycho-political atmosphere of their time. This is not one, but many voices, informed by the artists’ own subjectivities. " The exhibition opens daily from 10-6, Saturday 10-4 and Sunday 12-4.