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4th October 2020 by Press Officer

Multi-sensory Geometric Sculpture Installations by Tony Spencer

Artist and sound therapist Tony Spencer has created an extraordinary opportunity for people with neurodiverse experiences and disabilities to engage with art through the combined senses of sight and sound. Spencer, an artist with dyslexia, has been awarded Arts Council England funding to create unique sculptures made from reclaimed pallet wood and based on the […]

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2nd October 2020 by Press Officer Leave a Comment

Artist James Aldridge and Andover Trees United champion ‘art in environmental education’

Artist James Aldridge and his project partners Andover Trees United and Chapel Arts Studios are proud to announce an exhibition of artworks showcasing the latest 6 Flowers 6 Trees project: Ash Tree Stream. Andover Trees United is a local environmental education and conservation charity. Their ‘6 Trees and 6 Flowers’ work aims for all children […]

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10th September 2020 by Tom Mansfield Leave a Comment

Our journey to the stratosphere with Andover Space Programme

A blog post by Tom Mansfield Well, that was epic. It’s now two days after the flight of Spayce McSpaceFace and I’m still feeling my heart pumping adrenalin! I’m delighted to be able to say that we had a completely successful flight, launching from Andover just inside our permitted time, and landing near West Horsley […]

Filed Under: Andover Space Program, CAS Projects, CAS:AIR

8th September 2020 by Tom Mansfield Leave a Comment

It’s launch day for Andover Space Programme

Well, here we go! It’s Tuesday morning, the 8th September, and we’re finally ready to launch Andover’s first spacecraft, Spayce McSpaceFace. The capsule’s been built, we’ve got gallons of helium, the GPS system is finally working, and we’ve installed a USB stick full of people’s hopes and memories of Andover on the inside. We’ve prepared […]

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5th September 2020 by siteadmin Leave a Comment

The nail-biting truth of predicting a flight path

(As it happened) with pictures! Strong winds at high altitudes mean that we have had to cancel Sunday’s flight. We (Andover Space Programme) will still be LIVE on the a-Fest livestream, tomorrow at 11.20am Tune in here on Sunday 6th September to enjoy an interview with Andover Space Programme Flight Director Tom Mansfield. For now, […]

Filed Under: Andover Space Program, CAS:AIR, Events, News

3rd September 2020 by Tom Mansfield Leave a Comment

The countdown begins!

After almost a year of planning and dreaming, we’re all set to finally launch the Andover Space Programme’s spacecraft, Spayce McSpaceFace, this Sunday around 11.20am. I’ve spent this morning testing a new GPS system to go on board the ship, so that hopefully we’ll be able to find it when it falls back to Earth! […]

Filed Under: Andover Space Program, CAS:AIR, Events, News

3rd September 2020 by Tom Mansfield Leave a Comment

Andover Space Programme; the balloon game from Upstart Theatre

Join in with the fun, innocence and adventure of flight ‘One Red Balloon’ a game for Andover Space Programme by Tom Mansfield, Upstart Theatre When we were first planning the Andover Space Programme launch last year, it felt exciting. Launching a balloon full of people’s memories and hopes, and sending it to the edge of […]

Filed Under: Andover Space Program, CAS:AIR, News

19th August 2020 by Press Officer Leave a Comment

CAS:AIR Space is partnering with Andover youth festival A-Fest to launch spacecraft

Andover Space Programme is an idea devised by Tom Mansfield for Chapel Arts Studios who offered him a 2019 Artist In Residence project ‘CAS:AIR There’s a Bigger Picture Out There’. CAS:AIR is an annually repeating programme focused on engaging local people in the arts. Mansfield worked with Andover Young Carers and the Picket Twenty Fillies […]

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17th August 2020 by siteadmin Leave a Comment

Yes, It’s F**king Political

by Amanda Bates (for CAS Research Group; Drawing Languages for Dissent, August 2020) This is a song by the British rock band Skunk Ansansie. It was the first song on their debut album, released in 1996. As such, it was evidently intended as a statement: Yes it’s fucking politicalEverything’s politicalYes it’s fucking satiricalEverything’s satirical Do […]

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17th August 2020 by siteadmin Leave a Comment

Dissent Origins?

From Puritanism to Dissent 1660 – 1700 by Anne Hitchcock for CAS Research Group 2020; Drawing Languages for Dissent I have struggled with the term ‘dissent’. It has felt to me that it connotes so much more than just disagreement. In researching the word I found the following passage by John Spurr: What happened to English […]

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25th July 2020 by Press Officer Leave a Comment

Dates announced for long-awaited Andover themed art exhibition

CAS Curator Susan Francis is pleased to invite you to enjoy the culmination of CAS:AIR Themes of Life from 27 September. A repeating, annual, community programme focused on involving Andover people in the arts, the CAS:AIR project this year saw Scottish artist John McDonald lead a group of local artists to explore the social history […]

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7th July 2020 by siteadmin Leave a Comment

Amanda Bates on different forms of carbon in art and science

CAS Research and Drawing Group 2020; Drawing languages for Dissent Session 5; reading Miriam Cahn I was thinking about Cahn’s softer lines and the indeterminate gender of some of her figures. I tried to draw a figure that was neither male nor female and I used (blue) soluble graphite* and splashed it with water and […]

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30th June 2020 by Maija Leave a Comment

Peripheral thinking workshop in pictures; don’t defend the centre

CAS Research Group; Drawing Languages for DissentMonday 1 June 2020 Live Session Notes: Mathematics and circles – WJ “There is value in the ramble” ML “Are we aware of the moments of resisting coherency?” YNG “A clear idea of what I’m doing makes me get stuck” YNG ML intention – notice how the two aspects […]

Filed Under: drawinggroup2020 Tagged With: dialogue, diffractive methodology, reflecting on practice

16th June 2020 by Maija Leave a Comment

Garage Party; a gathering of artists

On Thursday 11 June, artists who have been showing work in the contemporary HOUSEBOUND exhibition on Instagram gathered online for a garage party. Hosted by CAS Engagement Manager, Maija Liepins, the party was an opportunity to meet, and discuss the exhibition as a group (replay available below). After five weeks, the HOUSEBOUND exhibition has reached […]

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13th June 2020 by siteadmin Leave a Comment

References to dissent and language in a redraw of folklore

To: CAS Research Group chat, Drawing languages for Dissent [09:48, 6/13/2020] Amanda Bates writes: Interesting (?) snippet from a novel: “Baba Yaga is a ‘dissident‘, beyond the pale, isolated, a spinster, an old fright, a loser. She has never married, and, apparently has no friends. If she ever had any lovers, their names are not […]

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