UK Young Artists
QUAD Corridors and Digital Screens
Thursday 21st - Sunday 24th October 2010
UK Young Artists is a new national event taking place every two years and QUAD will be hosting the inaugural exhibition as part of the Igniting Ambition 2010 Festival.
UK Young Artists picks the best of the UK's young (aged between 18 and 30) and innovative creative talent and give vital support to these young artists at a critical time in their career. The exhibition will showcase artists using varied art forms from across the country, some of whom will then be selected to represent the UK at the International Biennale of young artists in Morocco 2011.
UK Young Artists is a partnership of Derby University, Nottingham Trent University, De Montfort University and Loughborough University with support from Art Council England.
Artists:
Alicja Dobrucka is a polish born photographer who's work is based around the tragic aftermath of her 15 year old bother's drowning, attesting to the materiality of death, engaging in private moments that the camera has candidly recorded.
Baba Yaga's Consort is a quartet of contemporary musicians and artists working collaboratively to create dense musical soundscapes and epic story songs.
Calum Stewart: Performing on the old simple system Wooden Flute (made in 1933), Calum Stewart has found a unique voice by interpreting traditional music not before played on the Wooden Flute
Giles Bunch's work is a performance in which participants can have a song performed for them on request by a friend or relative who is also present.
Jennifer Ross' work questions what shapes our existence and how we can break free of the constraints of life and to be a free individual by manipulating appropriated materials and found footage to weave together sequences and narratives.
Me and the Machine: 'When We Meet Again' is a wearable film and one-to-one performance, a bizarre sensuous experience displayed on video goggles replacing the participants point of view by... someone else's
Olga Mesmer's piece is constructed from a continuous sequence of photographic still images interspersed with short periods of video exploring the world from the point of view of a moth.
Sam Spreckley: 'Thought Studies' is a collection of works which explore themes ranging from the natural and manmade worlds, the human form, surface and an exploration of the relationships between sound and vision.
Steven Poxson creates alluringly decorative images using high resolution scans of objects preserving a density of detail that is beyond the limits of the human eye.
Tether's new video work draws comparisons between the recent financial crisis and Hollywood thrillers.
Andrew Jamison A poet who cites his birthplace; Northern Ireland, as the one major influence on his poetry, inspired by turns of phrase and the vernacular that has surrounded the poet all his life.
Events:
Giles Bunch It's Not A Better Song, It's Just A Different Song 22 - 24 October 1pm - 2pm
Baba Yaga's Consort Friday 22 October 7pm - 8pm
Me and the Machine Sunday 24 October 2pm - 4pm
Having been screened around the world, Hetain Patel's rhythmic video piece 'Kanku Raga' returns to the East Midlands for the launch event of UK Young Artists Biennial on 21st October 2010 which will be screened on BBC Big Screen.
Click here to download a pdf with more information about the UK Young Artists
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