Buzz or Howl collaboration with Alastair Frazer.

Shelf containing documention folders of previous events at the Woodmill and publications containing work by some of the studio artists.

On the occasion of Buzz or Howl, an exhibition at the Woodmill (10^th September 2010 – 26^th September 2010) curated by Alastair Frazer, the P.A.S.T. Projects Library and Archive will be exhibiting a new collaboration developed by Frazer and P.A.S.T. Projects. The library will host archive material and documentation from the two groups exhibiting as a part of Buzz or Howl. The exhibition will showcase work by two assembled groups whose work is connected by fluid associations with each other, established by collaboration, interaction and social connections. After the exhibition the material on display will then be made accessible within the library space to the Woodmill community and visitors.

Buzz or Howl at The Woodmill | Starts Friday 10th September 7-10pm

The Woodmill presents ‘Buzz or Howl’- an exhibition that peers into production emerging from a collective energy. Revealed is the work of two invited groups, who find alchemy and narrative through a strange social chemistry.

85A Collective will realise a new installation that provides intoxicant glimpses into other worlds and fictions- a portal into a darkened chasm of experience, with echoes of German Expressionism and Dada. As a cooperative group of Glasgow based artists, they come together around a shared vision of transgressive theatricality and cinematic brooding. Their exploration and ‘sideways’ approach to Industry is found through a distinct immersion in kinetic/ action sculpture, painting and performance.

Simultaneously, the Hangar Space will provide a scene for Ben Burgis and circle of associate London artists, purposefully summoned around his large revolving stage. With the milking-machine engine powering the installation’s centrepiece, the invited artists will convene together in the space with sculptural works, an evocation of characters, both loving and irreverent.

Through the relationships of the 18 artists in ‘Buzz or Howl’ are found elevatory moments of shared experience, confluences of interest and common desire, that explores a further source of purpose lurking behind individual artistic practice.

The opening night (10th September) will see live performances from both groups- 7pm onward.

There will also be a special discussion event taking place on Saturday 25th October.

Exhibition curated by Alastair Frazer.

The Woodmill

Neckinger

Bermondsey

London

SE16 3QN

www.woodmill.org

info@woodmill.org

Opening times: Thursday - Sunday / 12 – 6pm

Tube: Bermondsey, London Bridge

Bus: 1, 42, 78, 188, C10

Supported by ACAVA

In Summer’s Heat

Ovid

In summer's heat and, mid-time of the day,

To rest my limbs, upon a bed I lay;

One window shut, the other open stood,

Which gave such light as twinkles in a wood,

Like twilight glimpse at setting of the sun,

Or night being past, and yet not day begun;

Such light to shamefaced maidens must be shown

Where they may sport, and seem to be unknown:

Then came Corinna in a long, loose gown,

Her white neck hid with tresses hanging down,

Resembling fair Semiramis going to bed,

Or Lais of a thousand wooers sped.

I snatched her gown being thin, the harm was small,

Yet strived she to be covered therewithal,

And striving thus as one that would be chast,

Betrayed herself, and yielded at the last.

Stark naked as she stood before mine eye,

Not one wen in her body could I spy.

What arms and shoulders did I touch and see,

How apt her breasts were to be pressed by me,

How smooth a belly under her waist saw I,

How large a leg, and what a lusty thigh.

To leave the rest, all liked me passing well;

I clinged her naked body, down she fell:

Judge you the rest, being tired she bade me kiss;

Jove send me more such afternoons as this!

SUMMER DAZE HEAT HAZE

Heat Haze | 7th – 28th August 2010 | Summer Events

For August, The Woodmill presents Heat Haze, a month-long series of events designed to take place throughout the many diverse spaces of the complex. Rather than fall into a summer stupor, Heat Haze focuses on utilizing the Woodmill building’s outdoor areas with a programme of playful and unusual activities for the public to experience and enjoy at their leisure.

The opening weekend (07.08.10) features the launch of a specially commissioned outdoor cinema by Giles Round, which will commence the screening programme. The following afternoon (08.08.10) will see the first Sound Seminar presentation from invited guest Jon Wozencroft (Touch Records/ Royal College of Art). Later in the month (21.08.10) there is a presentation of radical sound artists. Heat Haze concludes with an Americana Bonanza (28.08.10) where the Woodmill plays host to a Muscle Car meet, Shooting Ranch, Tropical Cake Boutique, Comic Book workshop, Rockabilly, Cartoons, Hog roast and more...

Heat Haze Programme:

Reading A Wave Book Selection.

Tender Buttons by Gertrude Stein

Mr Palomar by Italo Calvino

Cinema 1 by Gilles Deleuze

Bauhaus by Frank Whitford

And all the submissions for the collaboration with Elena Bajo are all filed away within the archive.

Reading A Wave: 23.06.2010 – 25.07.2010

Private View
23rd June 18:00-21:00

George Barber
Laura Buckley, Dave Maclean & Haroon Mirza
Tony Hill
Torsten Lauschmann
LoVid
Laszlo Moholy-Nagy
Annabel Nicolson
Lis Rhodes


Reading a Wave brings together a selection of works that consider the physical nature of film. It looks at the way that artists have addressed film as a sculptural proposition; through a formal investigation of its intrinsic properties and as a material embodiment of gestures or actions. The exhibition highlights the moments of performance that are implied by the use of physical process to create the film itself, these are set in relation to pieces that use film and video as a way of sculpting and staging space. By weaving together contemporary work with a selection of more historical explorations of the technologies and techniques of film-making the show articulates an experimental, non-narrative engagement with the moving image that is continuously influential.

Curated by Thom O'Nions & Richard Sides