Brick Wall has become a centre of attention in the Piece Hall. The public sculpture created by Luke Powell and Tom Blaker for the current exhibition at Temporary Art Space has barely been installed a week before vandals “interacted” with the dry stone wall sculpture which is located on the North East lawn in the Piece Hall. Whilst children have been hopping in and out of the 3 holes in Brick Wall and sitting on it chatting, reading books and eating lunch, others decided to dismantle the top layer of the artwork and use it to fill the 3 holes. Creative intervention or thoughtless vandalism?
According to one disgruntled Calderdale resident, Brick Wall is not art and is ruining the lawns. The unnamed woman has reportedly complained to Council officials about the infamous new addition to the Piece Hall. The Council are trying to reassure the complainer that Brick Wall is Temporary.
Everyone knows that all the best ideas for anything, ever, have been jotted down on beer mats first. Always seeking to be topical rather than typical, we want to make a valuable contribution to the endless public debate about our giddy drinking culture. Here is some culture about drinking. Know your limits. It is time to celebrate all that is good about having a tipple. Stuff by artists, stuff by the good people of Halifax.
Opens: Friday 1st May, 5-8pm, bring a beer!
Then: Thursday-Saturday 10am-4pm and Sunday 11am-4pm
Until: Friday 29th May
Temporary Art Space
Units 34-35, The Piece Hall, Halifax, HX1 1RE, UK
+44 (0)7597 395 045
[email protected]
http://www.temporaryartspace.co.uk/
Temporary Art Space is an unfunded, artist-run project with a lifespan of six months, situated in the magnificent Grade 1 listed Piece Hall in Halifax and co-directed by Alice Bradshaw, Bob Milner, Tom Senior, Kevin Boniface & Georgia Boniface.
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Extended deadline for contributions: Friday 24th April 2009 (arrival date not postmark date)
Deliver your beermats to: Temporary Art Space, Units 34-35, The Piece Hall, Halifax, HX1 1RE, UK
Submitted beermats will become part of the Contents May Vary Collection after exhibition unless collection is arranged or return postage is supplied.
Temporary Art Space features in the New Statesman
New Statesman: Business
Windows of opportunity
by William Shaw
Published 02 April 2009
Observations on empty shops
There's a hint of tumbleweed blowing down the nation's high streets. Behind the headline-worthy collapses of Woolworths and MFI are the disappearances of hundreds of smaller shops. By the end of 2009, the analyst Experian predicts, one in six UK shops will have closed down. Not only will the effect on employment be catastrophic, the projected 135,000 vacancies will not be good for the health of town centres – empty shopfronts quickly multiply.
Yet what is grim news for some may prove a bonus for artists.
Read the full article here: http://www.newstatesman.com/business/2009/04/empty…
Changeover 27th March – 3rd April 2009
Kathryn Oubridge's installation/intervention/performance during the Changeover between Temporary Art Show (March 2009) and North (April 2009)
