THE QUEEN OF HUNGARY PROJECT SPACE

Following on from Victoria Mitchell’s talk on the relationships between text and textiles, we have a some members of a textile group in residence this week, rain or shine. This is some information about them:

Seamless – ethos

Keen to push the boundaries of ‘Textile’, the Seamless Textile Group was established by MA Textile Culture graduates in order to further their practise, both individually and in collaboration. Whilst studying together at Norwich University College of the Arts they developed a critical framework that informs their ongoing personal development, on a national and international platform. They use textiles in their broadest sense; from video and sound to printmaking and digital imagery as a platform to explore and communicate concepts that reflect their individual passions. Originating from a wealth of different textile specialisms, the Seamless Textile Group brings a refreshing look at the past, present and future of the question of ‘Textile’.

Residency

Four members of the Seamless Group will participate in the residency at Queen of Hungary Project Space: Sue Foster, Stephanie Potts, Cathy Rumsey and Mary Ward. This residency is an opportunity for us to spend a period of concentrated and focused time on both making and critical discussion. We will explore the common threads in our work and collaborative working, and how we each pursue and move forward our individual art practice. We will sound out ideas in a supportive environment, we will experiment, play and enjoy. On Tuesday morning artist Polly Binns will join us as a mentor to ‘bring words to what we have got’ through group crits and discussion.
As a result of the residency we expect to feel that we have a moved on with our art practice, feeling stimulated, reinvigorated and positive with a clearer understanding of how we continue to develop and progress in the future.

http://seamlesstextiles.wordpress.com

Preparing for the Victoria Mitchell talk this Thursday, I realised that my Macbook is no longer compatible with the existing projector leads. Momentary panic followed by more than one hour (less than 3) sourcing the right kind of connectivity. It arrived, impressively, the next day and the two ends seem to fit. Breathe out.

Dominique Rey

Here’s an interesting dilemma: we’ve been approached by an artist who would like to block book the Project Space – a semi-permanent residency in other words.

The considerations are:

1. That would pay for a portion of the rent for the space, so we would not be always out of pocket.

2. That would affect our flexibility to allow other, diverse artists to use the space, in effect, impacting on what we have built up over the last year.

What shall we decide?

Dominique Rey

Judith Stewart Residency Part II

The residency is turning into a space to clear my head. I’ve been working through the unused film footage that I wanted resolved and have completed 3 new/old works. Had a really useful discussion with Barbara Howey & Molly Thompson on Thursday which reminded me that not everything has to connect in a logical and overt manner (this may be blindingly obvious but I get caught up in the need to make sense of things and to rationalise what I’m doing and thinking). Sometimes you have to trust what you’re seeing even if you don’t know what it is (or don’t want to articulate it). The emphasis on video has meant that the space is filled up with my various old technologies and looks less comprehensive than in June but it’s proving useful to edit whilst companion pieces are playing around me. Today I’m going to finish the editing of these works and tomorrow will document them once it’s dark enough fro the videos to show in the space.

Judith Stewart