From Leeds Student, 12 October 2011:
Next to Nothing: An Exhibition on the Price of Nothing and the Value of Everything
“Interested in a ‘Diploma in Artwank’? Or just looking for something anti-commercial? The latest exhibition by Black Dogs, as part of Art in Unusual Spaces, has everything to rival Damien Hirst’s exhibition (without selling out or pickling livestock).
“The focus of ‘Next to Nothing’ is the changing value of money, time and art. It questions the real value of these things, whilst removing the ‘pretentious atmosphere’ between the public and the art industry. Situated at the top floor of The Light shopping centre, the irony of this anti-commercial exhibition is not lost; clever and subversive works play with the idea of value, showing that just about everything, including our own time, can be bought and sold. The range of media is brilliant; from letterpress, lighting, paint and even J-cloth, bringing interest to the otherwise bare, concrete-lined space of a disused shopping unit. The witty and ingenious works of ‘Next to Nothing’ include a display of two $100 bills printed onto two bleached $5 bills, contrasted with a vase full of origami roses made out of the Financial Times.
“It’s not essential to be an art buff or an anarchist to enjoy this exhibition. There’s something for everyone; including a maze of cress, a chance to sign up to The University of Incidental Knowledge and a display of cheap supermarket goods so cunning they actually look edible. Black Dogs prides its art on being accessible and relevant to people’s lives, and succeeds; resonating especially with the current financial catastrophe. This hands-on and friendly exhibition has a relaxed and unpretentious vibe. Some of the pieces are difficult to understand, as none of the work is titled, but the artists are very engaging and helpful. Well worth taking a break from some capitalist spending for!”
Rating 4/5
http://www.leedsstudent.org/2011-10-05/ls2/arts/ne…
University of Incidental Knowledge students will be compiling a quiz for This Is Not A School participants from their collective incidental knowledge.
Friday 28th October 2011, 3-4pm
Five Years
Unit 66
Regent Studios
8 Andrews Road
London E8 4QN
http://www.fiveyears.org.uk/thisisnotaschool.html
Full Programme: http://universityincidentalknowledge.files.wordpre…
Students enrolled on 2011/12 Courses:
1101 Corinna Spencer
1102 Eleanor Snare
1103 Jean McEwan
1104 Mrs. Nugent KOSCIELNY
1105 Jasna Nikolic
1106 Golau Glau
1107 Tony Martin
1108 Heather Matthew
1109 Sarah Ellen Macdonald
1110 Ann-Marie Fiddy
1111 Tiff Parker-Smith
1112 Sim Gishel
1113 Kai West
1114 Doug Bowen
1115 Wendy Denman
1116 Terry Slater
1117 Neil Owen
1118 Steven Allbutt
1119 Alex Lamb
1120 Emma Bolland
1121 The YMA Collective
1122 Emma Sykes
1123 Matt Bradshaw
1124 Ellie
1125 Elliott Ward
1126 Richard Miles
1127
1128 Emi Neilson
1129 Kirsty Ware
1130 Graham Head
1131 Helen Pheby
1132 Adam Young
1133 Adam Denton
1134 Kelly Sames
1135 Alexandre Nodopaka
1136 Faye Scott-Farrington
1137 Khelfa Sahel Imad
1138 Rachael Gittins
1139 Grace Bennett
1140 Rachel Lois Clapham
1141 Hazel Smoczynska
1142 Kathryn Oubridge
1143 Fatemeh (Fate) Malek
1144 Christine Hinchliffe
1145 Lizzi Kijewski
1146 Jade Blood
1147 Henry James
1148 Charlotte Fairhurst
1149 Jane Grisewood
1150 Colin John Ward
1151 Nicholas Clarke
1152 Seamus Carter
1153 Dave Foley
1154 Carolyn Shepherd
1155 Adrian Judt
1156 Alison Kershaw
1157 Sacha Waldron
1158 Tristan Welch
1159 Jesse Darling
1160 Sharon Jemima Crew
1161 Tavienne Bridgwater
1162 Oliver Sharp
1163 Gavin Meagher
1164 Angela Knowles
1165 Mary Rothlisberger
1166 Amelia Beavis-Harrison
1167 Pageant Malarkey
1168 Pete
1169 Strawbleu
1170 gib
PANDEMIC! Sheffield
University of Incidental Knowledge is taking enrollment for 2011/12 courses at PANDEMIC! Sheffield
Saturday 1st October 2011, 12 noon onwards
Bank Street Arts, 32-40 Bank Street, Sheffield, S1 2DS
Performance / Music / Discussion / Planning
Participants include: Antje Hildebradt, Stella Drim, C. Engdahl, Cone, Nick Blackburn, University of Incidental Knowledge, John Ledger, Petals, Anna Mawby…
PANDEMIC!
Pronunciation:/panˈdɛmɪk/
adjective – (of a disease) prevalent over a whole country or the world.
noun – an outbreak of a pandemic disease.
Origin: -mid 17th century: from Greek pandēmos (from pan ‘all’ + dēmos ‘people’) + -ic
http://pandemic2011.blogspot.com/
http://bankstreetarts.com/people/residencies/pande…
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=114506785307…
Thanks to everyone who came to the Next To Nothing preview on 15/09/11 and enrolled on 2011/12 courses. Enrollment runs until 1st October at The Light Leeds, and online also.
