- Venue
- The Rea Garden
- Starts
- Monday, June 1, 2009
- Ends
- Sunday, September 6, 2009
- Address
- Floodgate Street, Digbeth
- Location
- West Midlands
[insertspace] is proud to present Project Pigeon by Alex Lockett and Ian England. Throughout the summer, Lockett & England will be keeping pigeons at The Rea Garden. A number of events will take place at the pigeon loft between June and September, with regular pigeon liberations happening in locations around the country. Loft Open Days Sundays, 11am-3pm, throughout June, July, August and September. Pictorial Thurs-Sun, 1-6pm, 27 August-6 September 2009. Opening night 6.30pm, 27 August. An exhibition featuring work by Lisa Cheung, Tom Dale, Ole Hagen, Ming de Nasty, Lindsey Seers, and Simon Woolham. Lockett and England will take their pigeons to the artists, who will insert specially made artworks in the pigeon’s message carriers. Each artist will be left with instructions explaining how to look after the birds, attach the artwork, and given a release time. Back in Digbeth, the audience will watch the exhibition being constructed as each pigeon returns to the loft. Talk & film screening 7pm, Saturday 5 September 2009. To close the exhibition Lockett, England and a pigeon fancier (tbc) from Aston & District Flying Club will talk about the project, followed by a screening of short pigeon-related films. Please visit www.flickr.com/photos/pigeonproject/ for images of the project as it develops.
