- Venue
- The Basement
- Starts
- Monday, May 18, 2009
- Ends
- Monday, May 25, 2009
- Address
- 24 Kensington Street Brighton BN1 4AJ
- Location
- South East England
THE BASEMENT AND JUBILEE SQUARE ARE PROUD TO PRESENT VICTORIA MELODY'S "THE DEMOGRAPHIC OF A PIGEON FANCIER"Preview-Tuesday 19th May 6pm-8pmWhat do Northerners think of Southerners? What does Brighton look like when cameras are attached to pigeons? The exhibition will present previously received messages from the public of Cumbria of their opinions of southerners, which were delivered by pigeons to Brighton. Also being exhibited are video portraits of pigeon fanciers, filmed footage of a pigeon’s flight over Brighton in March 2009 and an art installation of the piece ‘Talking Heads’ which plays with dialogue between fanciers. Victoria Melody is an artist who spent 2008 travelling around the UK living with pigeon fanciers, researching stereotypes, Northern-ness, class and Britain's disappearing traditions.Monday 25th May 2009, 9am at Jubilee Square, Jubilee Street, BrightonThe Brighton public were invited to give opinions of Northerners. As a finale, pigeons will be released from Jubilee Square, Brighton to fly back to Cumbria with the messages attached. On their arrival the messages will be catalogued and exhibited as part of the Crab Festival, Cumbria in September 2009 . Victoria Melody is a curator, filmmaker and performer, showcasing Nationally and Internationally including Artsway, New Forest; Centre for Contemporary Art, Russia; Study Gallery, Poole and Arts Claims Impulse Gallery, Berlin. For more information www.victoriamelody.co.uk
