Events: art writing, experimental animation and cosmic depression

Robert Fitzmaurice: The Peace Which Passes All Understanding
An exhibition that explores the varying contemporary interpretations and attitudes towards peace by Reading-based painter Robert Fitzmaurice. This is the artist’s first solo exhibition since 2013 and includes a series of large paintings on aluminium, alongside smaller works in a range of media.
6-16 December 2016, OpenHand OpenSpace, Brock Keep, 571 Oxford Road, Reading.
www.a-n.co.uk/events/solo-exhibition-the-peace-which-passes-all-understanding

Art Writing Now: The Hestercombe Assembly
The Art Writers Group launches its 2017 Art Writing Programme with an afternoon symposium at the scenically located Hestercombe House that will bring together authors, editors and curators to explore art writing today. Speakers include Tom Jeffreys, Lizzie Lloyd, Greg Neale, Phil Owen, Mary Paterson and Patrick Langley.
Wednesday 7 December 2016, Hestercombe House, Cheddon Fitzpaine, Somerset.
www.a-n.co.uk/events/art-writing-now-the-hestercombe-assembly

Omsk Social Club Feat. PUNK IS DADA: Critical Perspectives
Teesside University Fine Art’s ‘Critical Perspectives’ lecture programme is open to the public and this week’s speaker is Omsk Social Club Feat. PUNK IS DADA, an artist who lives and works in Berlin. She will discuss her recent works including the concept of ‘cosmic depression’, which is a ‘theory of depression caused by digital utopia’.
Tuesday 6 December 2016, Teesside University, Constantine Lecture Theatre, Middlesbrough.
www.a-n.co.uk/events/penny-rafferty-critical-perspectives

Edge of Frame Weekend: journeys into experimental animation
The history of experimental animation and its contemporary context is brought to the fore in this intensive weekend of screenings that present a diverse range of new and seminal animations, alongside a programme of talks. Curated by Edge of Frame and Animate Projects, this is a chance to revisit works by Stan Brakhage and Margaret Tait or take in recent films by Jonathan Gillie, Peter Millard and Lilli Carré.
9-11 December 2016, Whitechapel Gallery, Close-Up Film Centre, London.
https://www.a-n.co.uk/events/edge-of-frame-weekend-journeys-into-experimental-animation

Helen Dennis | the […] space
A video portrait of Swansea Bay, constructed from footage gathered by Helen Dennis during a series of early morning walks along the Swansea seafront that she undertook during a month-long stay in the city earlier this year. A consideration of time, nature and man-made imprints, the piece explores the shifts in mood of this environment, contrasting rugged nature with man-made geometry.
Until 8 January 2017, Mission Gallery, Gloucester Place, Maritime Quarter, Swansea.
www.a-n.co.uk/events/helen-dennis-the-space

All of the above are taken from a-n’s Events listings section, featuring events posted by a-n’s members

Images
1. Robert Fitzmaurice, Version control, 2016
2. Omsk Social Club Feat PUNK IS DADA, Inform_Exform_Reform Matter Sample, Various sites, 2016
3. Helen Dennis, Swansea Bay, 2016

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