| Hi Everyone, Welcome to our July newsletter |
Busy month starts with the opening of our second installation, Structure, by Angie Atmadjaja and Daksha Patel's Open Studio on 1 July from 5:30pm.
Throughout the month there will be a number of events including a talk by the winners of the John Moores Painting Prize, China, on 7 July. The event is free but booking is essential http://john-moores-painting-prize-artist-talk.eventbrite.com/
Our life-friendly summer of research and experimentation will feature a residency by Yan Preston. To kick-start the initiative we are clearing our storeroom and cupboard for a recycling day. So if you might be able to make use of materials, furniture and tools come along between 7 and 9 July.
We look forward to seeing you!
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Structure
Exhibition by Angie Atmadjaja |
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Preview: Fri 1 July, from 5:30pm
Exhibition continues until Sat 23 July |
| Chinese Arts Centre is pleased to present the first solo exhibition by Angie Atmadjaja.
Our 9-week exhibition period is split to present two different site-specific installations by Angie, Intrinsic and Structure. |
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| Daksha Patel |
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Until 3 July
Open Studio: 1 July |
| Daksha Patel is a Manchester based artist whose work examines the relationship between subjective and medical models of the human body. After a residency at The Christie Hospital, Manchester in 2010, Daksha's recent work has been preoccupied with the notions of mapping, networks and systems that exist both within and beyond the body. |
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| Xinyi Liu |
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Continues until 17 September
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| Xinyi Liu, a recent Masters graduate from Goldsmiths, creates work that focuses on utilising and transforming various forms of political knowledge into new perceptions of seeing the world. |
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| Free Talk and Networking Event |
Winners of John Moores Painting Prize, China
Artists: Zhang Wei, Zhang Zhenxue, Zou Tao, Li Zhouwei |
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Thursday 7 July, 5:30–7pm
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| Chinese Arts Centre is excited to announce we will be having the four winners of the John Moores Painting Prize here visiting galleries and artist studios in the region. |
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| Recycling Day at Chinese Arts Centre |
| Items to view from 7-9 July |
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| We are kicking off it's summer 'Life Friendly Project' with a recycling day. We are clearing out its cupboards, shelves and hidden storage spaces to sell a variety of art materials, old tools and pieces of furniture for local artists and the general public to grab a bargain. |
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Call for Objects for
Everything Must Go |
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| Bring in objects between
5-20 August |
| For our upcoming show, Everything Must Go, we would like members of general public to bring items must be no bigger than a football and have a hard surface. They do not need to be beautiful, but they have to be made in China. We will gratefully take these items off your hands and transform them to gold. |
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Chongqing 501 Artspace Residency Opportunity
Open for Submissions |
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| Deadline: 5pm Saturday 30 July 2011 |
| Chinese Arts Centre is pleased to announce that we are now accepting applications for our Breathe Residency programme |
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| Yan Preston |
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20 July – 6 August
Open Studio / Public Events 5&6 August |
| The Life Friendly Project will see an initial two-week residency develop with Yorkshire based artist Yan Preston. Yan will be working with Chinese Arts Centre staff and Culture Probe to explore how her arts practice impacts both on the environment and her own and other's well being. |
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| Mandarin Speaking Corner |
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Next session on:
Saturday, 30 July 2011 from 1.30pm |
| Join us for the opportunity to meet other learners of Mandarin Chinese. Group activities and free practice followed by a free screening of a mandarin language film, will help build vocabulary and encourage speaking confidence. |
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| Our spacious Jasmine Suite is the perfect place for meetings and presentations. |
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Free Public engagement project Talk @
Manchester Museum |
Thurs 19 July
12.30 - 1.30pm |
| Our Curator, Ying Kwok will be sharing examples of some playful and provoking interactive projects from Chinese artists in the UK and China. Their works encourage the public to touch, participate, or even shape it from the beginning, as to provide an interactive experience of gallery visiting. |
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Events and Talks @ The Chinese Visual Festival 2011, London
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| Until 15 July |
| The Chinese Visual Festival is a twin art festival dedicated to promoting Chinese independent documentary making partnering 10 short documentaries shown at several locations in London |
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Birdhead & Song Dong @
Venice Biennale
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| 4 June - 27 Nov 2011 |
| If you are lucky enough to be going to this year's Venice Biennale look out for the work of Birdhead (who we presented a solo show of in the summer 2009) and Song Dong (who we worked with in 2004). |
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Ai Weiwei @
Lisson Gallery |
| Until 16 July |
| Lisson Gallery is presenting a major survey show of work by Ai Weiwei to be held across both Bell Street spaces, London. The broad selection of key works from the past 6 years was agreed with the artist at the beginning of 2011. |
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Xu Bing @
The British Museum |
| Until 10 July |
| Discover the secrets behind this shadow-and-light box installation by contemporary artist Xu Bing, inspired by a Chinese painting in the Museum’s collection. |
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Entitled @
The Royal Exchange Theatre |
| 7-23 July |
| Quarantine, who we are working with on a project with Arrow Factory, Beijing, will be presenting the premiere of its new production Entitled at The Royal Exchange Theatre this month. |
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| Call for submissions for Household's The Poundshop Project |
| Deadline: 7 July |
| Design collective Household (who previously exhibited with us) and Sara Melin have joined forces to create the ultimate low cost, high quality shopping experience. The Poundshop is a pop up shop that sells quality designer produce at piggy bank friendly prices. |
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| Daniel Staincliffe @ the Forest of Dean |
| 4 July – 22 July |
| Fauna Automata: British Wild Boar is a new project by previous Whisper residency artist Daniel Staincliffe exploring the recent reintroduction of wild boar in the UK, through a residency in the Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire. |
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