Morphic Resonance *

A project in Collaboration with theartmarket & PSL (Project Space Leeds).
www.projectspaceleeds.org.uk

Rachel Lancaster / Ant Macari No Fixed Abode / Nous Vous David Steans and Hardeep Pandhal / Rebecca Chesney
Robina Llewellyn and Elaine Speight (Pest Publications) Richard Rigg / Silver Mawson (Rhiannon Silver & Joe Mawson) Daniel Simpkins and Penny Whitehead (The Royal Standard)

Private view 12 May, 6-8pm

* The term ‘Morphic Resonance’ describes ‘the basis of memory in nature… the idea of mysterious telepathy-like interconnectionsbetween organisms and ofcollective memories within species’
- Rupert Sheldrake 1981.

An experimental project for PSL by artists and artist collectives nominated by artist-led spaces from across the North of England. For the first 6 weeks the artists will be working at PSL using it as an extended studio space moving towards an exhibition from 13 May. Co-curated by Zoe Sawyer of theartmarket, the project examines the urge among artists to control the dissemination and production of art. PSL is open to the public throughout.

25 March - 27 June 2009
Wed-Sat 12-5pm
or by appointment
Free entry

PSL [Project Space Leeds]
Whitehall Waterfront,
2 Riverside Way, Leeds LS1 4EH
+44 (0)7930 236383

'Eclections' 20.11.08 - 28.11.08
Show Opening 19.11.08

20 Artists
1 Collection

A two-part project creating an eclectic inter-artist collection shared between
20 new artists and artists’ collectives with a single edition made for the public.

Curated and conceived by Zoë Sawyer
with Jay Cover & Sarah Barrett

ART COLLECTION SHARE AND SHOW

The featured emerging artists have been commissioned to create 20 pieces of artwork, 19 of which have been made to be shared evenly among the other artists creating an individual collection for each participating artist in an art exchange. The remaining edition from each of the artists collection of 20 will be placed on display in the kunstfreund gallery on sale to the public for 1 week .

The selected artists form a collection of creatives, hailing from various fields of practice, encouraged to simply explore their own practice and submit appropriate responses to the concept, depending on that personal practice.

The ‘Eclection’ on show is made up of multiples , limited edition collections, variations of works on the same theme, individual originals, mechanical facsimiles and handmade duplicates : an eclectic mix of contemporary print, drawing, sculpture, performance, video and conceptual art.

AMELIA CROUCH

‘Places to see before you die’

‘Places to see before you die’ is a set of 8 postcards referring to popular tourist destinations and landmarks. Rather than showing the landmark itself each postcard displays text conveying the distractions felt by a fictional visitor.

Collecting postcards of iconic locations is almost like ‘collecting’ the locations themselves, ticking them off a list of places one should visit. Yet when visiting landmarks it’s easy to be distracted by concerns from one’s own life thus feeling like you’re not able to achieve the right level of reverence or appreciation for the site.

www.ameliacrouch.com

ALEX FARRAR

'RESIDENCY'

CONWAY & YOUNG

‘I KNOW ONE OTHER PERSON IN THIS TOWN’

We moved ato Leeds from Bristol 60 days ago. No one knows us here and we don’t know anybody ‘I know one other person in this town’ is a response to leaving somewhere and something you know well and moving to somewhere you don’t know at all to do something new. Questions are in important to our work but questions have become more important since we arrived. Our questions are for visitors to the show, the other artists, the city and our selves, it is hoped other people’s answers will make the piece and eventually obliterate our questions.The other artists in the show are invited to have dinner with us on the 5th of December, where they can ask questions of us. If anyone buys’s the poster they are also invited on the 5th December.

We are happy to be here
www.conwayandyoung.com

DAVID STEANS

My Fellow Artists:

Some of us have given pieces of our soul; some of us have taken pieces from those of nineteen others. Some of us may as well have not risen out of their beds in the morning. Whatever our differences, we have all lost something, for those who receive are also reduced here. Those who give are doubly cursed. It is a cause of great suffering to me that I must number myself amongst those latter unfortunates. So, I implore you: having accepted my tainted offering, take a sharp object - an etched nail perhaps? - and pin it to your chest. Make sure the nail plunges deep into your greedy heart. Has your organ’s pointless tattoo ceased? Are you dead? If you are to take your own life as a result of your participation in this exhibition, I recommend you take comfort in the knowledge that you’ve recently received a fetching death shroud. Tailored to fit your still-wet bones, your funerary clothes are coloured mustard, like those of kings.

EMMY TWIGGE

The invitation to create an edition of twenty arrived twenty days before the opening of the Eclections show. I decided that I would create an artwork on each of those days. The works have manifested as drawings which convey my feelings and thoughts in response to creating work for the show and in reaction to my experience of each day. The 4th of the edition is a conversation between myself and another artist (recorded unbeknownst to that artist) critiquing the work and highlighting my fears and responses to the involvement in Eclections.

GARETH BREW

I want to turn it around or break it to put it back together.

www.garethbrew.com

HAROLD OFFEH

‘GRACEFUL: BEING GRACE JONES £350’

‘Graceful: Being Grace Jones’ is a body of work that examines the image and iconography of the Model, Singer and Actress, Grace Jones. My submission for ECLECTIONS is in 2 parts: firstly i will submit a multiple of 20 small photos approx 20 x 20 cm the photo (an example of which is attached) that shows my attempt to re-create Grace Jones’ Island Life album cover.

HARRY MEADLEY

Before [before]
Brass nail, Swarovski crystal, hypo-cement
2.5mm x 25.5mm

edition of 20 [+ artist proof]

An exclusive edition encompassing several aesthetic and conceptual signatures of the artist from his early works to present.

IONA SMITH

‘Eclections’ Nightwear

Run of twenty sets of cotton and felt nightwear, inspired by designs of Varvara Stepanova and theartmarket/kunstfreund graphics.

Twenty participants are requested to wear the outfits for the nocturnal duration of the exhibition, being made aware of group activity but experiencing it alone.

The design plays with visual references that identify the group’s affiliation; a remaining outfit for public sale gives another layer to the group experience adding a group member outside of the exhibition’s participating artists.

JON OWEN

www.jonowen.co.uk
www.myspace..com/jonshand

NICOLA BELL

‘Untitled’ (1-20) £8

www.nicolarbell.co.uk

SAM GIEBEN

‘Isolation’ £2

A bit of personal illustration work produced especially for Eclections.

samgieben@googlemail.com