Human Chrysalis - Josephine Dimbleby from Josephine Dimbleby on Vimeo.
Big thanks to Erin, Graeme, Georgia, Maggie, Rachel, Charles, Pete and Ellie for their help on this project.
Keep up with my May residency...
I've been uploading the pictures I've been taking every day. Now I'm working on a fantastic finale for our party on 31st May at 6pm. Come come come along, one and all!
Josephine Dimbleby artist residency - later that day
The view that greeted some well-wishers when they tried to visit the new installation...
Dang wind had given my chrysalises a rough introduction to the outdoors. When I got there they was only a single strand of tape between them and oblivion.
Though I do wonder who would have found them if they had blown away... and what they could have imagined.
Also gets me in the mood for a tape person kite. I'm due to be taping a very pregnant friend of mine in the next few weeks. She'd make an awesome balloon.
Josephine Dimbleby, artist in residence for May
The sculptures of Coachwerks artist-in-residence Josephine Dimbleby will be taking over the front area outside 19 Hollingdean Terrace for the duration of the May festival. Every day, you’ll find her scouring the streets, harvesting discarded rubbish from the pavements and roads to use in transforming her ‘human chrysalises’.
Josephine is keen to teach others the simple techniques she uses to make her sculptures. (Please note – under-14s are welcome to join the workshops, but must be accompanied and supervised by an adult.)
Suggested donation: £3
Suggested donation: £3
Artist in Residence in August : yol
yol's with us for a week. Here's a slideshow of a text piece he created about town.
Overdown Rise : New Works by Matthew Cowan
You are invited to the opening of our July artist in residence Matthew Cowan on Wednesday 28.07 at 6pm. Please feel free to bring a folk recording on vinyl with you.
Matthew Cowan Residency, July 2010
Matthew Cowan's work to date emerges from the rich folk traditions of Britain and Europe, playing with the humour and ritual of folk celebration and performance, and drawing on visions of the topsy turvy medieval world of Cockaigne. Recent work has tapped into the wonder of evolving ancient traditions existing in contemporary society, and an English sense of unease and joy when confronted with homegrown indigenous culture.
Private View on Wednesday 28 July 6-8pm
New Sculpture and Performance work produced during the residency at Coachwerks.
Originally from New Zealand, for 2009 Matthew Cowan was the first artist in residence at Cecil Sharp House, the headquarters of the English Folk Dance and Song Society.
www.matthewcowan.net
Private View on Wednesday 28 July 6-8pm
New Sculpture and Performance work produced during the residency at Coachwerks.
Originally from New Zealand, for 2009 Matthew Cowan was the first artist in residence at Cecil Sharp House, the headquarters of the English Folk Dance and Song Society.
www.matthewcowan.net
Artist in Residence Debbie Bower presents:
An open film screening, tonight - bring your films along... from 7:30pm
22.03.10 - 28.03.10 Shane Irwin: Sense of Wonder
Paintings Exhibition
CW Artist in Residence
Shane Irwin will be on site creating new work whilst exhibiting a collection of past work. This free event is open to the public from 10am to 5pm with a special open evening on the 22nd March from 7pm.
All welcome.
FREE
25.02.10 Star & Shadow presents a film night of DIY, amateur/ experimental/ art films!
The Star & Shadow are a volunteer ran cinema based in Newcastle upon Tyne built by volunteers. We are really excited that one of the key members Debbie Bower is coming along to do a residency here and will be programming a night of rare treats of DIY, amateur/ experimental/ art films made by Film Bee (a northeast based film making & film fanatic group), Star and Shadow darkroom and by Star and Shadow Cinema volunteers. From digital to homemade, self processed film footages. Come and be inspired or pick up a camera and bring something along! The second half of this evening will be an open submission to anyone who brings along a film that they have made or have helped make, to be screened. Anything goes - as long as it’s less than 10 minutes long!
Also drop in to help Debs during her residency to participate in writing for her Star & Shadow soap opera, which starting point is a load of dead film directors hanging out at the cinema…
Debbie's Residency - 22nd -28th February
Film night - Thurs 7.30pm 25 Feb, £3
A.J's New Website
AJ, from Quebec developed a new web based project during her stay at Coachwerks
"Love Graffiti"
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"Love Graffiti"
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Artist in Residence A.J from Quebec City "Le plaisir de faire"
I came across Coachwerks a year ago via the great World Wide Web, sitting at home, 5000km from Brighton. I was looking for a place to travel to and create, exchange & meet simple, creative, open-minded individuals.
After reading CW's blog, I was seduced. The anti-clique logo made any doubt vanish.
I contacted Graeme and in January, decided to go have a look at that idyllic work-in-progress project and help out if I could. Upon arrival, beyond the dust, the stacked drywall sheets & the cold, the beauty & the potential of the place was overwhelming. After -humbly- helping out David building his darkroom, I went back home, knocked on wood and made the wish to have the chance to come back and collaborate on a creative project.
Graeme & I kept in touch.
Months passed.
I was meant to spend autumn in England and wanted to find an artist residency to work on my Love Graffiti project, an image bank of love graffiti I hunt wherever I go, aiming to trace down the authors and discover what happened to the stories behind those indelible signs of love.
Knocking on wood worked: Graeme had an openning in CW's schedule.
I would be Coachwerks' first visual artist in residence, an honor!
And so last month, I find myself fiddling with Graeme's patented lock device and pushing the gate at 19 Hollingdean terrace once again.
As I ask for him, i'm told he's on the roof. I smile.
And it's yet another warm welcome. I feel at home.
Between my Love Graffiti hunting sessions all around town, I had the tremendous chance to share the day-to-day life with CW staff and took in every single moment spent with them, getting to know devoted artists and participating in events, in the making of Coachwerks.
Between sharing a bowl of warm home-made soup together, plastering and baking cookies for Maggie's upcoming community caf, I got more out of my experience at CW then I could have ever dreamed of, along with new friendships and a new sense of me as an artist, to an extent that is difficult to translate into words but that sits deep in my heart, gently rocks & keeps me warm.
On the flight back home, I was going through a booklet Maggie & Graeme produced a few years back for their Bookville project.
Like a bold centerfold, red & blue letters spell out this motto: Stop thinking, start doing.
It seems to me this was the genesis of CW, a place where exploration is a prerequisite, where learning is not only encouraged but praised and where wrong ideas don't exist. Places like these are rare and ought to be cherished and supported. They allow freedom within oneself.
Stop thinking, start doing.
The note is pinned to my wall.
I read it every morning, a reminder of constant creativity, of an unforgettable artist residency and of a place to go back to.
Anne-Julie AjZ Vallée
Québec city, Québec, Canada
