Artists Involved
Round House
Chris Park - an artist, tutor and musician, working with traditional craft and performance
Chris will build a round house at Compton Verney using locally sourced natural materials - earth, clay, hay, reeds, manure, timber, cordage and incorporate some experimental archaeology.
When: Between 16 June & 6 July
Where: Compton Verney
The round house will stay on the site till the end of August 2007.
Greenprint
Creative design consultation for Highbury Horticulture
Dan Burwood - a photographic artist with a strong interest in sustainability
Dan will consult with Fox Hollies School students about what a natural building might be like and use photography to document the process. There will be a focus on the school’s nascent horticulture space, developing visual and verbal reponses to questions about what students would like a building there to be like, and how it might make them feel.
When: 15th June – 24th June
Where: Fox Hollies School, Birmingham
Shelter
Graham Peet – a photographic artist
Graham will create a finished photographic exhibition for Acton Scott in one day! The photography will document shelter and its many ingenious forms, from the home to garden netting and nesting boxes.
Visitors to the farm will be invited to collaborate on the exhibition. Visitors will be assisted to use a professional digital camera themselves to take more images and receive a free print, these new images will become candidates for inclusion in the finished exhibition.
When: 16th June - workshops
Where: Acton Scot
The exhibition is to run at Acton Scot during the rest of Architecture Week 16-24th June 2007
Shanty Town
Matt Hawthorn’s practice explores action and environment, moving between art, architecture, performance, video and new media.
Matt proposes to create a series of box models using the CBT materials pressed into a formwork and set into boxes. To experience the work, the viewer will have to put their eye to an aperture that will reveal a scene backlit by a transparent wall.
The scene will be created from layers of transparent and translucent layers. Pencil drawings will be interspersed with wire models. Each scene will draw on local histories, and personal responses to the site of the installation.
When: 22, 23 & 24 June
Where: Festival of Extreme Building
The Ideal Home
Ruth Swallow – a printmaker based in Wolverhampton. In her work Ruth uses recycled materials and non-toxic printmaking processes.
Ruth will create a collagraph plate using clay, straw and water as the main elements. From this plate she will produce a print depicting ‘The Ideal Home’. The project will begin with a creative consultation, utilising Wolverhampton Art Gallery. During the consultation, the local community will be asked what they imagine the ideal home to be, this will be interpreted in Ruth’s print making.
When 16, 21, 22 & 23 June
Where: Makers Dozen Studios, Wolverhampton Art Gallery
