VIP Crew,Courtesy of the artist
Courtesy of the artist
Richard Parry currently has a solo exhibition at The Institute of Social Hypocrisy, Paris until 26th March http://www.theinstituteofsocialhypocrisy.com/
http://www.thenewdome.com/
19/03/2011
Richard Parry
VIP Crew,Courtesy of the artist
Richard Parry currently has a solo exhibition at The Institute of Social Hypocrisy, Paris until 26th March http://www.theinstituteofsocialhypocrisy.com/
http://www.thenewdome.com/
Paul Sakoilsky
the dark times (black monday≠4), 2008, acrylic and mixed media on paper
Courtesy of the artist
the dark times (city boys), 2009 acrylic on paperCourtesy of the artist
Configurations and installations from The Dark Times have been exhibited at: Galerie Area53, Vienna (2008), 'Climate of Change', Union St, London (2007/08), Carter Presents, London (2008), V22 Sculpture Show, London (2009), Rob Pruitt's Flea Market & as part of the Long Weekend, with The House Of Fairy Tales, Tate Modern, (2009), Galerie Jürgen Wolfstadter, Frankfurt (2009), BonnelliLab, 'Paradiso Terrestre', Italy (2009), The Art Car Boot Fair, London (2007-10), Flowers East, 'Meltdown', London (2009), ), F-ish Gallery, 'Mayday: The Dark Times [Editor's Choice≠1] Hastings, UK, (2009), Elastic Residence, London (2010), RED Gallery, 'Felicities', London (2010) and in various other settings.
http://www.thedarktimes.co.uk/
08/02/2011
15/12/2010
Premiere screening of How Long is Indefinite?
PRESS RELEASE
‘How Long is Indefinite?’
Detention without time limit in the UK
Documentary Premiere
Every year the UK Border Agency holds thousands of migrants in Immigration Removal Centres without knowing when or if they can deport them. There is no time limit to this detention; they are held indefinitely often for years on end.
‘How Long is Indefinite?’ exposes an absurd and inhumane detention system through the lives of three people trapped in limbo with no end in sight. The powerful evocation of detention from those going through it highlights a detrimental and futile practice and asks if it can ever be justified.
Fouad, an Iranian political activist, came to the UK as a refugee in 2000 and has been detained for over 19 months; the Iranian embassy won’t accept him back, yet the UKBA refuses to release him. He remains in limbo with no future. His friends and fiancé describe the impact of his incarceration as a situation in which they can do nothing but wait. Fouad shares his experiences of a system as seven months of an ordeal in which he is seen as subhuman. We also hear from Saleh, a Darfurian asylum seeker torn from his children after 20 years in the UK and detained for almost 2 years, unable to prove his ethnicity and Aissata whose detention experience drove her to hunger strike for 28 days. Professionals in detention law and practice reveal the bureaucracy behind this system that result in its failure to function for the purposes of those in and outside its walls.
‘How Long is Indefinite’ reveals how the fear created around immigration manifests in this unbearable detention limbo and asks how such treatment can be accepted in a society heralding civil liberties and human rights.
A Q&A with the Director Alexis Wood and contributors will follow the screening.
An exhibition from Nana Varveropoulou and those formerly detained accompanies the screening. Nana exhibits initial work from her photography project "No Man’s Land”, an ongoing collaborative project that explores experiences of indefinite immigration detention, produced by a group of detainees at Colnbrook Immigration Removal Centre.
Reza, formerly held in detention for 18 months, shares paintings and drawings inspired by his experiences of the UK detention system.
To find out more about the documentary project or to get involved please go to our facebook group ‘How Long is Indefinite?’ documentary: http://tinyurl.com/2vsvn79
For press enquiries please contact howlongisindefinite@hotmail.co.uk or call the Director Alexis Wood on 0794 774 3396
How Long is Indefinite is produced in association with Glocal Films http://www.glocalfilms.net/
‘How Long is Indefinite?’
Detention without time limit in the UK
Documentary Premiere
Every year the UK Border Agency holds thousands of migrants in Immigration Removal Centres without knowing when or if they can deport them. There is no time limit to this detention; they are held indefinitely often for years on end.
‘How Long is Indefinite?’ exposes an absurd and inhumane detention system through the lives of three people trapped in limbo with no end in sight. The powerful evocation of detention from those going through it highlights a detrimental and futile practice and asks if it can ever be justified.
Fouad, an Iranian political activist, came to the UK as a refugee in 2000 and has been detained for over 19 months; the Iranian embassy won’t accept him back, yet the UKBA refuses to release him. He remains in limbo with no future. His friends and fiancé describe the impact of his incarceration as a situation in which they can do nothing but wait. Fouad shares his experiences of a system as seven months of an ordeal in which he is seen as subhuman. We also hear from Saleh, a Darfurian asylum seeker torn from his children after 20 years in the UK and detained for almost 2 years, unable to prove his ethnicity and Aissata whose detention experience drove her to hunger strike for 28 days. Professionals in detention law and practice reveal the bureaucracy behind this system that result in its failure to function for the purposes of those in and outside its walls.
‘How Long is Indefinite’ reveals how the fear created around immigration manifests in this unbearable detention limbo and asks how such treatment can be accepted in a society heralding civil liberties and human rights.
A Q&A with the Director Alexis Wood and contributors will follow the screening.
An exhibition from Nana Varveropoulou and those formerly detained accompanies the screening. Nana exhibits initial work from her photography project "No Man’s Land”, an ongoing collaborative project that explores experiences of indefinite immigration detention, produced by a group of detainees at Colnbrook Immigration Removal Centre.
Reza, formerly held in detention for 18 months, shares paintings and drawings inspired by his experiences of the UK detention system.
To find out more about the documentary project or to get involved please go to our facebook group ‘How Long is Indefinite?’ documentary: http://tinyurl.com/2vsvn79
For press enquiries please contact howlongisindefinite@hotmail.co.uk or call the Director Alexis Wood on 0794 774 3396
How Long is Indefinite is produced in association with Glocal Films http://www.glocalfilms.net/
24/11/2010
23/11/2010
08/11/2010
Jimmy at Mol's Place
“23 Macklin Street. It is believed that a ghost inhabits this space. His name is Jimmy. Like Jimmy, we, along with our work, will enter into the space as visitors. The fleeting moments of Jimmy’s presence resonate in the history of the building, as does the work we have put within it.” Omnifuss, 2010.
This show explores the perceiver and the perceived, the present and the absent, the macro and the micro, the sensual and the impossible. Is there a relationship between the way we look at ghosts and the way we look at art? Do you need to be a believer in order to accept contemporary works of art as pertinent?
Andrea Greenwood and Jack Strange have joined Sam Hacking and Christopher Patrick, the partnership behind Omnifuss, in a show of site specific works for Mol’s Place. The building here has become the central character in a theatre of both domesticity and commerciality. The historical and physical dynamics of the space have been explored through both playful and threatening devices of work to create a multimedia exhibition, including the use of sound and performative installations, print and sculpture.
“We will be inhabiting this space with Jimmy, and just like ghosts, our work will appear momentarily, only to vanish from the space once our time here has finished. It is our absurd holiday. We have made works for the space rather than imposing something preconceived upon it.” Omnifuss, 2010.
Mol’s Place, 23 Macklin Street, London WC2B 5NN
Opening hours: 19th – 3rd December 2010, 12-6pm
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