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23/1/2009

Matt Stokes

AMOA-Arthouse - The Jones Center, Austin

these are the days is an exhibition and commission of new work by British artist Matt Stokes inspired by punk rock subcultures—past and present—in Austin, Texas. Stokes is the recipient of the esteemed 2006 Beck’s Futures Prize and these are the days is his first institutional exhibition and first original commission in the United States. The exhibition, which involves a 16mm film production and installation, an original audio recording, and the collection of ephemera related to the punk, post-punk, and DIY movements which has been assembled over a series of trips Stokes made to Austin. The two-channel film installation features footage taken at an Arthouse organized punk show held at the Broken Neck in Austin and a band session recorded at Sweatbox Studios in Austin. The newly created films will be concurrently presented at Project Space 176, a major new contemporary art space located in the Camden section of London – an area strongly connected to growth of the UK punk scene.

ABOUT THE ARTIST
Matt Stokes’ artistic practice is marked by anthropological enquiry and an interest in events or informal movements that bind people together. Music subcultures have been central to the development of his most recent projects, which have focused on their ability to shape lifestyle, beliefs and create community. Stokes’ most noted works to date include Long After Tonight, a 16mm film that conveys strong emotional and spiritual content through the British communities connected to the music and dance of Northern Soul, and Real Arcadia, a research based project focusing on the history of a small rural acid house organization which archives and interprets the clandestine experience of those who attended or were affected by a series of cave raves organized by the group.

Matt Stokes lives and works in Newcastle/Gateshead, England. In 2006, he received the Beck’s Futures Prize. Recent solo exhibitions include: Real Arcadia (LuttgenMeijer, Berlin), Now is Early (VOID, Derry), Long After Tonight (Kavi Gupta Gallery, Chicago and ZieherSmith, New York), [un]promised land (Attitudes espace d'arts contemporains, Geneva), Lost in the Rhythm (Temple Bar Gallery, Dublin), and Pills to Purge Melancholy (Collective, Edinburgh). Forthcoming shows (both solo and group) will take place at Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art (Gateshead), Centro per l’Arte Contemporanea Luigi Pecci (Prato, Italy). Stokes is currently artist in residence at Project Space176 (London) and is producing a new commission for VIVID (Birmingham).

SUPPORT
The film is co-produced by ZieherSmith and Arthouse.
The exhibition and accompanying publication have been made possible, in part, by Arts Council England, Michael A. Chesser, Johnna and Stephen Jones, Julie and John Thornton, and ZieherSmith, New York.

Arthouse at the Jones Center
700 Congress Avenue - Austin
Admission is Free and open to the public.

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