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28/12/2009

In with the New 2009

Camden Arts Centre, London

Camden Arts Centre is delighted to present In with the New 2009, a five day programme of creative workshops, film screenings and artist’s projects to shake off Christmas and welcome in the New Year.

Following the success of previous years, In with the New 2009 coincides with the gallery’s two upcoming exhibitions Eva Hesse: Studiowork and Katja Strunz: Sound of the Pregeometric Age (11 December 2009 – 7 March 2010). The event combines elements of Eva Hesse’s practical, materials based approach to sculpture with Katja Strunz’s animated and theatrical installation to present a series of artist-led, creative, hands-on activities and events for all ages.

Natasha Kidd, Viyki Turnbull and George Wu all form part of the exciting line-up of respected artists making up In with the New 2009. Film screenings will include Orson Welles’ last major completed film, F for Fake; J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings, a 1978 animated fantasy film directed by Ralph Bakshi; Le Testament d'Orphée, a visual summing up of poet Jean Cocteau’s life and Lost in La Mancha, a documentary movie narrated by Jeff Bridges about Terry Gilliam's failed first attempt to make The Man Who Killed Don Quixote.

George Wu: Animation workshops (aimed at families with children aged 5-16 yrs)
Tuesday 29 – Wednesday 30 December 2009
2.00 – 4.30pm, £1.00 per session booking required
Wu's first taste of filming came from being selected as a winner in the BBC New Music Shorts 2006, leading to an MA at the Royal College of Art. The Animation workshops aim to take Katja Strunz’s musical, animated assemblages and sculptures as a starting point, inspiring visitors to make their own animated film, experimenting with drawing and making.

Viyki Turnbull: Clay workshops (aimed at families with children aged 5-16 yrs)
Wednesday 30 – Thursday 31 December 2009
2.00 – 4.30pm, £1.00 per session booking required
The clay workshops are led by Viyki Turnbull, who has worked with young people as part of various arts education programmes at galleries including Tate Modern, Tate Britain, Whitechapel Art Gallery and the National Portrait Gallery. Taking Eva Hesse’s experimental approach to materials and sculpture as inspiration, the clay workshops will encourage participants to use clay in new and unexpected ways beyond functional ceramics – as a sculptural material in its own right.

Artist’s Project
Natasha Kidd: Painting Factory
Tuesday 29 – Thursday 31 December 2009
12.00 – 5.30pm, admission free
Throughout In with the New 2009, artist Natasha Kidd will be resident in the Artists’ Studio with an installation of her ‘painting machines’. Visitors will be invited to come and operate the machines to help create eight new paintings which will be completed over the three days.

Natasha Kidd is a senior lecturer in Fine Art Painting at the Bath School of Art and Design, and has recently become a fellow of the Higher Education Academy. She is an associate lecturer on BA Fine Art at Chelsea College of Art and Design and has taught as a visiting lecturer across disciplines at both undergraduate and postgraduate level at the University of Lincoln, Nottingham Trent University, Newcastle School of Art and Design and the Royal College of Art.

Film Screenings
In search of a resolution...a series of films reflecting the tension between process and resolution in the work of Eva Hesse.

Saturday 02 January 2010
12.30pm – ‘F for Fake’ (dir. Orson Welles, 1973, 85 min) F for Fake is the last major film completed by Orson Welles. Initially released in 1974, it focuses on Elmyr de Hory's recounting of his career as a professional art forger.
2.30pm – ‘Lord of the Rings’ (dir. Ralph Bakshi, 1978, 133 min) J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings is a 1978 animated fantasy film directed by Ralph Bakshi. It is an adaptation of the first half of J. R. R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings. Set in Middle-earth, the film follows a group of hobbits, elves, men, dwarves and wizards who form a Fellowship. They embark on a quest to destroy the One Ring made by the Dark Lord Sauron, and to ensure his destruction.

Sunday 03 January 2010
12.30pm – ‘Le testament d'Orphée’ (dir. Jean Cocteau, 1960, 83 min) Le Testament d'Orphée is a visual summing up of the poet's own life. Cocteau gazes into the multiple mirrors of his loves and his works, re-creating his personal myth.
2.30pm – ‘Lost in La Mancha’ (dir. Terry Gilliam, 2002, 93 min) Lost in La Mancha is a documentary movie narrated by Jeff Bridges about Terry Gilliam's failed first attempt to make The Man Who Killed Don Quixote, a movie adaptation of the novel Don Quixote.

Press Contact: Elisa Ruff
Camden Arts Centre
tel: +44 (0)20 7472 5517
elisa.ruff@camdenartscentre.org

Camden Arts Centre
Arkwright Road, London
Opening times: Tuesday - Sunday: 10am-6pm, Wednesdays late 10am–9pm
Closed Mondays and Bank Holidays
12.00 – 5.30pm, admission free (unless otherwise stated)

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