juneau/projects
dal 12/1/2004 al 22/2/2004
Segnalato da
12/1/2004
juneau/projects
The Showroom (old venue), London
motherf++king nature. For The Showroom, juneau/projects/ will present a series of new video and sound pieces, as part of a larger installation. Each work, surrounded by the ephemera resulting from its production, will act as a distinct chapter within the whole, suggesting that a narrative thread is present. Mapped out like a road trip, the duo will take us to the rural settings of their performance-based works and introduce us to the cast of characters that they have encountered.
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The Showroom is pleased to announce that it has commissioned
juneau/projects/ to make a new body of work for presentation at the gallery
during January and February 2004.
juneau/projects/ was created by artists Phil Duckworth and Ben Sadler in
1999. Based in Birmingham, juneau/projects/ have developed their practice in
reaction to the status of electronic goods in contemporary culture. Their
projects explore the possibilities and limitations of these common consumer
items. Using the technology's inbuilt ability to record its own destruction,
juneau/projects/ practice centres upon a process of metamorphosis; in this
instance destroying to create. In the past the duo have used mobile phones,
computer hardware, camcorders, dictaphones and cd walkmans in their work.
These consumer 'durables' are put under stress and in most cases actually
destroyed to make sound and performance-based works.
For The Showroom, juneau/projects/ will present a series of new video and
sound pieces, as part of a larger installation. Each work, surrounded by the
ephemera resulting from its production, will act as a distinct chapter
within the whole, suggesting that a narrative thread is present. Mapped out
like a road trip, the duo will take us to the rural settings of their
performance-based works and introduce us to the cast of characters that they
have encountered.
juneau/projects/ will present a performance of new work at the opening, to
be followed by a programme of performances throughout the duration of their
exhibition at The Showroom. Please contact the gallery for further details.
juneau/projects/ have made projects for Grizedale Arts, Cumbria; Spacex,
Exeter and Norwich Gallery, Norwich .Their project for The Showroom will be
juneau/projects/ first solo show in London. For further information please
contact Kirsty Ogg or Bridget Crone on 020 8983 4115.
14 January  22 February 2004. Wednesday  Sunday 13.00  18.00 hrs.
Opening 13 January 2004 19.00 Â 21.00 hrs.
The Showroom is financially assisted by Arts Council England.
Opening sponsored by Hoegaarden.
Project sponsored by Europlate.
With thanks to Grizedale Arts.
Mary Jane Aladren, Tim Allen, Adelaide Bannerman, Claire Barclay, Jordan
Baseman, Iwona Blazwick, Sarah Carrington, Paul Collett, Laura Emsley,
ezppl, Peter Fillingham, Rose Finn-Kelcey, FlatPack001, Rebecca Fortnum,
Eric Franck, Frieze, David Gilmour, Simon Grant, Ceri Hand, Margot Heller,
Margot & Fergus Henderson, Paul Hobson, Claire Hooper, Martin Hopkinson,
Matthew Hunt, Sue Jones, Franz Koenig, Kate MacGarry, Lynn MacRitchie, Anna
Milsom, Moose Foundation for the Arts, Dave Muller, Paul Nicholson, Kristine
Nielsen, Campbell & Mairi Ogg, Harry Onslow, Michael O'Pray, Maureen Paley,
Alison Raftery, Signwave, John Slyce, Simon Starling, David Thorp,
Transmission Gallery, Catherine Ugwu, Isabel Vasseur, Grant Watson and White
Window are all actively supporting the work of the gallery by joining The
Showroom's Friends Scheme.
The Showroom 44 Bonner Road London E2 9JS
T. 020 8983 4115 F. 020 8981 4112
Nearest tube Bethnal Green on the Central Line. Buses 26, 48, 55, 106, 253,
254, 307, D3, D6.
Overground to Cambridge Heath.