Black Lab, Green Sand Foundry, Holbeck, Leeds. Feb 16th to May 19th 2010
In February 2010 Black Dogs initiated a three-month collaborative learning and artistic knowledge-exchange project in Green Sand Foundry, Holbeck, Leeds.
The project is archived here as a week-by-week diary with minutes by Andy Abbott (unless otherwise stated).
Week One
Week Two
Week Three
Week Four
Week Six
Week Seven
Week Eight
Week Nine
Week Ten
Week Twelve
Aside from the weekly 'general meetings' at which participants discussed and planned previous and forthcoming events and introduced their interests to one another via ten-minute long presentations, a number of events, workshops and sessions were held over the three months. These included:
Sound afternoon - an afternoon spent sharing noise-producing and close-miking techniques and creating improvised sound pieces in the space (organised by Stu Bannister)
Private screening of 'Who Killed Harry Field' - an evening where an episode of Inspector Morse called ‘Who Killed Harry Field?' was used as a starting point for discussing public perceptions of 'art' and 'artist' (organised by Liz Murphy)
An evening with(out) Alain Badiou - a group listening of 'The Subject of Art' lecture by Alain Badiou (organised by Andy Abbott)
24-hour Movie Marathon (organised by Martha Jurksaitus)
Sound Afternoon Part 2 (organised by Stu Bannister)
Another evening with(out) Alain Badiou - a group listening to a discussion between Simon Critchley and Alain Badiou (organised by Andy Abbott)
Private screening of Chris Marker's 'La Jette' (organised by Andy Abbott)
Private screening of 'Some Kind of Monster' Metallica documentary (organised by Yvonne Carmichael)
Reconstruction of Alvin Lucier's 'Music on a Long Thin Wire' (organised by Stu Bannister with help from Daniel Skevington)
24-hour Music Jam (organised by Stu Bannister and David Thomas)
Performance Day - included performances by Michael Burkitt, Rory Macbeth, Andy Abbott and Mick Welbourn followed by a private screening of 'Here is Somewhere else' Bas Jan Ader documentary (organised by Michael Burkitt)
The Last Supper - a food event and presentation by Jayne Bradley (organised by Jayne Bradley and Andy Abbott)
Over the three months of the project we were also fortunate enough to have been visited by the following artists and artist groups who discussed their practice or related issues:
Islington Mill Art Academy
Tether
Slice
Jayne Bradley
Daniel Simpkins and Penny Whitehead
Current developments and the full unedited communications between participants can be found at the Black Lab Blog
The Green Sand Foundry space was kindly provided by Igloo.