WHEN: 23-25 July 2010

WHERE: Milton Keynes Gallery and its neighbourhood (map)

Exhibition: works by Laura Desai and Sarah Parsons

Friday 23 July – Sunday 25 July @ Project Space

Opening event: Friday 19:00

Saturday 24 July

Parallax Symposium @ Project Space 2

13:00 – 18:00

Speakers/Presenters:

Shu-fang Huang

13:30 – 14:15

Grete Dalum-Tilde

14:15  – 15:00

Bryan Duffy

15:00 – 16:00

Break

16.00 – 16.30

Kate Busby & Fozia Khaliq

16:30 – 17:30

Q &A + Discussion

17:30 – 18.00

Parallax Performances @ MK Gallery (part of MK Gallery’s Scratch Nights)

18:30 – 20.30

Kathryn Ashill

Steven Anderson

James O’hAodha

Bryan Duffy

Networking Event @ Theatre District

From  21.00

‘Talk & See’ Session @ Project Space 2

Sunday 25 July

10:00 – 13.00

Part 1.  A Pecha Kucha style ‘talk and see’ session. Drop in with a presentation in your hand or head or simply come and join us if you want to discuss contemporary art. All welcome!

Lunch Break @ the Campbell Park  (the World Picnic )

13:00 – 15:00

The World Picnic is presented by The Parks Trust in assocation with IF

Come dine with us . . . and bring your family and friends!

If you have a thing for good food then The World Picnic is the place to be. Throughout the event there will be theatre performances, entertainment, cookery demonstrations, dance and live music from around the world. So dig out the chequered blanket and wicker picnic basket, and enjoy a great day out!

15 :00 – 17:00

Part 2. A Pecha Kucha style ‘talk and see’ session. Drop in with a presentation in your hand or head or simply come and join us if you want to discuss contemporary art. All welcome!

For more details contact Dobrochna Futro on: dobrochna@parallaxvenice.com or call Milton Keynes Galleryon: +44(0)1908 676 900

A Pecha Kucha style ‘Talk and See’ session is part of the Parallax Offsite (MK) event.

Parallax Offsite (MK) is the launch and inaugural event of the Parallax Offsite programme, providing opportunities for continued transnational collaboration between art professionals beyond the context of the Venice Biennale.

A programme of events in Milton Keynes includes a symposium concerning the situation of art professionals in a global world, causes and effects of displacement or relocation, a presentation of Parallax activities to date, an art exhibition, art performances, a Pecha Kucha style ‘Talk and See’ session and networking events.

For more details and programme of the event visit  earlier posts or email Dobrochna to: dobrochna@parallaxvenice.com

WHEN: 23-25 July 2010

WHERE: Milton Keynes Gallery and its  neighbourhood  (map)

Installation Shot

Friday 23 July – Sunday 25 July @ Project Space

Exhibition: works by Laura Desai and Sarah Parsons

http://www.parallaxvenice.com/parallax-people/laura-desai-with-sarah-parsons/

Saturday 24 July

13:00 – 18.30  Parallax Symposium @ Project Space 2

Speakers/Presenters:

Kate Busby & Fozia Khaliq  http://www.parallaxvenice.com/kate-busby-and-fozia-khaliq/

Shu-Fang Huang  http://www.parallaxvenice.com/parallax-people/huang-shu-fang/

Bryan Duffy  http://www.parallaxvenice.com/parallax-people/bryan-duffy/

Grete Dalum-Tilds  http://www.axisweb.org/seCVPG.aspx?ARTISTID=12310

18:30 – 20.30 Parallax Performances  @ MK Gallery (part of MK Gallery’s Scratch Nights)

Kathryn Ashill     http://www.parallaxvenice.com/kathryn-ashill

Steven Anderson     http://www.stevenanderson.info/

James O’hAodha  http://exchangedublin.ie/newsite/news/taking-place-james-o-haodha

Bryan Duffy http://www.parallaxvenice.com/bryan-duffy/

20:30 Networking Event @ Theatre District

Sunday 25 July

10:00 – … ‘Talk & See’  Session @ Project Space 2

A Pecha Kucha style ‘talk and see’ session.   Drop in with a presentation in your hand or head or simply come and join us if you want to discuss contemporary art. All welcome!

To book a place or for more details contact Dobrochna Futro on: dobrochna@parallaxvenice.com  or call Milton Keynes Galleryon: +44(0)1908 676 900

Parallax Constitution: Transnational Toast!

Parallax Venice is about to become an official association with charitible status in Northern Ireland, so all Parallax members are being called together to vote to adopt the Constitution and celebrate in an epic TRANSNATIONAL TOAST on May 10th!

Step 1: Gather all other Parallax members in your city together on May 10th.

Step 2: Acquire a bottle of Prosecco and a video camera (or camera phone).

Step 3: Go to a quirky place in your city.

Step 4: Chose 1 spokesperson, and tally your votes (Yes or No).

Step 5: TRANSATIONAL TOAST.

All the video toasts will be compiled into a video for the website.
Details on how your local contingent can register your vote soon!

Milton Keynes International Festival

More details: http://www.ifmiltonkeynes.org/home.html

Wales At Venice 2011
Closing Date 16 April 2010

Arts Council of Wales is delighted to confirm that Wales will be participating at the 54th International Art Exhibition Venice Biennale in 2011. Wales at Venice is supported by the Arts Council of Wales and the Welsh Assembly Government and is a key part of the strategy for the visual arts in Wales.

Wales at Venice will be in its 5th Biennale year in 2011. Previous artists representing Wales include, John Cale, Richard Deacon, Merlin James, Heather & Ivan Morison, Peter Finnemore, Bethan Huws, Cerith Wyn Evans (see www.walesvenicebiennale.org ) The Biennale enhanced these artists’ international profile and has showcased outstanding work from Wales.

This opportunity remains the prime international context for contemporary art and raises Wales’ cultural profile as a place for many emerging and highly respected artists. With a variety of approaches taken to date, Arts Council of Wales is now seeking to open out the possibilities for our next presence, as it responds to the on-going shifts for presenting contemporary art.

In the past, artists have been chosen to represent Wales by a commissioner and curator working with a committee. However for 2011, we feel it would be more exciting and rewarding to call for submissions and ideas from our visual arts community.

It is vital that this international platform is maximised, that the presentation speaks of contemporary Wales and that it connects in artistic terms with other curated exhibitions and presentations at the Biennale. In essence it needs to continue to build the focus on contemporary art from and within Wales.

This is a call to galleries, arts organisations, curators, artist/curators and collectives with a proven track record of working internationally or delivering respected international presentations of contemporary art. Interested parties should be based in Wales or have a connection/awareness of Welsh contemporary visual arts practice.

To prepare for Venice in 2011, Arts Council of Wales is initiating the following process:

1. Invite exploratory propositions through this call. (March-April 2010)
2. The Venice Advisory Committee will evaluate these propositions. (April 2010)
3. Offer a short development phase supported by a fee to a maximum of three propositions, (April- May)
4. Make a final selection, before constituting and financing the partnership team and artist(s) to create the exhibition. (May-June 2010)

Reports at the various stages will be posted on the Arts Council of Wales website and the Wales at Venice website.

In addition to realising the exhibition at the Biennale, the partnership will need to actively contribute towards a strong education programme, audience development initiatives and raising the profile on an international stage of high quality visual arts practice in Wales.

For further enquiries and to request a Wales at Venice Biennale Proposition Form please contact Lindsay Hughes, Senior Visual Arts Officer at Arts Council of Wales, lindsay.hughes -at- artswales.org.uk

Your invited to come along and join in, and talk about your work .

This Tuesday 6th October, 8.30pm

Ireland Venice Apartment
34 Campo Ruga, Castello, Venice
(left off the far end of Via Garibaldi)

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