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V I C I N I T Y

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Catalyst Arts presents VICINITY, a group exhibition investigating temporary, adaptable and transitory methods for exploring Belfast city. Artists work in an engaged manner using the mile radius of the gallery as a starting point to make new work in the gallery and at offsite locations.  Artists:

Bbeyond ‘fare’
fare utilised the transient communal site of the back of a black taxi inviting the audience to share an intimate experience with the artists as their taxi makes it way through the city.  Ten taxis queued in Squeeze Gut Alley at the galleries entrance and begun their journey at 7pm sharp.  Artists – Anne Quail, Fergus Byrne, Pavana Reid, Rainer Pagel, James King, Tina Hopp, Felipe Faundez, Chrissie Cadman, Sinead O’Donnell & Charlotte Bosanquet, Phillip McCrilly & Kim McAleese, each made live performances in the taxis

Jean-pierre Bertrand
Brussels based artist, Jean Pierre Bertrand,  travelled to Belfast to make new work for Vicinity, his hexagonal concrete blocks can be found at six locations on the outskirts of Belfast

Fiona Larkin ‘Wolfs Den’
Larkin invited participants to borrow a custom embroidered ‘Wolfs Den’ jacket from the gallery, in return she asked that participants allowed her to follow and video them.  The documentation of which was incorporated into the installation.

Shiro Masuyama ‘Legal Parking’
Masuyami has worked nomadically all over the world, recently moved out of Berlin and now based in Belfast, Northern Ireland.  For Vicinity Masuyami exhibited ‘Legal Parking’ for information on the project please follow the link.  Legal Parking 

Jim McCracken
McCracken is a belfast based print and street artist who created a site specific flyposted work in the gallery for Vicinity.

Seamus Nolan
Nolan created a site specific installtion ‘pantone’ within the gallery by painting the back wall a mixture of  the three colours of the Irish flag, mixed in equal quantities.

MA art in public
Students on the University of Ulster MA Art in Public course used Catalyst as a research hub and installation area where they worked on projects which engaged with the are,  using a range of media.  On the last day of Vicinity Pauline Hadaway, director of Belfast Exposed Gallery chaired a discussion on their project entitled ‘walking as research’

zones of response
zones of response developed an interactive project,  participants were invited to explore the area on foot,  then; using their mobile phones, text words they would like to see removed form the city to a designated phone number.  The words were then projected onto the gallery walls revealing a textual narrative of Belfast city.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

FIX 07

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FIX 07- 7th International Performance Art Festival

14 November 2007 00:00 – 07 December

FIX07 presents a programme of performances, interventions, discussions     and workshops illustrating creative strategies for a dynamic engagement     with the praxis of live art.

Established since 1994 FIX has an international reputation for presenting     emerging and established national and international artists. The seventh     edition of this festival has evolved its programme to over three weeks with     focus on expanding collaborative, investigative artworks that engages with     the notions of what is public and live.

FIX07 seeks to engage audiences with challenging performances and interventions to     explore new approaches and open dialogues.

Or for photos and coverage from the events as they happened, check out the Blog or the FIX07 Flickr gallery.

Art/Not Art, Bbeyond, Malgosia Butterwick, Jeffery Byrd, Marta Ciappina, Alex Conway, Legitimate Bodies Dance Company, Angel Pastor, Perfopuerto, Peter Richards, Helen Sharp, Skint but Articulate, Barbara Sturm, Angie Taggart, Aaron Williamson, Daniel Vais-The Lovespotters, Jacques Van Poppel

 

Perfopuerto Artists In Residence

30 November 2007 00:00 – 11 December

PERFOPUERTO is a Chilean based performance art organization, since 2001. Responsible for producing many international theme based festivals and events including the 1st performance art congress in 2005 & Ensemble of Women in 2007.

As part of the FIX International Performance Art Biennial, Perfopuerto are invited guest artists in residence at the Catalyst Arts Gallery. From the 30th of November to the 11th of December.
The project will highlight new innovative visual, sound, installation, illustration and performance that will approach collective and independent artistic identities when working within umbrella organisations and Chilean art.
The project will highlight new innovative visual, sound, installation, illustration and performance that will approach collective and independent artistic identities when working within umbrella organisations and Chilean art.

For more photos from the event, check out the FIX07 Flickr gallery.