Be not afeard; the isle is full of noises, sounds and sweet airs, that give delight, and hurt not. The Tempest, William Shakespeare
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Another Country
An arts education programme in the Warwickshire countryside
www.iniva.org/season/atlasII/project_04
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Working in the Warwickshire countryside in the village of Great Alne, Another Country is a year-long education programme which explores contemporary arts practice. It will culminate in exciting new audio and visual exhibitions and performances taking place between 2 July-3 September 2006.
Launched in July 2005 at Great Alne Primary School, the programme involves three artists working in collaboration with local village groups, including the primary school, the Seymour Centre PRU (pupil reintegration unit) and the Young Farmers Association. Another Country is managed by three key organisations: Artists in Warwickshire Education, inIVA (Institute of International Visual Arts) and Rugby Art Gallery and Museum.
Spearheading the programme are two London based artists Charlie Dark, a DJ, writer and musician working predominantly with music, text and sound and Trevor Mathison, a founder member of Black Audio Film Collective and Flow Motion who works with installation and sound, and Perveen Chohan, a mixed media artist based in Warwickshire. The artists work with the village will lead to four events that reflect different aspects of this intercultural collaboration:
An exhibition by Mathison at the Royal Show, Warwickshire
An exhibition by Dark at Rugby Art Gallery and Museum
A performance at the Bridgehouse Theatre, Warwick School, devised by Dark and Mathison and performed by Great Alne Primary School pupils
A special event in the village to celebrate the completion of the programme
Another Country is funded by Warwickshire County Council and the Arts Council England in partnership with inIVA (Institute of International Visual Arts) and the Rugby Art Gallery & Museum.
Another Country – Programme Listings
__________________________________________________ The Royal Show 02 July 05 July 2006
Royal Agricultural Society of England, Stoneleigh Park, Warwickshire, CV8 2LZ
Information: www.royalshow.org.uk
This famous exhibition of farming, food and the countryside will house a new installation by Trevor Mathison who worked in conjunction with students at the Seymour Centre PRU and Young Farmers Association. The film and print images, showing in the Young Farmers Association space, aim to challenge cultural and social stereotypes of young people living in the countryside.
__________________________________________________ Rugby Art Gallery and Museum 11 July 3 September 2006
Tuesday & Thursday, 10-8pm, Wednesday & Friday, 10-5pm, Saturday,10-4pm, Sunday & Bank Holidays, 12pm-4pm
Little Elborow Street, Rugby CV21 3BZ, Admission free
Information: www.rugbygalleryandmuseum.org.uk Inspired by the region’s landscape and communities this new sound and light installation by Charlie Dark aims to draw visitors into a multi-layered enchanted forest, immersing them in a sonic journey into Another Country.
__________________________________________________ Bridgehouse Theatre 12 July 2006, 7.30pm,
Warwick School, Myton Road, Warwick, CV34 6PP
Information: Artists in Warwickshire education jenniemaisey@warwickshire.gov.uk
44 (0)1926 413 792
Charlie Dark and Trevor Mathison will collaborate for the first time to create a performance. Students from Great Alne Primary School will take part in a video and sound installation in conjunction with Warwickshire schools Mini Complete Works of Shakespeare Festival.
_________________________________________________ Special Event in Great Alne Village
To celebrate the completion of the programme, there will be a special event in Great Alne village on 15 July, and a DVD showcasing and documenting the programme will be produced and available later in the year.
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Editors Notes
inIVA (Institute of International Visual Arts): inIVA creates exhibitions, publications, multimedia, education and research projects designed to bring the work of artists from culturally-diverse backgrounds to the attention of the widest possible public.
Rugby Art Gallery and Museum is a local authority gallery and museum service that aims to presents a stimulating and challenging exhibition and education programme for local, regional and national audiences.
www.rugbygalleryandmuseum.org.uk
Artists in Warwickshire Education is a local education authority arts and education service available to all Warwickshire schools. It provides high quality creative learning experiences for both adults and children. It works in partnership with performance and visual artists, galleries and arts organisations throughout the West Midlands and beyond.
Participants
Village community in Great Alne
Great Alne village primary school
The Seymour Centre, Pupil Referral Unit, Great Alne
Young Farmers Association, Warwickshire
Other Partners
Warwickshire County Council
Rugby Borough Council
Warwickshire Artsweek
Alcester Grammar school
Arts Council England, West Midlands
The Artists Trevor Mathison, founder member of Black Audio Film Collective (award wining documentary filmmakers) installation artist and founder member of Flow Motion, (a collaboration of three experimental sound artists) who also record for Berlin’s Chain Reaction label under the name Hallucinator. Work includes Ghost Dance 2003, Dissolve 2001 & Dub Museum 1999. Currently working for BBC Radio and recent film, First Night 2005 & BBC commissioned documentary, Home from Home 2005. Work is informed by new technologies, a pre-occupation with sonic atmosphere, historical moments and creating “hypnotic sound travels on the interface between dub and techno.”
Charlie Dark, founder of the global Blacktronica movement. Working in sound, text and music, Dark is a prominent writer, musician and DJ. Dark emerged as a sound artist from an ability to traverse and link each of his fields, seeing each medium both as a continuation and an exploration of harnessing different sonic forms into fixed states and environments yet simultaneously, melting through them. Dark focuses upon always drawing on the relationship between viewer and participant in his sound work as a consequence of his work as a workshop facilitator, established in successful collaborations from school children to older people. Recent work includes Freeness, Voyage 2005, an external sound walk as part of the London River Cultures Festival, Depth 2004, a site-specific soundscape in collaboration with leading architect, David Adjaye within his installation lengthxwidthxheight; Urban Tribes 2005 and music consultant on the soundtrack of the BBC film, Bullet Boy 2004.
Perveen Chohan, studied B.A. honours Fine Art at Coventry University School of Art and Design from1996-1999. After graduating she began work in local community arts. She is currently employed at Warwickshire College, Leamington-Spa, teaching ceramics, photography and painting to students with varying learning abilities and needs. Chohan’s personal work draws upon different methods, materials and the element of ‘play’ to explore notions around Art and Language, The Self and The Creative Process. Exhibitions and commissions to date include: Warwickshire Art on The Move Mixed Media 1996, Shakespeare Public House, Leamington -Spa 2d collages 1998, Gaia Gallery, Leamington-Spa Mixed Media 1998, Gazebo Theatre Company, Birmingham Print on Canvas 1999.Walton Gallery, Walton Village, Nr. Wellesbourne. Warwickshire Artsweek 2003 ‘Inscapes’ Mixed Media.
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Rivington Place: In 2007 Rivington Place, inIVA and Autograph ABPs new contemporary visual arts space will open in the heart of East London. Supported by the Arts Council England Lottery Capital 2 Programme, this will be the UKs first permanent home for culturally diverse visual arts and photography. Barclays Bank plc is the Rivington Place founding corporate partner, contributing £1million towards the development. This innovative partnership reflects Barclays history of supporting positive social change and making a real and lasting difference to the diverse communities in which it operates. www.rivingtonplace.org
_________________________________________ For images and more information please contact
Sam Berry at Rugby Art Gallery & Museum on 44 (0) 1788 533205 or Sam.Berry@rugby.gov.uk
Josie Ballin at the inIVA Press Office on 44 (0) 7729 9616 or josie@iniva.org
Antony Hopker at Warwickshire County Council on 44 (0) 1926 418606 or antonyhopker@warwickshire.gov.uk
