Super-saturated at Mobius, Boston Aug 24th of August.

Performance artist's Katherine Nolan and Eleanor Lawler  undertake a duo of durational performances that seek to explore the relationship between body as flesh and body as image. Testing the boundaries between audience and performing body in the context of media overload that arises through the digital.

Fish, flesh, blanket, stiletto, stocking, splashing, splatting. The works seek to twist and test the space between the performing body and its audience through sensorial evocative performances. The two performance will diverge and interweave as they spill, smack, stink, slice, stretch envelope and slide their way around themes of impurity and the sexualized body. The interaction of the body with everyday objects, explored through actions to the point of ‘overload’, and repetition and transition make them heavy with cultural meaning. The works seek to push the objects till they slip between ‘thing’ and ‘symbol’, in turn pushing and pulling the body between a visceral presence in the world and distanced performance. Mobius has presented the work of thousands of artists over its 30-year history and is recognized as one of the seminal alternative performance spaces in the U.S. Founded by the renowned performance artist and professor of performance art at the Museum School, Marylin Ansem in 1977, it is key hub for international live art. As a non-profit, artist-run organization, its mission is to generate, shape and test experimental art. The members of the organization believe an effective strategy for supporting this art is to establish grounds that build relationships among fellow artists.

Super Saturated
Katherine Nolan and Eleanor Lawler
24th of August
Mobius, Boston
55 Norfolk Street Cambridge, MA 02139
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Visual Deflections Artists in MART's An Instructional

Visual Deflections curators and artists Eleanor Lawler and Katherine Nolan are taking part in MART's An Instructional: A Touring Exhibition. The London leg kicks off on Thurs 25th - Sat 27th June at SHUNT lounge.

The effervescent Ciara Scanlan and Mathew Nevin curate a dazzling line-up of video, installation and performance art across Europe including UK, Norway, Slovak Republic and Ireland. Hop on board the tour bus!

Katheirne Nolan: Seducing the Machine

Visual Deflections artist Katherine Nolan' solo exhibition Seducing the Machine:

The Link Gallery, Epsom
Private View 19th March, 5.30
Exhibition runs from 20th March to 2nd April


Seducing the Machine is an exhibition of digital video and photographic work and marks the culmination of Nolan's doctoral research into narcissism, performance and contemporary feminist practice.



Nolan’s work is radical. She uses Narcissism as a critical tool, a way of fighting back. This may seem incongruous with much contemporary art but self love is fundamental to many an artist in their work. Of course, this is doubly the case for the female practitioner as Narcissism is commonly associated with women. Nolan employs this common conception and ‘flips’ it in her work, creating an exciting push and pull, between being in control and yet perhaps being vulnerable too. The artist turns a ‘trivial’ and ‘frivolous’ fixation with her own image into a critical weapon.

Over the course of the exhibition, Nolan addresses different modalities of feminine narcissism, playing with the autoerotic, self-reflexivity, vanity, masquerade, attention seeking hysteria and exhibitionism. A complex set of exchanges between the camera/viewer/self is also explored. Nolan’s original work unravels narcissism and twists its clichéd terms.


The Link Gallery, Epsom.
University for the Creative Arts
Ashley Road
Epsom
Surrey KT18 5BE
Mon-Thurs 9am - 8pm. Fri 9am - 5.30pm. Sat 10am -5 pm
Trains from Victoria and Waterloo to Epsom, take 35 mins.
UCA is 5 min walk from Epsom station

Enquiries to nolan.katherine@yahoo.ie.

Visual Deflections featuring Pipilotti Rist: Old Truman Brewey Aug 2009

Many thanks to all the artists who helped make Visual Deflections 2009 a fantastic success. Here's some pics to give a flavor of the night. Watch this space for the next event......







Press Release

Visual Deflections featuring Piplotti Rist

Curated by Eleanor Lawler and Katherine Nolan
Corbet Place: Sat 29th August 2009, 6.30pm till late

(Entlastungen) Pipilottis Fehler <(Absolutions) Pipilotti’s Mistakes>, 1988, video by Pipilotti Rist (video still). Courtesy the artist and Hauser & Wirth

Piplotti Rist’s pioneering video work has been aspirational for a generation of emerging artists. This event will screen a selection of these artists alongside Rist’s (Absolutions) Pipilotti’s Mistakes. Her influence is reflected in the concept of Visual Deflections, a homage to her use of disjuncture and distortion

The idea of Visual Deflections infers the interruption of the image through distortions of time, movement, light and space. It may also suggest a manipulation of assumptions and identifications that reverberate between the spectator and screen

The works will be shown as a screening from 6.30 Sat, and video installation will continue until Sun 11pm. The venue, Corbet Place , is part of the The Old Truman Brewery at the heart of Shoreditch’s vibrant creative scene. The brickwork of the club provides a stripped back aesthetic for the screening, which will be followed by music curated by Back to the Wood

Artists: Piplotti Rist, Clint Enns, Ted Sonnenschein, Tessa Garland, Katherine Nolan , Eleanor Lawler, Jonathan Gilhooly, Jan Hakon Erichsen, Ciara Scanlan, Victoria Melody, Anders Weberg, Theo Tagholm,Lisa Flynn, Hillary Williams, Mathew Guillford , Alan Magee, Jeremy Newman, Saskia Vermeulen, Angelo Picozzi , Liam Herne, Sarah Breen Lovett, Ella Bertilsson , Lia Chavez, Vanessa Daws.

Corbet Place
The Old Truman Brewery
15 Hanbury St
E1 6QR
Tube: Liverpool St
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6.30 pm till late
Free Entry

Pipilotti Rist confirmed for Visual Deflections

(Entlastungen) Pipilottis Fehler <(Absolutions) Pipilotti’s Mistakes>, 1988, video by Pipilotti Rist (video still). Courtesy the artist and Hauser & Wirth

We can now confirm that Piplotti Rist will feature as part of Visual Deflections. Pipilotti Rist’s pioneering video work has been aspirational for a generation of emerging artists. This event will screen such artist’s alongside Rist’s (Absolutions) Pipilotti’s Mistakes.

LAST CHANCE FOR SUBMISSIONS. We are looking for short films (5 mins) that respond to the concept of Visual Deflections. Email entries to visualdeflections@hotmail.co.uk. Please send links or high resolution .mov via www.yousendit.com.

Get your submission in now!! Entries must be received by 17th August 2009

Work will be selected around the idea of Visual Deflections which infers the interruption of the image through distortions of time, movement, light and space. It may also suggest a manipulation of assumptions and identifications that reverberate between the spectator and the projected image.

Enquiries to visualdeflections@hotmail.co.uk

Artists 2009

Artists announced 2009...more to follow. To submit an artwork see call for submissions . Deadline 17th August 2009.

Clint Enns, Ted Sonnenschein, Tessa Garland, Katherine Nolan , Eleanor Lawler, Jonathan Gilhooly, Jan Hakon Erichsen, Ciara Scanlan, Victoria Melody, Anders Weberg , Theo Tagholm

Tessa Garland (2009) Still from No 1 Wilywyne Crescent


Clint Enns (2008) Still from Winnipeg Stories: Sacrificial Memories

Deadline Extended: Call for Artists

We are still accepting short films to add to the exciting submissions received thus far for the Visual Deflections screening event. The extended deadline is the 17th of August.



Visual Deflections returns as a showcasing opportunity for new and emerging artists working in lens-based imagery. Building on its previous success at the Roxy the project aims to stage a screening to provide an opportunity to engage with contemporary artists working with the moving image.

Work will be selected around the idea of Visual Deflections which infers the interruption of the image through distortions of time, movement, light and space. It may also suggest a manipulation of assumptions and identifications that reverberate between the spectator and the projected image.

Requirements:

- Videos: 5 mins approx. Format pref quicktime on disc. DVDs also accepted.
- Artist’s statement
- SAE for return of work

Deadline 17th of August 2009

Submissions to:

Visual Deflections
Flat 2
75 Herne Hill
London
SE24 9NE

Enquiries to visualdeflections@hotmail.co.uk
Info at visualdeflections.blogspot.com

The event will be held in Corbet Place in Shoreditch on the 29th August 2009, in association with Back to the Wood. The brickwork of this venue in the Old Truman Brewery provides a stripped back aesthetic for cutting edge music and contemporary art.

Visual Deflections: New Call for Artists

Visual Deflections returns as a showcasing opportunity for new and emerging artists working in lens-based imagery. Building on its previous success at the Roxy the project aims to stage a screening to provide an opportunity to engage with contemporary artists working with the moving image. There will also be a limited amount of space for video installation and still imagery.



The event will be held in Corbet Place in Shoreditch on the 29th August 2009, in association with Back to the Wood. The brickwork of this venue in the Old Truman Brewery provides a stripped back aesthetic for cutting edge music and contemporary art.

Work will be selected around the idea of Visual Deflections which infers the interruption of the image through distortions of time, movement, light and space. It may also suggest a manipulation of assumptions and identifications that reverberate between the spectator and the projected image.

Requirements:

- Videos: 5 mins max. Format pref quicktime on CD. DVDs also accepted.
- Installation proposal for durational works (via tv screens)
- Images that would benefit from a durational viewing (eg projection). On CD jpeg or tiff (300 dpi)
- Artist’s statement
- SAE for return of work

Deadline 3rd of August 2009

Submissions to:

Visual Deflections
75 Herne Hill
London
SE24 9NE

Enquiries to visualdeflections@hotmail.co.uk

Artists

Artists: Noah Angell, Marko Batista, Julia Dogra-Brazell, Ole Hagen, Jan Hakin Erichsen, Anthony Kelly & David Stalling, Aileen Lambert, Eleanor Lawler, Didi Lin, Robert Luzar, Anita R Mudaliar, Jeremy Newman, Katherine Nolan, Dan Shipsides, Markus Soukup & Igor Hax, Matt Verdon.



Screening: Oct 24th at the Roxy Bar and Screen

Visual Deflections is a compilation of moving image work from a select group of international artists. The works are centered around the idea of deflections, reflections and reverberations of either the narrative or the gaze. The showcase of short films presents the viewer with an opportunity to engage with contemporary artwork that provokes, seduces and repels the desire to look.

The Roxy Bar and Screen
Oct 24th 8pm
128-132 Borough High Street
Tube: Borough

Call for Submissions

Visual Deflections is a showcasing opportunity for new and emerging artists working in film/video/moving image. The project aims to stage screening(s) to provide an opportunity to engage with contemporary artists working with the moving image

Work will be selected around the idea of Visual Deflections, which infers the disruption of a straightforward linear story through distortions of the time, movement and space of the film/video. The concept may also suggest an interruption of the gaze where desires and identifications are intrusively reflected back to the viewer.

Requirements

• Short films - 5 min approx
• Format preferably DVD, also accept .mov, .avi files etc on CD
• Max 3 pieces of work per artist
• Artist’s statement and CV

Visual Deflections
100 Angell Rd
London
SW9 7LQ
UK

Inquiries to visualdeflections@hotmail.co.uk
Info at www.visualdeflections.blogspot.com
Deadline: Friday 13th April 2007