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Photos from last week's Future Park
Last week's FUTURE PARK at Chalkwell Hall included an introduction to Final Cut Pro by Simon Poulter, a guest speaker, artist Ruth Catlow, and 3-minutes wonders presentations by Colette Bailey, Niki Cornish, Agnes Lukacs, Laura Keeble, Charlotte Windley, Daniel Pincham-Phipps and Amy Mckenny.
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Written by Colette Bailey 29 October 2012
Arts Award 15 October
Another great Arts Award session last Monday introducing Simon Monk who shared his visual arts practice with the students. He also explored body illustration concentrating on action poses valid in a comics / animation / illustration context, and got people drawing!
Read more about Arts Award at Chalkwell Hall here.
Written by Colette Bailey 19 October 2012
Thomas Joshua Cooper gives a talk at Metal. Win an opportunity to see the great photographer at work!
THOMAS JOSHUA COOPER AT METAL + A COMPETITION
As part of the Liverpool Biennial, Thomas Joshua Cooper, one of the most celebrated and distinctive landscape photographers working in the world today, arrives to Liverpool to photograph the River Mersey and to give a talk at Metal about his unique style.
San Francisco-born Cooper will also be talking about his current project, a 21-year epic to photograph the Atlantic Ocean from its coastlines in five continents, looking out to sea. He will be presenting his meditative, almost philosophical images printed in the 19th century manner with layers of silver and gold chloride.
Win your chance to accompany the artist as he takes photographs of the Mersey and witness his unusual technique first hand.
In order to participate in the competition, submit one of your own photographs of a coast line, anywhere in the world. The winner will be the owner of the image that most appeals to the judges – Joshua Cooper and Metal Liverpool director Ian Brownbill.
Send your picture to This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it marking the subject “Thomas Joshua Cooper” by Monday October 29.
The photography session is due to take place on November 9.
The winning photograph will be featured on the Liverpool Post website.
This event is kindly supported by Shedkm
Written by Colette Bailey 16 October 2012
Oreet Ashery: Party for Freedom #1 #2 #3/10
Performance Artist Oreet Ashery, screened the first three parts of her new work 'Party for Freedom' at Metal Liverpool on Thurs 11th October. After the screening, which included live music and nudity the audience joined Oreet in discussion about her work.
'Party for Freedom' is an album of ten audio visual tracks and the final piece will be shown at Artangel in Spring 2013.
More information here
Written by Colette Bailey 15 October 2012
Future Park 25 October
Our next Future Park evening is coming up on Thursday 25 October 7pm-10pm at Chalkwell Hall.
Artist Surgery from 7pm-8pm: Final Cut Pro with new media artist, Simon Poulter.
Guest speaker: Ruth Catlow from Furtherfield.
Future Park is Metal’s networking and information sharing evening for practicing artists, working in all disciplines, from across South East Essex. Each evening includes: a practical session / 10 x 3 minutes 'open mic' spot for artists to talk about new ideas / Invited speaker / Networking.
Read more.
Written by Colette Bailey 10 October 2012