Recycle by Design
RECYCLED BY DESIGN
Artists and designers have found a way to transform waste into more than its original value.
Exploration of the subtlety and ingenuity required to turn waste and found items into beautiful and unique objects will be highlighted in the new show at Guildford House Gallery and a programme of temporary installations at The Lightbox this coming Autumn.
Caroline Jackman is working in partnership with Guildford & Woking Borough Councils, Arts Council England, Surrey CC and Surrey Arts to help coordinate a project titled Recycled by Design. This project involves 4 artists working with 4 communities from Spring – Winter 2008 raising the profile of reduce, reuse, recycle through creative means. The selected artists are Jane Ponsford working with Junior Art School at The Lightbox, recent graduate Tim Gentry working with County School in Guildford, Mary Branson working with Lockwood Day Centre in Guildford and Cas Holmes working with Woking College. Documentation of these community projects will be showcased at Guildford House Gallery in September.
Recycled by Design programme of temporary installations from 16th September 2008.
At The Lightbox, Chobham Road, Woking, GU21 4AA, 01483 737800, www.thelightbox.org.uk
Open Tue – Sat 10 – 5pm, Sun 11 – 5pm (closed Mondays including Bank Holidays)
This coming Autumn there will be a programme of 5 temporary art installations using the versatile non exhibition spaces of the Lightbox. This programme will continue through to next spring and enables 5 artists to showcase new work using discarded materials transforming them to innovative contemporary pieces of artwork.
Artists will include recent graduate Lucy Fergus who will be taking on the challenge of the stairwell space, sourcing waste rubber and transforming this versatile material to a dramatic installation, which will be quite a contrast to Jane Ponsford’s delicate paper installation, which has been created as a result with her collaboration with Junior Art School, a project instigated by Surrey Arts.
The programme:
16th September – 30th November 2008 -
Artist Jane Ponsford, working with Junior Art School, education project partnered with The Lightbox. Creating site specific installations using pieces made with the group as well as Jane’s own work. The work will be on show on the ground floor and second floor of the The Lightbox.
Jane will also be hosting paper making workshop day on Saturday 4th October 2008, to book and for more details contact The Lightbox
14th October 2008 – 11th January 2009
Artist Lucy Fergus (www.re-silicone.co.uk) to create ‘Re-silicone Lining’, an installation for the stairwell using a combination of industrial waste rubber silicone off-cuts and LED lights.
Artist & graphic designer Nick Sayers (nicksayers.com), to install 'To Live', a spherical shelter made from estate agent boards. The piece will complement smaller works shown at Guildford House Gallery from 20 September to 11 October.
3rd March – 10th May 2009
Artist Tim Gentry to create a site-specific structure using natural materials, which would grow over time. ‘Meet the artist’ Tim Gentry whilst he creates his ‘Pleasure Spheres’ in week commencing 24th February 2009
Artist Paul Matosic to install recycled structure, using found objects.
Meet the artist Paul Matosic whilst he installs ‘Junk Drawer’ 6 – 8th March 2009
Artist Talk Wednesday 25th February, to book and for more details contact The Lightbox
The Smell of the Moon
A light and glass installation by Mary Branson comes to Abbots Hospital, top of Guildford High Street for one night only.
4.30 - 7.30 Thursday 20th November sharing the Christmas Light celebrations
The Smell of the Moon (V3) is a collaborative project between Mary Branson and Jelly Tree Productions. The dramatic light installation includes three thousand recycled glass jars which have been kiln fired and placed in the courtyard of Abbot's Hospital, Guildford.
The work is inspired in part by the story of Apollo XVII Gene Cernan, the 'last man on the moon', who noticed the smell ‘like burned gunpowder’ coming from the dust on his boots when he removed his helmet inside the capsule after completing his moon walk. The notion of a space where a sense can only exist for a very selected few brings us the question ‘what would it smell like? A typical example of Mary's attempts to look at the world from an oblique perspective and provoke questions from her viewer.
Smell the Moon (V3) is a part of the bigger project Recycled by Design and a bigger message: Reduce Ruse Recycle. After the installation the jars will be recycled to create new bottles and jars.
FUN FOR ALL THE FAMILY
The annual switch on of Guildford’s Christmas lights from the Guildhall balcony on Thursday 20th November marks the start of the festive season for the borough and the opening of late night shopping. To add to the excitement throughout the day the town will also feature an array of other street entertainment, including face painting and buskers, novelty stalls selling a selection of Christmas goods and a traditional carousel.
Three live reindeer and their sleigh will be taking up residence outside The Guildford County followed by the big build up to the switch-on which will start at 4.30pm: visit the fantastic light installation created by artist Mary Branson for free at the Abbot's Hospital and a performance from the Guildford County School Big Band at Tunsgate Arch. This will be followed by further performances including The Guildford Cathedral Boys choir, Funtastic and BBC’s Last Choir Standing finalists, The Academy of Contemporary Music’s Gospel Choir.
For further information & images contact Project Coordinator Caroline Jackman on 01483 527 688, e: caroline@20firstcenturyart.com
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