A series of temporary visual art projects and public discussions for Harlow, featuring artists: Diann Bauer, Amanda Beech, Chris Evans, Alison Gill, Pil & Galia Kollectiv, Wayne Lloyd, Mike Ricketts, The Serendipity Group, Roman Vasseur.
Harlow was designed and built after the war, entirely master-planned by the late Sir Frederick Gibberd.
The town possesses the largest municipal collection of post war sculpture in Britain including works by Moore, Hepworth and Chadwick. It is an example of an urban design project as a living artwork driven by ideas of democracy and community, the result of a unique interpretation of 'The Modern'. These artworks will continue this tradition of art and the New Town project.
The town possesses the largest municipal collection of post war sculpture in Britain including works by Moore, Hepworth and Chadwick. It is an example of an urban design project as a living artwork driven by ideas of democracy and community, the result of a unique interpretation of 'The Modern'. These artworks will continue this tradition of art and the New Town project.
The Harlow Temple of Utopias
By Diann Bauer and Roman Vasseur
6 November - 22 December
Thursday - Monday 11 - 5pm
Sunday 1 - 4pm
Temporary gallery located in Market Square, clad in a series of designs produced collaboratively, referencing current and past architectures in the town. It will act as a temporary exhibition space for a variety of artists' projects.
Market Square (A)
Statecraft
A video work by Amanda Beech
6 - 24 November
Filmed on location in Harlow the work mixes politics, fiction and electro-synth music to construct a cinematic narrative.
8 November, 3pm
Artists talk FREE
Harlow Temple of Utopias (A)
Nu Town
Performances, a comic and exhibition by Wayne Lloyd
A series of three performances describing films that address architecture and 'the Modern' within the context of Harlow. A 'map' of each film is drawn as the artist recounts the film as oral history.
8 November, 2pm
Performance of A Clockwork Orange
A cult classic by legendary filmmaker Stanley Kubrick partly filmed in Harlow.
15 November, 2pm
Performance of The Fountainhead
A story of 1940s corporate architecture in the US. Starring Gary Cooper as the genius architect unable to compromise his vision for a perfect architecture.
22 November, 2pm
Performance of Mon Oncle
A gentle comedy portraying a family's move from Victorian surroundings to the planned environments of a new world. A specially produced comic book will be available to take away free of charge.
FREE, but booking required
All at Barnabas Hall, College Sq. (C)
27 November - 1 December
An exhibition of the drawings resulting from the performances and copies of the specially produced comic book. FREE
Harlow Temple of Utopias (A)
The Serendipity Group and Friends
4 - 8 December
A painted archive of the buildings and spaces in Harlow by artists working locally accompanied by a facsimile of Gibberd's notes and sketches carried out during his six-week walk around the site that would become Harlow. With thanks to the Gibberd Garden Trust. FREE
Harlow Temple of Utopias (A)
Welcome to Elsewhere
Sculpture and proposals for monuments by artists Chris Evans, Alison Gill and Pil & Galia Kollectiv
11 - 15 December
These artworks take as their cue the tradition of public sculpture that promises utopia via the art experience, plus the idea of monuments as a means of transforming private values into public sentiment. FREE
Harlow Temple of Utopias (A)
Reverse Consultation (Old New Town)
By Mike Ricketts
18 - 22 December
Artist Mike Ricketts revives his study of Harlow written a generation ago. The text will be revised and re-presented following a process of consultation with targeted individuals in the town. FREE
Harlow Temple of Utopias (A)
Talks
8 November, 4pm
Do you Want or Need Public Art?
Speakers: Internationally renowned artist Bob & Roberta Smith; art historian and PhD researcher at University of Essex, Iris Balija.
22 November, 4pm
Is Community the Fantasy of Architecture?
Speakers: architectural historian and Director of University of Essex Collection of Latin American Art, Professor Valerie Fraser; Director of the Curating Architecture research project at Goldsmiths College Dr. Andrea Philips and artist Gail Pickering.
Both talks chaired by freelance curator and Programme Director of the Centre for Curatorial Studies, University of Essex, Matthew Poole.
FREE, but booking required
St. Paul's Town Centre Church (C)
By Diann Bauer and Roman Vasseur
6 November - 22 December
Thursday - Monday 11 - 5pm
Sunday 1 - 4pm
Temporary gallery located in Market Square, clad in a series of designs produced collaboratively, referencing current and past architectures in the town. It will act as a temporary exhibition space for a variety of artists' projects. Market Square (A)Statecraft
A video work by Amanda Beech
6 - 24 November
Filmed on location in Harlow the work mixes politics, fiction and electro-synth music to construct a cinematic narrative.
8 November, 3pm
Artists talk FREE
Harlow Temple of Utopias (A)Nu Town
Performances, a comic and exhibition by Wayne Lloyd
A series of three performances describing films that address architecture and 'the Modern' within the context of Harlow. A 'map' of each film is drawn as the artist recounts the film as oral history.
8 November, 2pm
Performance of A Clockwork Orange
A cult classic by legendary filmmaker Stanley Kubrick partly filmed in Harlow.
15 November, 2pm
Performance of The Fountainhead
A story of 1940s corporate architecture in the US. Starring Gary Cooper as the genius architect unable to compromise his vision for a perfect architecture.
22 November, 2pm
Performance of Mon Oncle
A gentle comedy portraying a family's move from Victorian surroundings to the planned environments of a new world. A specially produced comic book will be available to take away free of charge.
FREE, but booking required
All at Barnabas Hall, College Sq. (C)
27 November - 1 December
An exhibition of the drawings resulting from the performances and copies of the specially produced comic book. FREE
Harlow Temple of Utopias (A)The Serendipity Group and Friends
4 - 8 December
A painted archive of the buildings and spaces in Harlow by artists working locally accompanied by a facsimile of Gibberd's notes and sketches carried out during his six-week walk around the site that would become Harlow. With thanks to the Gibberd Garden Trust. FREE
Harlow Temple of Utopias (A)Welcome to Elsewhere
Sculpture and proposals for monuments by artists Chris Evans, Alison Gill and Pil & Galia Kollectiv
11 - 15 December
These artworks take as their cue the tradition of public sculpture that promises utopia via the art experience, plus the idea of monuments as a means of transforming private values into public sentiment. FREE
Harlow Temple of Utopias (A)Reverse Consultation (Old New Town)
By Mike Ricketts
18 - 22 December
Artist Mike Ricketts revives his study of Harlow written a generation ago. The text will be revised and re-presented following a process of consultation with targeted individuals in the town. FREEHarlow Temple of Utopias (A)Talks
8 November, 4pm
Do you Want or Need Public Art?
Speakers: Internationally renowned artist Bob & Roberta Smith; art historian and PhD researcher at University of Essex, Iris Balija.
22 November, 4pm
Is Community the Fantasy of Architecture?
Speakers: architectural historian and Director of University of Essex Collection of Latin American Art, Professor Valerie Fraser; Director of the Curating Architecture research project at Goldsmiths College Dr. Andrea Philips and artist Gail Pickering.
Both talks chaired by freelance curator and Programme Director of the Centre for Curatorial Studies, University of Essex, Matthew Poole.
FREE, but booking required
St. Paul's Town Centre Church (C)
BOX OFFICE BOOKING TEL: 01279 431 945
Harlow Town Centre:
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For further information and press enquiries, please contact us at info@artandthenewtown.org.uk
The programme is curated by Roman Vasseur, appointed by Essex County Council as lead artist for the town over a two year period.
This project is part of Essex County Council's Genius Loci county-wide project to promote a spirit of place through the commissioning of art and the involvement of artists in planning and design initiatives.
Harlow Town Centre:
click herefor larger map. click here for directions.For further information and press enquiries, please contact us at info@artandthenewtown.org.uk
The programme is curated by Roman Vasseur, appointed by Essex County Council as lead artist for the town over a two year period.
This project is part of Essex County Council's Genius Loci county-wide project to promote a spirit of place through the commissioning of art and the involvement of artists in planning and design initiatives.
Links
Diann Bauer
www.paradiserow.com/browse/_,Diann%20Bauer,0/
Amanda Beech
www.pilotlondon.org/artists/details.php?id=125&year=2004
www.artreview.com/profiles/blog/show?id=1474022%3ABlogPost%3A151759
Alison Gill
www.alisongill.com
Chris Evans
www.chrisevans.info
Pil & Galia Kollectiv
www.kollectiv.co.uk
Mike Ricketts
www.laurabartlettgallery.co.uk/Exhibition-past/44
www.scenery.org.uk/docs/archive.php