CCA Art Events

Exhibition: Mariana Castillo Deball, What we caught we threw away, what we didn't catch we kept

06 Apr 2013 00:00:00 GMT

CLOSED ON SUNDAYS AND MONDAYS
Preview 5 April 7-9pm

CCA presents a new solo show by one of Mexico’s most exciting artists. Mariana Castillo Deball is interested in the biography of objects. Her practice provides, in her own words, a ‘kaleidoscopic approach to language’ wherein she adopts methodologies from other disciplines to develop ‘an intermediate game between science, storytelling, fiction and visual arts’. Approaching these ideas playfully, Deball always retains the potential of humour within her work, exploring the varying ways that different disciplines describe the world, and how they often collide with each other to generate a polyphonic voice.

This exhibition presents the results of an intense period of research at the British Museum in London and accompanying residencies in Cove Park. Taking historical and archaeological Mayan writing and objects as a starting point, the exhibition guides us through the work of explorer and archaeologist Alfred Maudslay, Scottish artist Eduardo Paolozzi and anthropologist Alfred Gell who all developed various techniques to analyse diverse cultural objects. Deball responds to their investigations by offering a new body of work of her own which examines modes of objectification within visual cultures and the relationships it produces to ‘agency’, so often attached to various disciplines of artistic, ethnographic and historical nature.

The artist doesn’t simply reactivate the legacy of Gell, Maudslay and Paolozzi by celebrating forgotten ideas, instead she embraces the transformative potential objects can exert. Acknowledging that objects contribute to ‘factual’ knowledge about cultures, languages and societies, Mariana Castillo Deball constructs an active and almost ungraspable parallel that focuses our attention on how our image of different cultures is determined by the filter of objects.

Mariana Castillo Deball was born in Mexico City in 1975 and now lives and works in Berlin and Amsterdam. She has exhibited internationally in public institutions such as Museum of Modern Art, New York; JUMEX Collection, Mexico City, Mexico; Castello di Rivoli, Turin, Italy; Kunsthalle Sankt Gallen, Switzerland and The Colección Patricia Phelps de Cisneros, Caracas & New York.

What we caught we threw away, what we didn't catch we kept has been organised in close collaboration with Cove Park and Chisenhale Gallery, London where the show will open in May 2013.

Artist Julia Scott in Residence

03 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT

Julia will be exploring, with others, ideas around self-preservation in relation to violence. She will use the sonic (beats and voice) and physical (body) language of both the dance floor and violence to do so.

Embodying the stylised echo of combat that exists in dance battles and war rituals, animal movement and self-defence, she will investigate the space between attack and defence. If you are interested in being involved in the project and attending a workshop please email julialetitiascott@gmail.com.

Intermedia Gallery - Marie-Michelle Deschamps and Justin Stephens, Routine Investigations

11 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT

For this collaborative exhibition, Marie-Michelle Deschamps and Justin Stephens will present new paintings, prints and sculpture. Sharing an interest in the manipulation of materials and in cerebral abstraction, Deschamps and Stephens invite the viewer to give attention to details within the work which were at first concealed. With Routine Investigations, the artists aim to explore the extent of which the work exposes what they are trying to hide, allowing themselves to identify unknown habits within their working process.

Mariana Castillo Deball Talk & Film Screening

17 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT

To mark the end of her exhibition, What we caught we threw away, what we didn't catch we kept, at CCA, Mariana Castillo Deball presents rare films by Scottish artist Eduardo Paolozzi and Argentinian artist and writer Leandro Katz. Relating to ethnography and archeology, both films explore the relationship between the modern world and archeological objects. Paolozzi’s film links directly to the papier-mâché technique used by Alfred Maudsley and Mariana herself, while Katz’s documentary provides an insight into the rapid economic development of much of Latin America and its connection to historical sites and collective memory.

History of Nothing by Eduardo Paolozzi, 1963, 16mm, 12 minutes
Made in 1963, this film provides a rare insight into Paolozzi’s influence on British pop art from 1952 onwards. The animated collage of cut-up images shows a deeply fragmented way of working with both film and sculpture. Fascinated by the modern world and an increasing mechanised environment, Paolozzi creates a visual language offering a curious history that holds ‘nothing’. In fact, in revisiting Paolozzi’s practice in an almost archeological way, this animation shows the rich visual world Paolozzi felt part of.
Courtesy of Paulozzi Foundation, London.

Paradox by Leandro Katz, 2001, DVD, 30 minutes
Leandro Katz’s documentary brings together two seemingly separate worlds. The film begins at the Maya archeological site of Quiriguá in Guatemala, which was visited by Alfred Maudsley and which also inspired Mariana Castillo Deball. It charts the development of the Latin American fruit industry, and depicts the clash between modernisation and the residual ‘histories’ of Quiriguá, which houses families, relics and objects of archeological value.
Courtesy of Leandro Katz

Dance House presents Dance Café - Teaching Artists

28 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT

An informal Meet and Talk consultation for and with professional dance artists.

These Dance Café events present an opportunity for the independent dance sector to contribute to informing Dance House’s future professional development programming. Come along to our workshop and chat with Ailsa-Mary Gold, Artistic Director of Dance House - she wants to hear from you!

Each evening will be themed in order to consider the different aspects of the programme, though anyone is welcome at all three. We’d also love to hear from new dance graduates, so if that’s you, come along to whichever evening suits you best.

Refreshments will be provided and, for those who would like, the evenings will continue informally in Saramago Café Bar.

Dance Café topics:
Tue 28 May - Teaching Artists
Tue 11 June - Choreographers
Thu 20 June - Dancers

Dance House presents Dance Café - Choreographers

11 Jun 2013 00:00:00 GMT

An informal Meet and Talk consultation for and with professional dance artists.

Refreshments will be provided and, for those who would like, the evenings will continue informally in Saramago Café Bar.

Dance Café topics:
Tue 28 May - Teaching Artists
Tue 11 June - Choreographers
Thu 20 June - Dancers

Dance House presents ‘Early American Pioneers of Postmodern Dance’ – an Artist Talk by Diane Torr

12 Jun 2013 00:00:00 GMT

This Artist Talk by Diane Torr will explore the work of three very different American post-modern dance pioneers. Anna Halprin, the innovative dancer and choreographer who founded the groundbreaking San Francisco Dancer's Workshop in 1955; Simone Forti, a choreographer and musician who was known for her dance style based on basic everyday movements, improvisation and the activities of animals and plants; and Lucinda Childs, whose unique choreographic style lay in spatial exploration, and the different patterns the human body can create across a stage by repeating basic combinations in different ways.

The talk will be followed by a short Q&A session with Diane.

To book your space for this talk, call 0141 552 2442 or email info@dancehouse.org.

Dance House presents Dance Café - Dancers

20 Jun 2013 00:00:00 GMT

An informal Meet and Talk consultation for and with professional dance artists.

Refreshments will be provided and, for those who would like, the evenings will continue informally in Saramago Café Bar.

Dance Café topics:
Tue 28 May - Teaching Artists
Tue 11 June - Choreographers
Thu 20 June - Dancers

Black Hearted Press presents Glasgow Comic Con

13 Jul 2013 00:00:00 GMT

Glasgow Comic Con, Scotland’s leading comic book festival, returns with a new partner venue! Bringing the creators directly to you, the reader - with signings, sketches, workshops, talks and panels - this year’s event is bigger and better than ever before.

Artists, writers and comic creators confirmed for the event are: Alan Davis (Captain Britain, Miracleman, D.R & Quinch, Wolverine), Carlos Ezqurra (Judge Dredd, Strontium Dog, ABC Warriors), Alan Grant (Batman, Lobo, 2000AD), John Higgins (Watchmen, The Killing Joke, Judge Dredd, Doctor Who), Cam Kennedy (Artist Star Wars : Dark Empire, Lobo, Batman, Commando), Barry Kitson (Fantastic Four, The Hulk, Spiderman), Mike Ploog (Ghost Rider creator, Superman II & Ghostbusters movies ), John Wagner (Writer Dredd, Strontium Dog, A history of Violence), Rufus Dayglo (Tank Girl) plus Hannah Berry, Peter Doherty, Gary Erskine, Ferg Handley, Yishan Li, George Low, Colin MacNeil, Lorna Miller, Robbie Morrison, Monty Nero, Tanya Roberts and more to be announced.