Transvoyeur
Programme 2007
Transvoyeur
Programme 2007 ... Year (4)/2007: Independent Research
and Redefinition (National and International).
Year
(4)/2007: Independent Research and Redefinition (National
and International).
The coming year of 2007 for Transvoyeur is set as 'Independent
Research and Redefinition' for the programme. There
are an array of events and projects under the programme
of Transvoyeur, but these will start to evolve by each
members independent research and explored not only in
Liverpool, England, but with a greater emphasis to the
national and international opportunities. The structure
of the new programme.
The
'Loft Space Project' is an artist in residence project
curated by Jo Derbyshire to explore arts and culture
in the urban space with contributions from other Transvoyeur
artists and invited guest artists.
An
open submission to an international arts platform through
the media of Transdigital On-Line Gallery Space. An
array of images of different creative processes on the
subject of 'Childhood' to coincide with the objectives
the campaign of SOS Childrens Village. Co-Curators:
Gaynor Evelyn Sweeney and Victoria Samantha Smith.
(www.soschildrensvillages.org.uk)
39 Art Day (Thank You Art Day) is a special day to appreciate,
promote, and otherwise positively engage ourselves in
contemporary art worldwide. Initiated by a Germany-based
Japanese artist Yoshiaki Kaihatsu (www.yoshiakikaihatsu.com).
To coincide with the international activities of this
programme on 09 March 2007 Gaynor Evelyn Sweeney has
posed to the Transvoyeur artists a webcam performance
art platform to share in this unique exchange of cultural
dialogue.
Tony
Knox and Gaynor Evelyn Sweeney affiliate artists to
both Transvoyeur and Eight Days a Week (Liverpool/Cologne)
research arts and culture in city of Cologne (Germany)
in the urban space and gallery context (Martin Turck
Galerie, Cologne).
An auction is proposed to raise funds for the Royal
Liverpool Hospital Emergency Department with the support
of the View Two Gallery, Liverpool, England. An intiative
conceived and facilitated by Gaynor Evelyn Sweeney (UK
Projects Co-ordinator) and Transvoyeur Management Group.
A curatorial progamme conceived and managed by Jo Derbyshire
set on art in the urban space. This is in collaboration
with Transvoyeur and the South Bohemia Gallery (Liverpool,
England). The events scheduled for this project are
set for Liverpool (UK), London (UK) and Paris (France)
for each respective month from June to August 2007.
A
project conceived and curated by Gaynor Evelyn Sweeney.
Two artists from Liverpool (UK) and New York (US) have
been selected to participate in the following pilot
scheme of an online collaborative and curatorial research
project of culture and creativity in the context of
art and urban environment. The first theme set is titled
'Gender, Space, Art and Architecture' and forms the
polit scheme of specific tailored projects set between
artists through Transvoyeur.
A
group of the UK based Transvoyeur artists will go to
Barcelona (Spain) and Paris (France) to research the
contemporary arts and culture in either city and to
establish and forge links for future exchanges.
Transvoyeur
Legacy is a diverse collection of contemporary art work
from established professional artists to be donated
to the Royal Liverpool University Hospital by the Transvoyeur.
This to impart a ‘Legacy’ to the city and
the hospital prior to the European Capital of Culture
2008. To be part of the hospital permanent collection
on display for future generations. Conceived and faciliated
by Gaynor Evelyn Sweeney (UK Projects Co-ordinator)
and managed by Tony Knox (Curator).
To celebrate the Fifth 20/08 Day, Transvoyeur are offering
free to the first 25 email submissions a collection
of limited edition postcards that depict contemporary
art.
The history of Transvoyeur, founded 2003, and the events
up to 2006 in the Independents Liverpool Biennial 2006
will be presented in a catalogue. It contains the information
on the events, projects and exhibitions and artists
from the different international cities.
Live
art produced and conceived by the Transvoyeur artists
to be presented at the international events of the Edinburgh
Fringe Festival 2007. Gaynor Evelyn Sweeney and
Tony Knox take their extraordinary live art and audience
participation interventions to Edinburgh.
The
Transvoyeur International DV 2007 is an international
digital video platform and will screen new media in
Liverpool (UK), New York (US), Cologne (Germany) and
BBC Big Screen (UK). The title and theme is 'Laissez-Faire,
Creative Destruction, Disruptive Technology'. Co-curated
by Chris Boyd and Gaynor Evelyn Sweeney.
Transvoyeur
and associate artists contribute to supporting a programme
for the The Big Draw 2007. Drawing sets will be distributed
on request by email to participants free to produce
an image of their favourite place. This will be exhibited
on line at www.transvoyeur.com.
The exhibition of the art by the Liverpool and New York
artists launched at the Independents Liverpool Biennial
2006 at the View Two Gallery (Liverpool, England) will
tour to New York (US).
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Practice and Research of Artists for 2007 |
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Agata
Alaniz: Environmental Art.
Alcaniz is preparing for a new series art set on his
interest in Environmentalism, both in digital video
media and live art intervention. She will be collaborating
with several institutions in the development of this
distinct and innovative work on a topical subject.
Chris
Boyd
Boyd is currently researching and new series of digital
video and multi-media projects set on the iconic in
art history through this alternative media. This is
combined with many contracts in cross platform where
conceptual art in digital technology meets commercial
interests in his extraordinary art. As well as a creative
practitioner, he will be curating several large digital
video programmes in 2007.
Brendan
Byrne: VJ Theory
Byrne in collaboration with the VJ Theory group are
to publish their first book in 2007. He has been invited
to two US universities to lecture on this work on the
philosophy and theory of vjing and real time interaction
(www.wjtheory.net). He will be working with Michael
Betancourt (Curator of Iowa Sate Museum andGallery,
US) on applications for his proposed 'Taxonomy of Abstract
Form’.
Rob
D.Davies: City and History.
Davies is exploring through his practice of drawing
the concepts urban space and historical context. The
new series of work to be developed is proposed to be
platformed at various exhibitions in 2007.
Jo
Derbyshire: When the City Speaks, Loft Space Project,
Art and Urban Culture.
When the City Speaks, a live art project by Derbyshire
will be explored through different urban spaces and
the creative processes of subjectivity and objectivity.
The Loft Space project is another stage combined to
consider through her theoretical practice concepts of
spatiality and artistic intervention. She is currently
studying her Masters in Visual Arts.
Tony
Knox: Hero.
Knox is working with several educational and cultural
bodies on the final resolve of his alter-ego character
‘Moth Man’. In 2007, this character, now
one of urban myth and iconic status in popular culture
will reach a culmination to be revealed. Knox will be
finishing his Masters in Visual Arts.
George
Lund: Animal Utopia
Lund will be researching and developing a large scale
performance art platform for 2008 in collaboration with
the Liverpool Culture Company. In combination with this,
a philosophical text Lund has written influenced on
his visualisations and theories of humanity in his art
is to be edited this year for publication. Date to be
announced.
Charles
Nuttall: Media – Concept and Space.
Nuttall will be researching digital media through programming
and graphic and concepts of spatiality of different
media processes from gaming, the internet and much more.
Gary
Sollars: Art, Dollman ...
Sollars will present new guises of Dollman and the infamous
Disco events for 2007. Through his own practice he explores
new concepts and creative processes on his themes of
social commentary. There will be an array of events,
projects and exhibitions to be announced by Sollars
in the coming months.
Gaynor
Evelyn Sweeney: Genetic Intervention and Visual Dialogue.
Sweeney will collaborate with several London and international
institutions in her professional activites to research
and develop a new series art on the theoretical and
practitioner constructs of philanthropy, genetic intervention
and visual dialogue in post modern art, society and
culture. The plurarity of her engagement in 2007 will
be in London (UK), New York (US) and other international
cultural platforms. Sweeney will be studying for her
PhD in London (UK).
Andrew
Taylor: Peotry and Publication.
Taylor will be finishing his PhD on Poetry and Poetics,
gathering work for his next collection and work produced
at 'The Loft Space' residency in Liverpool (UK) for
future publication. As a member of Edge Hill University's
Poetry and Poetics Research Group, he will be recording
his poetry for CD release. Taylor hopes to continue
aspects of his research in the USA in 2007.
Sarah
Townsend: Professional Research (New York) and Royal
College of Arts.
Townsend will research and develop a new series of art
proposed on the history of the erotic. She is to travel
to New York for professional development. She has applied
to the Royal College of Arts, London, England, for later
this year.
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Arts and Cultural Research (Regional and National)
for 2007: |
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North West and North East (UK): Agata Alcaniz, Tony
Knox and George Lund.
Scotland, London and South (UK): Brendan Byrne, Jo Derbyshire
and Gaynor Evelyn sweeney.
For
further information, please contact the UK Management
Team at:
transvoyeuruk@hotmail.co.uk
or www.transvoyeur.com.
