Luna Nera at HULL TIME BASED ARTS
Critical Platform
Luna Nera and Urban Tapestries
Wednesday 21 April 2004, 18:00-20:00, £2
Ferens Art Gallery, Live Art Space
Critical Platform is a monthly programme of seminars and discussions presenting
the work of artists within the context of current artistic practise and
theory. Each event brings together artists and curators to explore themes
and issues in live and digital arts, and provides a forum in which the
audience can question and challenge the artists themselves. This month's
Critical Platform brings together the work of two groups that explore
the psychogeography of specific sites and urban landscapes.
Gillian McIver and Hilary Powell present the work of Luna Nera, an artist-curator group that creates large-scale live and visual art events in disused premises in the East London area. Luna Nera re-examine sites, addressing a series of issues surrounding society, community, history, memory and public space. The work is created and presented in direct response to the environment, transcribing histories, memories, textures and functions into art.
Proboscis is a studio which researches, develops and facilitates innovative creative projects. The organisation works across disciplines and practices, drawing upon artists, writers, curators, critics, designers, technologists, filmmakers, scientists and theorists to develop new ways of exploring social, cultural and creative issues. Giles Lane will present the group's 'Urban Tapestries' project, exploring social and cultural uses of the convergence of place and mobile technologies. The Urban Tapestries software platform allows people to author their own virtual annotations of the city, enabling a community's collective memory to grow organically in the new wireless landscape of the city.
Artwork by Valentina Floris, photographed by Sandrine
Albert
