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| Posted: 22 Jun 2012 03:38 AM PDT This summer we're presenting a visually stunning new exhibition by Norwegian artist Hariton Pushwagner. We've developed a diverse programme of events to complement the show, including live music, performance, film and video by Norwegian artists and workshops and talks inspired by Pushwagner's work. Here's a rundown of what you can enjoy at MK Gallery this summer.
Live Music
Workshops, Talks and Fair
Norwegian artist Stian Ådlandsvik will display work inspired by the birth of the Paralympic movement at MK Gallery Project Space this July. The exhibition will include collage works developed from archival photographs belonging to the National Spinal Injuries Centre archive at Stoke Mandeville hospital, and a sculptural installation that investigates ideas of human mobility and fragility. Offsite
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Throughout the summer, we're playing host to a diverse range of Live Music events, showcasing the work of Norwegian artists and musicians. Ande Somby will present an evening of Sami singing, one of the oldest musical traditions still alive in Europe, Ny Musikk curates a series of solo concerts including the innovative Hardanger Fiddler, Nils Økland, Sound Artist Jana Winderen and singer songwriter, Susanna Wallumrod.
Two series of workshops have been devised to complement Pushwagner's exhibition. Work with artists to create a comic book, and learn the techniques involved in stop-frame animation and flip book production. These workshops will be complemented with a talk on Graphic Novels by freelance journalist, curator and broadcaster Paul Gravett. We'll also be hosting a free one-day comic fair, where some of the best UK comic creators display and sell their work.
Three new monthly video programmes have been curated to run in parallel with Pushwagner's exhibition, all devised to resonate with wider themes invoked by Pushwagner's practice. There are two programmes which resonate with Pushwagner's work curated by Natalie, the third is a selection of historical Norwegian Artist film (1960-1980) curated by Atopia – offering an insight into the Norwegian art scene at the time Pushwagner was creating his seminal works.
AK Dolven's 2011 sound piece, 7 Voices, will be installed in Margret Powell Square for the duration of the exhibition. Consisting of an adapted 'cry baby' guitar pedal connected to two speakers, visitors are invited to tread on the pedal upon which the sound of a Norwegian Choir singing the Internationale, the world's most translated song, will eminate.| You are subscribed to email updates from Creative Midlands South To stop receiving these emails, you may unsubscribe now. | Email delivery powered by Google |
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