Exhibition and Events at Lewisham Arthouse London 26th Aug - 11th September

To round up the summer and start the new season Lewisham Arthouse presents, Attempts to Get Inside the World, an exciting series of events initiated by Natasha Rosling with the support of Vision Forum and Lewisham Arthouse’s Graduate scheme. Over the course of these two weeks a range of talks, screenings and performances will take place set within a laboratory-style exhibition. The intention is to reveal the raw edges to many of the processes that feed an art practice, shifting eyes away from the product and into the thick the background. Particular attention will be given to research transgressing the boundaries of the studio – either through grappling with unknown subjects and disciplines, or through direct attempts to thrust oneself into the midst of an often extreme set of physical and psychological circumstances.

The exhibition space will house two main conference events, Retreat: in the City – 27^th and 28^th August, and Navigating Extremes, 3^rd and 4^th September. Artists, curators, scientists, architects, choreographers, and theatre practitioners from across Europe and London will come together to present talks, interviews, set-up discussions, screenings and performances under the umbrella of Attmepts to Get Inside the World. To set the scene, a series of ‘furnitures’ and rolling projections will occupy the gallery space - presenting works, artefacts, test pieces, experiments and research material selected by each speaker in reference to the practices discussed.

Please check updates for more information, and for the forthcoming programme of events.

Exhibition open Wednesday to Sunday, 12-6pm 27^th August – 11^th September.

Transport: Over ground - New Cross/New Cross Gate, Buses - 21, 36, 136, 321

140 Lewisham Way, London SE14 6PD

Conference: Navigating Extemes

Arthouse, London 3rd-4th September 2011, 12pm onwards

With an aim to extend and share some of my own personal research interests, I have formulated a series of categories as a catalyst for this symposium. Participants have been invited to present lectures, set up discussions, interviews and screenings that respond to any or several of the following:

The Weird Drive: Self-discipline, Obsessive Compulsion and Constructive Confusion.

Absurd Paraphernalia: Shaping Tools, Harnessing Straps and Wearing Prosthetics.

Living with Aliens, Dragons and Dinosaurs: Time Travel, Mind Travel, Space Travel.

Echoes in the Vessel: Disembodied voices, Embodied objects, and Lost Body Parts.

Stuck with the Mud: The Edifice, Support Structures and Temporary Architectures.

Individuals and collaborators from a range of research contexts are encouraged to formulate an unorthodox approach to presenting their ideas. It should not be about creating a reasoned argument or explaining why, but offering a rigorous reflection on the conflicts, excitements, and layers of interest that form the foundations of mode of looking and thinking.

Lewisham Arthouse,

140 Lewisham Way, SE14 6PD, London