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Why is Painting Still Important? Thursday 16 February 6.30-8pm Eastside Projects
Why is Painting Still Important? Thursday 16 February 6.30-8pm Eastside Projects
This panel discussion will unpick current ideas and ignite critical conversation about the diversity of contemporary painting practice. Held in the gallery at Eastside Projects and surrounded by the stunning group exhibition Painting Show, with presentations from Yvonne Hindle, Damien Roach & DJ Simpson, chaired by Professor David Rayson, Head of Painting at the Royal College of Art.
£4/£2 concs/ Free for ESP members
Artist’s Talk: Simon Bill Wednesday 1 February 6.30 – 8pm Eastside Projects
Artist’s Talk: Simon Bill Wednesday 1 February 6.30-8pm Eastside Projects
Artist & writer Simon Bill, currently exhibiting as part of Painting Show at Eastside Projects, talks about his work and it’s relationship to neuropsychology the science of visual perception, with special reference to the work of Richard Gregory. He will also introduce his new novel, BRAINS.
£4/£2 concs Free for ESP Members
Working with Galleries: Part II Tuesday 24 January 6.30pm
This panel discussion focuses on the processes of negotiation between artist & curator / designer & client. Two professional ‘couples’ have been invited to make visible the conversation around the initiation, development & realisation of projects; the practical concerns and conceptual repercussions. The artists Cullinan Richards talk with curator & writer Tom Morton while directors of the design studio A Practice For Everyday Life, Kirsty Carter & Emma Thomas, speak with curator, writer and gallerist Rob Tufnell.
£4/£2conc/Free to ESP members
www.cullinanrichards.com
Tom Morton
www.apracticeforeverydayli
www.robtufnell.com
A Year at The Curfew Wednesday 11 January 6.30pm Eastside Projects
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£4/£2conc/Free to ESP members
Christmas Quiz Thursday 15 December 6.30pm Eastside Projects
Power your brain cells on mince pies and mulled wine and challenge the reigning champions, Coventry School of Art & Design, in this Christmas themed quiz night. £1 per team member – winners take all.
Science Talk: What is consciousness? Wednesday 7 December 6.30-8pm Eastside Projects
What we think we know about consciousness has led to many philosophical and scientific problems about what it is, how it can exist in a physical universe, and how biological evolution could have produced it. But is there a unique “it” or are there many varieties of consciousness? Aaron Sloman is a philosopher and researcher on artificial intelligence and cognitive science. He will explore how some of the problems arise from conceptual confusions, and how things we have learnt in the last 60 years or so about complex information processing systems including lots of so-called interacting virtual machines can give us new conceptual tools for understand what we, and other organisms, are, what it is to be conscious, and what sorts of consciousness we can expect in future machines.
Aaron Sloman held the Chair in Artificial Intelligence and Cognitive Science at the School of Computer Science at the University of Birmingham, and before that a chair with the same title at the University of Sussex. He is now working with biologist Jackie Chappell on the evolution of intelligence and is Honorary Professor of Artificial Intelligence and Cognitive Science at Birmingham.
free to members £4/£2concs
Give & Take: Swap Shop Event, Thursday 1 December, Eastside Projects
Give & Take: Swap Shop Event
Thursday 1 December
6.30–8pm
Eastside Projects
One artist’s trash is another artist’s treasure. Bring along the materials/books/equipment/objects that are cluttering your home or studio and swap them for some more pleasing items. You may even find some unusual Christmas gifts for friends and family.
Free to ESP members/£4/£2 Conc
ESP Salon, Curator’s Introduction: Painting Show, Thursday 24 November, 6.30-8pm, Eastside Projects
EXTRA SPECIAL PEOPLE SALON
CURATOR’S INTRODUCTION: PAINTING SHOW, THURSDAY 24 NOVEMBER, 6.30-8PM, EASTSIDE PROJECTS
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Gavin Wade, Sophie Von Hellerman and Kunstverein Schwerte give an informal introduction to ‘Painting Show’ and ‘Corridor Plateau II’ the latest exhibitions at Eastside Projects.
With works by George Best, Ashley Bickerton, Simon Bill, Joe Bradley, Brendan Cass, George Condo, Cullinan Richards, Mark Handforth, Dietmar Lutz, Hayley Tompkins, Barry McGee, David Musgrave, Paul Newman, André Niebur, Rupert Norfolk, Nicolas Party, William Pope.L, Laure Prouvost, Rob Pruitt, RH Quaytman, Imran Qureshi, Alessandro Raho, Dan Rees, John Russell & Fabienne Audioud, Tamuna Sirbiladze, DJ Simpson, Josh Smith, Alexis Marguerite Teplin, Paul Thek, Richard Tuttle, Markus Vater, Richard Woods, Zheng Guogu.
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Don’t Forget:
Launch: Painting Show
Friday 25 November
6-8pm
Eastside Projects