METSTYLE: 2011

Friday 30 December 2011

ALL GOOD TEXTILE DESIGNERS KNOW ABOUT FIORUCCI

Nothing in the World But Youth, Turner Contemporary Margate

Teenagers lives have changed a lot over the years but society's attitude to them is consistent, whilst their youth and energy is valued and envied their unpredictability and explosiveness is often feared and they are often viewed in a negative light. Nothing in the World But Youth at Turner Contemporary reminds us that being a teenager whether you know it or not at the time is an important and highly creative period of your life.

Margate with all it's seaside town associations inspired this show it's long been a place where young people have gathered to have fun, dress up, mess about and experiment.
There is work from a diverse selection of ninety four known and lesser known painters, photographers, writers, film makers and so on and there is even work by the teenage Turner himself.
We particularly liked: Mark Leckey's 1999 film Fiorucci Made Me Hardcore complied from found footage taken the inside clubs in the 70s,80s, and 90s, David Haines pencil drawing Nike Air Sneakers vs Colonel Sanders, Julian Germain's classroom portraits and the photographs and the piece in the fanzine-y style catalogue by Margate born writer Iain Aitch called Can't go on no more:A personal history of Margate's youth culture.

There is loads to see so you might have to have more than one awayday, but that's ok because the light over the sea keeps changing, the local chips are cheap, it's free and it's on until 8th January 2012. Get down there.

www.turnercontemporary.org

Tie Dye video using spirals

http://youtu.be/t9ac9kTH6tE

Luke Haynes makes amazing quilts..

http://vimeo.com/25981314

My most recent works have been investigating nostalgia and function. I work with quilts because they embody these subconsciously while lending a unique materiality to the process and resultant product. I can work with disparate pieces of fabric and create a cohesive final product that is greater than the sum of its parts.
Within contemporary quilt making people are exploring ways of using fabric as a medium for both functional quilts as well as wall hangings. The resultant dialogue between quilting as a pastime of assembling purchased fabrics and quilting as a skill of constructing usable objects from unusable cloth reflects a current societal tension. For each viewer the alchemy is within the craftsmanship and creative eye of the quilter and their work, as demonstrated in the Gee’s Bend quilts. They were brought into national attention as they toured the country through contemporary art museums and galleries. Those quilts constructed for warmth from overused cloth became intriguing art objects.

http://www.lukehaynes.com/blog/

Wednesday 30 November 2011

BOB BAXTER TALK 1st December CR100 6pm

Bob’s work is acknowledged as breaking new ground with the interpretation of
complex exhibition content. With project experience in Europe, the United States
and Asia he has an informed perspective on the keyforces shaping
modern museums.
Bob co-designed the permanent Holocaust Exhibition for the Imperial War
Museum in London. For the same client he worked on the masterplanning of
the new War Museum North with Daniel Libeskind and the Money Zone as part
of the national celebrations in Britain’s Millennium Dome.
At Large, has designed the Sugar and Slavery, Museum in Docklands,
Plantastic, National Museums, Liverpool, Climbers and Creepers,
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew for other projects refer to http://www.atlarge.co.uk