event

ART AFTER DARK

10.Jul.08 - 11.Sep.08
6.00pm - 11pm, thursdays
£ - advance

The Louise T Blouin Institute

LOuise T Blouin Institute, 3 Oalf Street, London, W11 4BE
London W11 4BE
020 7985 9600
info@ltbfoundation.org
www.ltbfoundation.org
Tube Lattimer Road, Shepherds Bush, Westbourne Grove / Notting Hill

July 10th
It Happened Here: a tribute to Ladbroke Grove
Jonathan Barnett (festival director of the Portobello Film Festival) will showcase work inspired by in the neighbourhood of Ladbroke Grove (the very neighbourhood of the Institute). This event will celebrate a collection of films, video art, sculpture and music by West London artists and DJs.

July 17th
Organised chaos by artist collective, CutUP
Guillaume Breton presents CutUP, a collective of artists who primarily deal with art on the street and interventions in public space. For one night only, CutUP move inside the Institute to take full advantage of its vast space (5,000sq feet) through large installations and performance. The event, undoubtedly, will prove to be an energetic and chaotic evening filled with intriguing imagery and sound, from alarm clocks to television noise, sequencers to wall projections.

July 24th
Controversial video works by LA artists
Never-before seen in the UK, experience the videos of LA artists Marco Brambilla, Joe Sola, Dean Shamshima, Eurydice Kassemvelli, and Monica Majoli (curated by Brooke Lynn McGowan). The show highlights recent work by these emerging artists from or practicing in Los Angeles. The works examine the mediation of sex, intimacy, and sexuality.

July 31st
3 a.m. Eternal (after): an exploration of club culture
In collaboration with the Super Super magazine, Alexandre Pollazzon and SuperSteve present 3 a.m. Eternal (after). The show addresses the experience of nightclubbing and presents a series of works by artists who have been influenced by contemporary club culture.

August 7th
Video works by renowned artist Mark Neville
Experience high-speed films of Sectarian marches that take place in Scotland, both Protestant and Catholic. By being surrounded by 6 large video screens and an accompanying soundtrack of protest march songs filling your ears, you will be emerged in the atmosphere of the march. Curator Flora Fairbairn presents this new video work from Mark Neville who deals with issues of religion and social struggle. Neville's work is currently on display at Mount Stuart on the Isle of Bute and he has exhibited recently at Tate Britain and Modern Art Oxford, and Kunsthalle Bern, in Switzerland.

August 14th
Performance and video curated by nofixedabode
The collective group of innovative curators, nofixedabode, present a performance of by top German artist Thomas Kratz and a spectacular video installation of Catherine Sullivan, Marjan Laaper and Manon de Boer.

August 21st
Light Divided: an exploration of light by various artists
Ben Austin presents a contemporary interpretation on the age-old technique of Chiaroscuro – the extremes of light and dark. A mix of both emerging and established painters, photographers and video artists explore both the aesthetic and psychological effects of light, and its ability to both create and destroy.