[curatorial.net] Invitation to Root Index - 60 Years of Plymouth Arts Centre

[Plymouth Arts Centre]

Root Index

60 years of Plymouth Arts Centre

Exhibition

5 July to 7 September 2008

Freesound 106.6.FM

11 July to 7 August 2008

You are invited to the exhibition

opening on Friday 11 July, 6.30pm

This summer Plymouth Arts Centre is celebrating its

60th anniversary. Plymouth Arts Centre was one of

the first arts centres in the country and has been at

the core of cultural life in the region.



Plymouth Arts Centre Archive

Selected material spanning 60 years

Mike Lawson-Smith

New commission: Reciting the City

Jeremy Deller

The History of the World 1997-2004

Plymouth Stories

The exhibition presents Plymouth Arts Centre's

archive with selected programmes, images and publications
generated from key exhibitions. In its

early years there were exhibitions by Gwen John, Ivor Kenny and
Ted Williams, as well as famously offering

Beryl Cook her first exhibition. The '80s and '90s saw

a wealth of now internationally-acclaimed artists producing new
work such as Patrick Heron,

Jenny Holzer, Peter Blake, Paula Rego, Helen

Chadwick, Richard Deacon and Stuart Brisley.

Reciting the City by Mike Lawson-Smith. is a two-

screen video installation that sets the stage for a latent
dialogue between Plymouth's citizens, prompted by

film footage extracted from the South West Film and Television
Archive.

Jeremy Deller's wall drawing The History of the

World 1997-2004 is an intricate mind map that traces

the links between the Acid House scene of the late

'80s and the traditional brass band. A map of

connections that reveals a culture and its origins.

Through its citizens, oral histories of a location survive and
are told. We are interested in hearing from anyone who would
like to share a Plymouth Story from the past or present. If you
would like to take part in this project please contact Plymouth
Arts Centre and your story can form part of the exhibition and
be recorded for Freesound 106.6FM.

Images above: Plymouth Arts Centre in 1965

Image supplied by the South West Image Bank

(Plymouth Barbican Association)

copyright South West Media Group Ltd

Below: Jeremy Deller, The History of the World

1997-2004 (detail).

Freesound 106.6FM

Broadcasting from Plymouth Arts Centre

Freesound 106.6.FM is back – tune in your radio for

the hottest most eclectic broadcasting from Plymouth

this summer. The evening airwaves resonate with a vibrant mix of
music provided by the city's DJs. Whilst

the daytime programme is filled with fascinating interviews and
the creative work of local musicians,

poets, pupils and playwrights.

Visit  [http://www.freesound.org.uk] for a radio station

schedule or look out for flyers in the city.



Image: Katie Thompson aka Mixymisstokus at

last year's Freesound FM

The Way We Live

Film screening and talk

Tuesday 22 July, 8.30pm

Tickets £6 (£4.75)

Screening in the cinema as part of our 60th anniversary, The Way
We Live was made in 1946. It shows the

Watson - Abercrombie plan for the rebuilding of

Plymouth, after the terrible devastation of the Blitz,

seen through the eyes of one family. The plan hoped

to bring social improvement and modern amenities.

There will be a short introduction before the film.

Book your ticket in advance at the box office:

01752 206 114.

Image: Charles Church Plymouth, 1946

Courtesy South West Image Bank

(Plymouth Barbican Association) copyright Roy Westlake.

Announcement

Welcoming Louise Wilson as Chair

Louise Wilson is the new Chair of Plymouth Arts Centre's Council
of Management. Tanya Griffiths has also joined as a member.

Louise Wilson is an internationally-renowned artist working in
the UK. Working with her twin sister Jane through film,
photography and sculpture, the Wilson twins create highly
atmospheric installations that investigate the darker side of
human experience. In 1999 Louise and Jane Wilson were
shortlisted for the Turner Prize. They have exhibited (amongst
other galleries) at the Centre d'Art Contemporain in Geneva,
Kunsthalle Hamburg, Tate Galleries in London, Kunst-Werke Berlin
, BALTIC and The New Art Gallery Walsall.

Tanya Griffiths is a registered architect with over 12 years
experience. She became director of the newly established
Architecture Centre Devon and Cornwall in June 2006. Tanya was
previously an associate of Foster and Partners and partner of
Sonnemann Toon Architects. She has worked on public and private
commissions in Europe and the UK. She is now secretary for the
Plymouth Design Panel.





Gallery Open Hours

Monday 5.30pm - 8.30pm

Tuesday - Saturday

10am - 8.30pm

Sunday

11am - 8.30pm

Plymouth Arts Centre

38 Looe Street

Plymouth PL4 0EB

01752 206114

www.plymouthartscentre.org [http://www.plymouthac.org.uk/]





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