The Open Eye Club was invited by Tramway to curate an event in Tramway 4, a theatre space, in November 2006. In response to this invitation The Open Eye Club commissioned 6 artists to create new works specifically for bazaar. The intention of this invitation to artists, whose work is not exclusively video based, was to encourage an engagement with this medium and indeed each other's practice. bazaar evoked and encouraged an experimental non-prescriptive approach to the processes of art making and curating. The Open Eye Club's criteria for bazaar was that of possibility; of seeing what happens when certain people, elements and practices are brought together.
An essay in response bazaar by Sarah Smith was available at the event and can be read by clicking here.
Part 1
Single screen projections
Whatever Happened To (7’20’’) is an animation by Glasgow based artist Ronnie Heeps. Originally Heeps worked as a Lighting Designer for bands and clubs including Nico, The Orb and The Sub Club. From the early 1990s he has been involved in Performance and Public Art. Recently Heeps has exhibited paintings in Campbells Soup at GSA (2005) and Frankie and Other Stories at The Embassy Gallery Edinburgh, (2005)
In response to The Open Eye Clubs invitation to participate in bazaar, Dundee based artist Mickey Mallet has made A Friday Night In (12’) as a collaborative work with Jason Nelson and Derek Lodge.
Derek: We had many ideas for this film. We settled on one but eventually went with the afterthought.
Jason: I don’t think this is strictly true. I think perhaps my colleague is mistaken. I feel that the actual end product was not an afterthought. In fact I remember it being mentioned early on in the creative process.
Mickey: Attempting to be me was a very personal thing and I’m glad.
Jason Nelson: Lives and works in Dundee, currently studying an MSc at DOJ.
Mickey Mallett: I’m currently studying an MFA at DOJ.
Derek Lodge: Born 1978, Glasgow. Lives Dundee since 1986. Went to DOJ. By the time you read this I will be doing a residency in Sheffield.
Glasgow based Canadian born artist Ciara Phillips' work incorporates elements of painting, printmaking, drawing, sewing, and now video. Chick Flicker (2’) is a video work in which the pages of a book on art and feminism are quietly surveyed. Recent exhibitions include Scottish Collective with Market Gallery at the R.S.A, Edinburgh (2006) and Capricorn 28 at Rocket Art Projects, Miami (2005).
Part Two
Installations
After the Birth of Painting, (video loop on monitor) is by Glasgow based artist Yuen Fong Ling. He studied Fashion and Textiles at Liverpool John Moore’s University before becoming Co-Director at Castlefield Gallery, Manchester. He is currently on the MFA at Glasgow School of Art. Recent exhibitions include Portrait of the Oriental at The Royal Academy of Art, London 2006.
Babak Ghazi is an artist, writer and curator based in London. His piece Work in Progress (ongoing archive) is a projection of a digital image slideshow. This piece explores his interest in the creative and economic freedom of the individual to construct his or her own identity. Recent solo exhibitions include Work in Progress at Whitechapel Project Space, London (2006) and Eye Won’t let U Down at Counter gallery, London (2004).
Torsten Lauschmann studied Fine Art Photography at Glasgow School of Art and Media Art at HfG Karlsruhe (ZKM). He has exhibited and performed his artwork/videos/music/software throughout the UK and internationally. For bazaar Lauschmann has created a new video installation Curtain. Recent solo exhibitions include Transmission (2004), Glasgow International and Mary Mary Glasgow (2006).
Babak Ghazi Work in Progress (Ongoing Archive)
Torsten Lauschmann Curtain
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