2in1 - Solo show 'Why Buildings Stand Up/Why buildings Fall Down', Malgras Naudet 29th Aug - 1st Sept

'Why Buildings Stand Up / Why Buildings Fall Down'A solo show by Jenny Steele

Why buildings stand up/why buildings fall down' will present drawing, projected images and sculpture created in response to a month long period of research into post-colonial architectures in Namibia and South Africa in late 2012.  The title of the show comes from the books Why Buildings Stand Up(Salvadori: 2002) and Why Buildings Fall Down (Salvadori, Levy: 2002).  The texts outline the principles why buildings weight bear, and why they sometimes collapse, in relation to engineering and human narratives.

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‘Pret a Exposer: a Curatorial Experiment (accents above the ‘e’ and ‘a’?)’A group show by MUTO - Manchester | Rennes ExchangeArtists: Charleyne Boyer |  Elodie Cousquer | Damien Ledevedec | James Lencki | Sylvain Le Quemener | Julien Marty | Quentin Montagne | Anais Pien | Mélanie Villemot

Over the last year, a group of young Manchester-based artists have been exchanging with their equivalent in Rennes, France.  The exchange, so far, has existed via the sending of art works, ideas and instructions for each group to follow, allowing us to establish an understanding of our unknown peers.  With a face-to-face meeting finally in sight, the question is what do we do with the things that they have sent, and how can artistic research be presented in a way that is engaging?

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Private View. Thursday 29^th August 2013, 6 – 9pmContinues.  Friday 30^th August 2013 – Sunday 1^st September 2013, 12 – 6pm daily    
Malgras|Naudet, 66 – 72 Chapeltown Street, Manchester, M1 2WH (UK)

 

Part of the Malgras|Naudet Membership Scheme; a presentation of two members shows reflectively and non-reflectively sitting alongside each other for one night and one long weekend.
Full information at www.malgrasnaudet.tumblr.com/2in1