Here are a few images from Issue 2 of I STOOD UP AND I SAID YEAH, a 28 page limited edition zine printed in black and white, with an accompanying cd containing text, image, video and audio contributions in response to the theme PROVOCATION. Want to see more? Buy the zine for £2 only plus p and p from here
Andy Abbott is a Leeds/Bradford based artist, writer, and musician. He has exhibited nationally and internationally, on his own and in various collaborations including the DIY art collective Black Dogs. He is presently submitting his practice-led PhD research on ‘Art, Self-organised cultural activity and the Production of Postcapitalist Subjectivity’ and is Fellow in Music at Bradford University.
www.andyabbott.co.uk
Adam Denton is a performer and composer based in Sheffield. Current projects include Trans/Human, Deas & Denton and Swan-Hunter. He is co-curator of PANDEMIC, a multi-site event which takes place in Sheffield in November 2011; incorporating visual art, performance, experimental music, lectures and actions in an environment of participation, where any person can be written into the programme at any point leading up to and during the event.
Emma Gee is a theatre maker.
Ellie Harrison is an artist and performer based in Leeds. She makes solo and collaborative work for studios, domestic and public spaces.Her work strives to unpick media images, searching for the sincere in the synthetic and contrasting it with autobiography and the collective experiences of the audiences she performs to.
Jaye Kearney graduated in 1998 with a BA (Hons) Degree in Theatre Studies with Dance from Scarborough. In 2009(with Rabbit Damage) she was chosen to create a new work for the Bridging the Gap scheme supported by and playing at Maltings Theatre Berwick, ARC, Stockton Arts Centre and Theatre Royal Newcastle.
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Claire Kearns
Sound & Assemblage Artist – Bradford, West Yorkshire
I graduated in 2006 with BA (Hons) Fine Art, using conceptual practice to produce sound and moving image for installation. Since graduating I have continued to develop my practice with sound and assemblage art. My work seeks to form connections between communities by provoking dialogue.
www.clairekearns.com
Roberthopesworld Keighley UK
Livin lovin losin artist and gatherer of ephemera.
http://roberthopesworld.wordpress.com
Jonathan Kelham [1986] attended Hull College then Birmingham Institute of Art & Design where he completed both Ba[Hons] & Ma in Fine Art. The current work explores the ambiguous & problematic relationship between Art & Education, which is taken from an overarching project The Leaders Of Men [2009-Present]. www.jkelham.com
Sohail Khan is based in Huddersfield and has been working in performance and related fields since 1984. Themes that he explores are the process around notions of what, how and to whom culture(s) are as stories and products. He collaborates with a diverse range of artists and practitioners. He also relates his performance based practice through work in the forms of writing, film, music, installation and visual art. Sohail has performed at the National Review of Live Art and at Spill Festival National Platform.
Jean McEwan is a cross disciplinary artist and independent curator. Her outputs have included video installation, experimental film, short documentary, performance to camera, audio visual performance, artist books and zines. She has shown work in the UK and internationally.
www.axisweb.org/artist/jeanmcewan
O U I Performance is a not-for-profit, artist-led organization curating live time-based performance in York, North Yorkshire, UK. Founded in 2010 by Victoria Gray & Nathan Walker, O U I Performance aims to create a physical and conceptual space for new live work in the city through the curation of regular performance events. www.ouiperformance.org.uk
Bryony Pritchard is an interdisciplinary artist based in Leeds. Bryony’s solo work explores immersive performance spaces, interactive installations and physical journeys with a particular focus on mazes and labyrinths. Ongoing collaborations include The Sibling Experiment and Black Dogs collective. www.artfever.org.uk
Sarah Spanton’s practice is cross-disciplinary: embracing performance, video, photography, dance, sculpture and text. She is director of Waymarking, an arts organisation which undertakes projects which are collaborative, sited within the public realm, rather than dedicated arts spaces and strongly focused on audience participation.www.waymarking.org.uk Spanton’s solo practice addresses themes of identity, subjectivity, gender, sexuality and the body. Intimate and often humorous, this work explores emotions, inner worlds and states of mind, frequently driven by autobiographical starting points. www.axisweb.org/artist/sarahspanton
Adam Young is an interdisciplinary artist and co-founder of Indivisible. Adam is concerned with perusing “the life in art and the art in life”. His works are often durational, political and one-off events. By using the emancipatory qualities of the creative act, Adam is able to practice in a multitude of sites/spaces/contexts, often blurring the lines between performer and audience.
Submissions are now invited from New Work Yorkshire members for Issue 2, on the theme of PROVOCATION.
Issue 2 will be a hand-made A5 limited edition publication, printed in black and white and available in print format only, and will be launched at Compass Symposium and Festival of Live Art: 25-27 November 2011.
Submissions are welcome in any format, including
-Words: critical writing, comment, debate, opinion, interviews
-Image: photography, drawing, collage etc
-Media content: video, sound
Submissions can take any approach e.g personal, exploratory, critical, satirical, provocative, creative, as long as they address the theme of provocation in relation to new work practice in some way.
Image files should be emailed in jpeg format,
Written submissions should be supplied in Word. There is a maximum word limit of 500 words per submission.
For video and sound content, there is a limit of 50mb per submission.
Video submissions should be in .avi, .mov, .mp4, or .mpeg formats. Audio submissions should be in .mp3 or .aiff formats. To submit audio or video work, please initially provide a link, or send it on cd to
Jean McEwan
63 Nelson Street
Cross Roads
Keighley
West Yorks
BD22 9EA
Please email image and text submissions to: nwyzine@googlemail.com. Deadline: Monday November 7h 2011
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For more information about Compass Symposium and Festival of Live Art, visit
http://compassliveart.org.uk
Issue 1 of I Stood up and I Said Yeah is themed DIY and is a hand-made, multi-format loose leaf zine with accompanying CD, printed in a limited edition of 100, featuring interviews, writing, video, reviews, audio, photography and drawing from Alice Bradshaw, Bob Milner, Rachel Lois Clapham, Jez Riley French, Brian Gilson, Tim Ineaux, Sohail Khan, Nick Kilby, Dave Lynch, Milk Two Sugars, Christopher Mollon, popup, Sarah Spanton, Douglas Thompson, and Nathan Walker.
Issue 1 was launched at Ecstatic – a live art event presented by Compass Live Art and Bloc Projects, at Bloc Projects, Sheffield, on 6th May , and then sold at the following events over Summer/Autumn 20011: Sunday Lunch Club, Goole, Bradford Zine Fayre, and Sheffield Zine Fair.
There are still a small number available to buy, for £2 plus p and p from here
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