Tris Vonna-Michell at Focal Point Gallery

11.01.10
No more racing in circles — just pacing within lines of a rectangle, Tris Vonna-Michell Dates: 11 January – 20 March | Location: Focal Point Gallery, Southend-on-Sea This exhibition is Tris Vonna-Michell’s first regional solo outing in the UK, and the result of a three-month residency period in Southend, which has been nurtured within the context of Focal Point Gallery and developed within the eastern region since ...
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Ruanne Abou-Rahme and Basel Abbas on Collapse

28.10.09
B.Abbas and R.Abou-Rahme, Collapse (video still), single channel DV (2009), image courtesy of the artists Palestinian artists Ruanne Abou-Rahme and Basel Abbas spoke to APEngine about their sound and video installation, Collapse, which was exhibited at The Delfina Foundation, London, earlier this year as a work-in-progress. Can you explain what Collapse is for someone who hasn’t seen the piece? Collapse is a sound and video installation, which uses ...
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How to Re-Establish a Vodka Empire

07.10.09
How to Re-Establish a Vodka Empire How to Re-Establish a Vodka Empire began with a story, a manuscript found in an attic that told the tale of Russian revolution and exile through Europe to Northern Ireland from the point of view of a young and romantic girl – director Dan Edelstyn’s Grandmother, Maroussia Zorokovich. Her words and vision prompted a documentary journey into Ukraine’s present and ...
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Hilary Powell

07.10.09
Hilary Powell Hilary Powell is an artist whose imaginative and interdisciplinary practice is consistently engaged with the changing urban environment and its secret histories. She has made theatrical installations in derelict sites across Europe from a car ballet/concert on Amsterdam Docklands to projects in Berlin factories and empty London lidos.  Hilary has a PhD in Cultural Studies from Goldsmith’s College where she extended this investigation around ...
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The Centre of Attention: Pierre Coinde and Gary O’Dwyer

22.09.09
Action Diana, The Centre of Attention APEngine’s Gary Thomas talked to Pierre Coinde and Gary O’Dwyer – The Centre of Attention – when they took a break from editing their feature length film Action Diana, which gets its world premiere as part of the AND Festival at FACT Liverpool, this September. So, who and what is the Centre of Attention? Gary: The Centre of Attention it started off ...
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