Eastside Projects June Events

Free Public Events

ESP Salons
4 / 2 concs / free to Extra Special People Salon: There is no Script for This Wednesday 27 June, 6.308pm
What do people do when they leave art school? How do you begin to develop a career in the visual arts? How long does it take to achieve momentum and then escape velocity? And then how do you maintain it? Drawing from the ESP network of artists, writers, curators and designers this informal event will give students, recent graduates and emerging practitioners a chance to quiz people at different stages of their careers as they talk about highs, lows and pivotal moments during their first years out of art school. Including presentations from An Endless Supply (design studio) Beth Bramich (curator and Eastside Projects (EP) Distribution assistant), Ruth Claxton (artist and EP Director), Bethan Lewis (artist, educator and EP Operation Assistant), Joanne Masding (artist and Director of The Lombard Method), Gavin Wade (artist-curator and EP Director), Joe Welden (artist, musician and EP Production Assistant) and more.

Extra Curricular
Extra Special People Activity Group Occupation: Open Studio Event Saturday 2 June, 24pm
Helen Brown, Joanne Masding and Samuel Rogers host the final open studio event at The New Art Gallery Walsall.

New extended opening hours

We are delighted to announce that from June we will be open Wednesday to Saturday, 125pm.

Its moving from I to It. Scene 3. Part II Friday 15 June, 68pm

Performances start at 6.30pm

Away Day: Nottingham Thursday 7 June

ESP visits Nottingham to take a look round the new studio development Primary and attend Short Sharp Blow to the Head at 1 Thoresby Street, which features an ESP screening at Trade Gallery.

Goldin+Senneby: I dispense, divide, assign, keep, hold

A public rehearsal in which cultural economist and former banker Ismail Ertrk attempts to imagine a future numismatics of a Credit Default Swap (CDS). With Pamela Carter (Playwright), Ismail Ertrk (Senior Lecturer in Banking), Anna Heymowska (Set Designer), Hamadi Khemiri (Actor)

Opportunity: Unravel, Unauthorise, Upcycle 21 July and 18 August

ESP members are invited to apply for a free place on this intensive selfpublishing project. Over the course of two workshops in Birmingham and London, different strategies and ideas will be introduced by AND Publishing, Gavin Wade and An Endless Supply as participants develop publication ideas and prepare for print. Application deadline 21 June.

Ian White and Martin Gustavsson

A talk-presentation based on a set of questions in relation to In no particular order, a painting installation included in the exhibition.

Studio Visits: Caroline Achaintre, Sara Barker and Alice Channer

Extra Special People (ESP) is the associate membership scheme at Eastside Projects. ESP supports the development of work, ideas, connections and careers and programmes a huge range of events for artists, writers, curators and those with a more general interest in contemporary art. Membership costs 5 per month / 60 per year, or you can pay on the door if you would like to attend individual salon events. For information on joining please speak to a member of gallery staff or contact info@extraspecialpeople.org. For full programme details visit www.extraspecialpeople.org On 26 July the three artists currently exhibiting in the gallery will each make a studio visit with an ESP member. Application deadline 29 June.

Eastside Projects is an exhibition space with many differences. It is a free, public space that is being imagined and organised by artists and designers. We commission and present experimental contemporary art practices, and propose ways in which art may be useful to society. 86 Heath Mill Lane, Birmingham, B9 4AR Open Wednesday to Saturday, 125pm See www.eastsideprojects.org for full programme details

Rotate at the CAS - continues to 31 August

Contemporary Art Society, 11-15 Emerald Street, London, WC1N 3QL Group exhibition selected by Eastside Projects and Grand Union.

The Heterotic 1
Alex Bailey is undertaking a short residency in the Outset Artists Flat at the South London Gallery.