Archives

2010

BUCKET: CLOSING PARTY/ JUNE

NINE/ JUNE

OPEN STUDIOS/ MAY-JUNE

NORWICH FRINGE FESTIVAL

PERIPHERAL VISION/ MAY

EMERGENCE/ MAY

An exhibition of work by BA(Hons) 2nd Year Fine Art Students at Norwich University College of the Arts.

LOCUS/ MAY

A selection of installation works from two 2nd year NUCA students

WATER SCISSOR STEPPINGSTONE/ APRIL

Final year students on the very last year of an astounding Creative Writing Degree Course at Norwich University College of the Arts are showing their colours…

Seven of them are exhibiting photographic and installation works within the Space.

On the evening of 27th April 2010 the last Veto publication produced by the current final year of Creative Writing students, will be launched onto Norwich. It is a showcase of original modern storytelling, poetry, art and photography from both students and friends and invited local writers.

SEWELL PARK COLLEGE: 13 ARTISTS, 1 SPACE/ APRIL

An exhibition of site specific work produced by Year 12 and Year 13 art students from the Applied Art & Design course at the Kett 6th Form College. The work, produced in a range of media, been made with the express intention of being exhibited at Unit 5 and uses the gallery space and the local area as direct inspiration.

6 DIFFERENT WAYS/ MARCH 2010.

Each of the six artists has their own focus in their practice, yet each can be linked to one another through subtle features. Six Different Ways plays with these subtleties.

KABEEDIES VIDEO SHOOT - 'JITTERBUG'
FEBRUARY

http://www.myspace.com/thekabeedies
http://www.nrone.co.uk/

PERSPICACITY/ JANUARY

Nicola Fernandes creates a 6 day open exhibition based on experiments in space, light and atmosphere of the gallery environment and invites members of the public to view the development of her ideas within this period.

Five different experiments will be carried out throughout the week, one on each day, with the intention of collating all of them at the end of the week to form a completed exhibition of works.

To contact the Artist: nicola_fernandes@yahoo.co.uk

2009

INNOMINATE/ JULY

A collection of current work by Maximilian Egger and Fiona Livesey.

Entitled Links. Through the medium of photography Max is exploring the idea of relationships. The ones we have with those we love, the ones we have with those we loved and the ones that exist with those we never knew. The silent and invisible links that join.

Fiona’s work is primarily based upon time and the theoretical structure it possesses. Combining concept with chance experimentation, she attempts to explore and understand the momentary length of events and existence.
Both exhibitors are working towards something that can never truly be represented, physically or verbally, something innominate.

INCUBATION/ JUNE

THE DROP IN CENTRE/ MAY
Serena Caulfield|Emma-Jane Corsan |Mark Jennings |Cherry Styles Curated by: Alison MacRonald

Take away the frame, take away the plinth, take away the pristine white walls and any other form of display neutrality. This exhibition aims to reconnect art with the ordinary world. It was borne out of real blood, sweat, late nights and the occasional fight. The artists involved may be people just like you. Their individual ideas and artwork may be something that you can relate to or at least make you crack a smile.

Influenced by sociologist Henri Lefebvre’s theory that artistic activity is not a realm divorced from everyday life, The Drop in Centre uses personal or acquired domestic furniture to display art to indicate lived experience and individuality. The world may be becoming smaller through globalisation, mass marketing and mass production but individualism and personal opinion remain. The Drop in Centre hopes to present an accessible viewing environment that encourages viewer engagement and discussion.

'..........' (Space)/ APRIL

Caroline Carty’s practice investigates creating new realms of space, regions where the roles of bodies and their interactions with space are manipulated.

Victoria Scott’s work amalgamates point, line and pivot in search of a fresh perspective of order in space.

Samantha Horrobin is interested in remembered spaces, particularly within the domestic sphere.

ACQUIESCE/ MARCH
ACQUIESCE is a collaborative exhibition between five artists from the Norwich University College of the Arts - Samuel Aldis, Caroline Carty, Rachael Fisher, Julie Savoye and Stacey Smith.

Acquiesce describes the connecting state between the collaborating artists and has emerged as a paramount concept that illustrates life within the art institution and surrounding art environment. A passive consent that one applies to without protest is the attitude that many submit to regardless if they are aware of it; it becomes the nature of life and integrates so that its existence is indeterminable.

The exhibition is the opportunity to show work collectively in this pursuit and provides an important juncture to which, each distinct artist can develop individual practices whilst observing an acquiesce state. The exhibit within Unit 5 forms an informal interruption of life in acquiesce and aims not to oppose nor advocate its presence, but to simply highlight its continuation within our daily life.

3 DAYS + 2 ARTISTS = UNIT 5

LOADER & TAGGART/ MARCH

Loader & Taggart invite you to join them following a short period of working in-residence at Unit 5
The plan is to push their practice in a different direction to germinate new performance material. Come join them at the end of the 3 days for a heady mix of video clips, performance and back chat based on the combined work of the two artists.

Ange Taggart founder of My Dads Strip Club. Taggart is known for her issue based, un-authorised collaborations, blending humour with activism. She straps on a coke bottle and fucks coke machines, interrogates shoppers, buys everything and returns it all to the store telling them why their products are so crap. www.mydadsstripclub.com

Steven Loader a fellow northerner based at the London International School of Performing Arts. Co-founder of Abort Comedy production company, he's worked primarily in theatre and comedy with an ongoing and evolving practice in performance and live art.

2008

AURORA PRESENTS, EMILY RICHARDSON/ NOVEMBER

Aurora was an annual festival in Norwich, UK, which focused on the manipulated moving image.

As part of the 2008 festival, Unit 5 hosted Cobra Mist: an Animate Projects Commission for Channel 4 by Emily Richardson

www.emilyrichardson.org.uk

A TRAIL OF BURNT PAPER: MOONCALF CURIOS PRESENTS/ OCTOBER:

A week of events celebrating the launch of Forbidden Books and the 3rd birthday of Mooncalf Curios. This launch event saw an exploratory performing arts and live literature festival featuring live performances from the best contemporary writers, musicians and visual artists of today.

contact Paul Knight at mooncalfcurios@hotmail.co.uk.

FIVES/ OCTOBER

For one week, Unit 5's project space will be taken over by 5 of it's resident artists and makers - Mandy Roberts, Trisha Addison, Penny Gough, Kate Hodges and Bev Broadhead - in an 'exercise in exhibiting' neatly entitled Fives

DISPLACED SHELTER SHINDIG

SEPTEMBER
Resident artist Kate Hodges showcases new installation piece centering around displacement and invites local artists, authorities to participate in a discussion about the future of Norwich as a 'cultural city'.

A WEEKEND OF ART DIFFICULT TO DESCRIBE/ AUGUST

Following the launch of the Norwich artist' collective 'Other/Other/Other', seven members aim to find out a bit more about each others work and allow the public to access this process.