Standpoint Futures Residency Programme

Anthony Schrag begins his residency at Standpoint

Anthony’s residency began on Monday and will last until 29th July, with his public presentation of work taking place on 28th and 29th July, 2011.

Working primarily with the physical presence and participation of people, Anthony Schrag explores the phenomenological. Focusing on the physical sensations of the boy rather than intellect and/or ideas, the work takes the form of solo and collaborative performances, interactive installations, publications, interventions and sculptures, as well as a variety of other strategies depending on the specific context.

Following on from his two-week research visit at Standpoint in February, Anthony will explore the relation between ‘process-based’ work and the expectations of what art can (or should) do. Anthony will also be re-visiting the relationship between his socially engaged practice and the opportunities afforded by a conventional gallery presentation.

ts Beall began her residecny at Standpoint on 16th May, with her public presentation of work taking place on 16th – 17th June which included an artist talk. Plese see below for further details.

t s Beall – final residency presentation Thurs 17 – Fri 18 June

t s Beall – endless invasion and other works in progress as part of Standpoint Futures Residency Program

16 – 17 June 2011, 12 – 6pm

Artist talk and drinks 16 June, 6.30pm

Through the lense of modern reconnaissance imagery, t s Beall explores the notion of omnipotent vision and panoramic landscape structures as idealised, impossible constructions of vision and place. This ‘impossibility of vision’ is at the heart of Beall’s practice.

Referencing the content and aesthetic of historic panoramas and other landscapes and battle scenes as portrayed by nineteenth-century painters and photographers, Beall draws parallels with landscape imagery captured by contemporary surveilance technology. In both scenarios, Beall is concerned with the illusory effect.

She often constructs expansive works where the viewer is encouraged to physically engage with the space inhabited by the structures and screens she builds. While historical panoramas were shown in pupose built structures to heighten the illusion of space, for Standpoint the artist has chosen to fracture the moving image, reflecting our disjointed relationship to the images of war and reconnassaince that surround us. With this physical experimentation, Beall explores how digital media shifts our notions of place ­– how landscape is both imaged and imagined by modern technology.

For her final public presenation of work at Standpoint, the artist will show several works in progress, including studio presentations of exploserama and endless invasion. Exploserama is a cyclorama of never-ending explosions using found footage culled from online sources. endless invasion is a poetic presentation of paratrooper training exercises.

Recent solo exhibitions include Here Be Dragons, Colby Museum, Maine, (Catalogue) 2008/9; Untitled Horses in collaboration with composer Mary Bellamy, Castlefield Gallery, Manchester, 2007; Light Blind in collaboration with composer Mary Bellamy, Brooklyn Fireproof Gallery, New York, 2006. Recent group exhibitions include A Stone’s Throw Away (Glasgow International Festival of Visual Art), Glasgow, 2010; COMPOUND, dewalab, Belfast, 2009; gleDinBow (Edinburgh Arts Festival), Travelling Gallery, Edinburgh, 2008.

This special two-day presentation is part of t s Beall’s participation in the Standpoint Futures Development Residencies programme specifically for artists based outside of London. It will include a talk at 6.30 by t s Beall on Thursday 16^th June, and an opportunity to meet and talk to t s Beall at any time during the 2 days between Thurs 16^th – Fri 17^th June.

See http://www.tsbeall.com and http://visiontracking.tumblr.com/ for information on ts Beall’s practice.