Everyone knows that all the best ideas for anything, ever, have been jotted down on beer mats first. Always seeking to be topical rather than typical, we want to make a valuable contribution to the endless public debate about our giddy drinking culture. Here is some culture about drinking. Know your limits. It is time to celebrate all that is good about having a tipple. Stuff by artists, stuff by the good people of Halifax.
Opens: Friday 1st May, 5-8pm, bring a beer!
Then: Thursday-Saturday 10am-4pm and Sunday 11am-4pm
Until: Friday 29th May
Temporary Art Space
Units 34-35, The Piece Hall, Halifax, HX1 1RE, UK
+44 (0)7597 395 045
[email protected]
http://www.temporaryartspace.co.uk/
Temporary Art Space is an unfunded, artist-run project with a lifespan of six months, situated in the magnificent Grade 1 listed Piece Hall in Halifax and co-directed by Alice Bradshaw, Bob Milner, Tom Senior, Kevin Boniface & Georgia Boniface.
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Extended deadline for contributions: Friday 24th April 2009 (arrival date not postmark date)
Deliver your beermats to: Temporary Art Space, Units 34-35, The Piece Hall, Halifax, HX1 1RE, UK
Submitted beermats will become part of the Contents May Vary Collection after exhibition unless collection is arranged or return postage is supplied.
Temporary Art Space features in the New Statesman
New Statesman: Business
Windows of opportunity
by William Shaw
Published 02 April 2009
Observations on empty shops
There's a hint of tumbleweed blowing down the nation's high streets. Behind the headline-worthy collapses of Woolworths and MFI are the disappearances of hundreds of smaller shops. By the end of 2009, the analyst Experian predicts, one in six UK shops will have closed down. Not only will the effect on employment be catastrophic, the projected 135,000 vacancies will not be good for the health of town centres – empty shopfronts quickly multiply.
Yet what is grim news for some may prove a bonus for artists.
Read the full article here: http://www.newstatesman.com/business/2009/04/empty…
Changeover 27th March – 3rd April 2009
Kathryn Oubridge's installation/intervention/performance during the Changeover between Temporary Art Show (March 2009) and North (April 2009)
TV Licensing 2nd letter:
1/467-010597/000041:001-A 454000
To: The Present Occupier
34-35 Piece Hall
Halifax
HX1 1RE
Lic No: 3187320809
Ref: 34-79-64870RE
A VISIT TO THIS PROPERTY WAS AUTHORISED ON 18/03/09
Dear Sir/Madam,
As Regional Manager of West Yorks TV Licensing Enforcement Division, I have received authorisation from our National Division to visit your property.
Our records show that you have been given many opportunities to buy a TV License, but you still have not done so.
It is now my duty to make you aware of the following:
My Enforcement Officers may visit 34-35 Piece Hall, Halifax without warning at any time. It could be during the day, in the evenings or at weekends.
They will decide whether there is evidence of your watching or recording TV programmers without a valid TV License.
They may interview you under caution in line with the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 or Scottish criminal law. We may then use anything you say as evidence against you in court.
This visit will be the last step before legal proceedings may begin. If you are later found guilty of using TV equipment without a valid licence, you could face the maximum fine of £1,000.
If you have already bought a TV License, you need take no further action. If you do not watch or record TV, please call 0844 800 6762 to let us know.
Otherwise, I urge you to comply with the law and renew your TV License immediately. Visit www.tvlicensing.co.uk or call 0844 800 6762.
Michelle Tunstall, Regional Manger
West Yorks Enforcement Division
TV Licensing 1st letter:
To: The Present Occupier
34-35 Piece Hall
Halifax
HX1 1RE
March 2009
Ref: 3187320809HM5
Dear Owner/Occupier,
OFFICIAL WARNING – THIS PROPERTY IS UNLICENSED
You are hereby notified that we have authorised officiers from our Enforcement Division to visit your home, as our records show there is still no TV License for this address and as yet we have received no response from you to our previos communications.
If evidence is found that you watch or record television programmes without a valid license, our officers may interview you under caution. Your statement will then be taken in compliance with the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 or Scottish criminal law and you may be prosecuted. If foud guilty, you could receive a maximum fine of £1,000.
To avoid legal action, I strongly advise you to buy a TV License by visting www.tvlicensing.co.uk or by calling 0844 800 6708.
Yours Faithfully
Michelle Tunstall
West Yorks Enforcement Manager
