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Katy Dove

30 March 2006 at 6pm

A chance for members to explore the ‘psychological possibilities of animation’ through the eyes of Glasgow-based artist Katy Dove.

This month, we are giving you the opportunity to view a new work commissioned by the Talbot Rice Gallery (TRG) and the Pump House Gallery in London. a who? consists of a series of watercolours painted on linen, presented as a large format projection, where forms and colour are interspersed through the ingenious method of animation.

The show also includes two earlier films and an intellectual collection of works on paper which present a truly fascinating perspective on automatic drawing. This is the first time that Spin has visited the Talbot Rice, and we are delighted that the artist will be present to guide us through her exhibition. It promises to be a philosophical trip through the realms of sound, form and colour. Kandinsky or Klee is a good starting point.

Katy Dove was born in Oxford in 1970 and studied at Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art in Dundee. She has exhibited in international shows including the Venice Biennale (2003) and the Prague Biennale (2003). She has exhibited at Tate Britain as part of their Lightbox, Art Now series (2003) and has had solo exhibitions at Transmission, Glasgow (2002) and the Collective Gallery, Edinburgh (2000).

Pass the Time of Day

21 April 2005 at 6pm

Pass the Time of Day is curated by artist Paul Rooney, and is a collaborative project realised with Gasworks in London, Angel Row Gallery in Nottingham and the Castlefield Gallery in Manchester, as well as the Collective Gallery.

With two preoccupations – music and the everyday – Paul Rooney has assembled a compelling mix of video and slide works by Rosalind Nashashibi, Pipilotti Rist and others. Capturing life as it passes by on photo, video and film, the artists have presented this familiar visual imagery set to thumping, soaring, cheesy or elegiac soundtracks to great effect. The more you watch, the more you are struck by the weirdness and heroism of the everyday.

Artist Billy McCall will join us to talk about the show, and discuss video art more generally. As well as exhibiting in The Netherlands, Belgium, Germany and Japan, Billy was responsible for the Tagteam experiment from 2002 to 2004 – a brilliant notion whereby each exhibiting artist nominated the next artist to show in a room in Billy’s house. Billy also does the graphic design for the Collective Gallery and is a major music fan which makes him the perfect guide for our event.